The Fastest Yet? - Corvette C6 Rolex Race Car Track Review
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Is the Grand Am Rolex race series Corvette C6 race car the fastest car we test around Toronto Motorsports Park?
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Sasha was battling those cold tires
Way too much car for that track! What a treat though!
This goes to show you what a real race car looks like compared to a quasi race car. This thing looks insane, and scary, and work to get around!
Sasha should be SpeedAcademy's version of the Stig.
Working in the R8 GT3 LMS in the Audi pits for the big Rolex race... Couldn't help but give a nod of appreciation to the Corvettes as they thundered by. Yes I loved our R8 V10 but these sounded rowdy 🏁👍🏾
i was at le mans in 2009 (not working just partying) and everyone of any nationality would watch the vette's go by and give that approving nod.
I own a vett & there rowdy, but have always admired the Audi,would like to drive one someday.
Love the way the roll cage looks in this vehicle. Simplistic race car build. 440 HP at the wheels and they are happy.
Not sure if I consider a full tube frame chassis "simplistic".
F1NNSP1N lol
F1NNSP1N Simplistic, doesn’t have a million air ducts or trim pieces on the outside of the vehicle.
It's not a complicated cage and chassis. It's fairly simple looking compared to a lot of current racecars.
@@Finnspin_unicycles The regulations in the GCR of established series' are pretty straightforward. Sometimes can be tedious but yes, simplistic in essence. Just meet the guidelines.. the suspension design is the tough part
love how calm and collected sasha is, you can tell he's the type of person who is good at what he does and takes pride in his work
more Sasha!
multipurposepaperbox 👏🏽👏🏽
Geared for Mosport.... when do we see you guys do a big boy track test on this thing?!
Cuz tmp is Canada's Tsukuba circuit.
such a pure, no bs video. great work to everyone involved
That was awesome! Sasha is so chill. Total humble dude but a seriously bad ass driver.
Love my C6 but this is on a whole nother level...wow what a car
That was really smooth and composed. I’m loving these track car videos.
You can really see the tyres starting to warm up in the third lap! People who haven’t experienced racing in a race car couldn’t appreciate the speed of this thing..Good stuff!
Straight cut gearbox sound is even better than the turbo spool sound or supercharger wine
Not for me but to each his own ✌️
OMG THAT THING SOUNDS INCREDIBLE!
Offered for sale @ CDN $69k. USD$155k to build new in 2009 Update: SOLD.
And you can't get one built anymore so whoever buys this will be one happy racer!
For c7 price you get a C6 race car. Sounds like a solid deal.
Wow, that is a gorgeous car.
Always more track tests!
Only 440 hp?? Makes me pretty happy to have a vette with just about as much power. Of course mine weighs a helluva lot more lmao. Cool vid!
i used to read Sasha's exploits on ziptied. that was a while ago good to see he's still pedalling!
That looks insane! Very nice build!
Man that thing sounds amazing! Just pure :D
This dude is badass. The way he calmy mentions those badass modifications is hilarious!
Jesus Christ lol, god damn rocket ship
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Exodus 20 7 KJV
Bruce Dressel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sasha is the man! Dave, drive with more aggression like Sasha.
Thanks for uploading so many laps of onboard video!
LOOOOOVE all the C6 videos!!!!!! keep them coming!
love this, but you should really consider having the same driver in ALL of the cars on the leader board, just for consistency.
Ofcourse, this was a special circumstance as Dave wasnt allowed to drive the car given the time frame we were working with. Regardless, he would be very similar to the lap time.
I wonder it top gear had the same Stig all those years?
@@speedacademy he
Brilliant, what a monster. Loved seeing the Corvette in GT300 racing back in Japan albeit was plagued, just wasnt tamed properly. That exact car is now with Daigo Saito for drifting :)
Nice v8 race car noises!
gotta love this race build so simply beautiful and fast!!
What does the switch marked SNACKS on the center console do? I like to think a pretzel or some chocolate gets dispensed from somewhere.
What a beautiful vette
1:55 gotta show some love to the slick 944
90mph first gear!!! Wow lol that's insane
Would love to see you guys throw a Grand-Am RX-8 around the track!
Love how analog everything is.
love the video, sasha is the man
Imagine building that and forgetting about it.
This is exactly my car!!,same colour,it's even got the same mirrors except the radio is missing,the indicators have been removed,the glass is perspex,the chassis is tubular,the seats are race buckets,it's got no door cards,electric windows,cruise con,A.C......................
Haha!
One man' fun is another man's frightening
I'd love to see that EV Sasha built out on the track again!
When he says hopping ill bet its the caster issue most vetted have.
That thing is beautiful!
Great video and thanks for the leader board (lets me know where I stack-up).
Can't. Take. My. Eyes. Off. The. Steering. Wheel. Hook.
Aiyyieeee!!
I would have turned the hook forward before welding it to the roll cage... or better yet moved it to the right about a foot to make it less intrusive. Other than that... what an awesome piece of engineered machinery!
simply a badass car, thanks for sharing. 🙌
Moar on that 944 that rolls up to the pit around 2:00!
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0:16 Glad you cut that awkward handshake lmao
Meet the Stig's Maple leaf Canadian cousin!
Sasha did really handle that car really well, looked like a bunch of fun. Though i would have preferred if you drove it yourself with the usual commentary :)
Sasha aka Canadian Stig
More vintage race car reviews!!!
Anyone know what wheels they're running? CCW maybe?
that would have been cool to see at Sebring or somewhere with a long straight, Had to baby it around other there
that thing looks twitchy af out there
Great driving from Sasha. It would have been interesting to get a lap time from one of the regular speed academy drivers as well for comparison. I've driven a few full tilt racecars in my day and it takes a full recalibration of what you think the car will do versus what it is capable of. That Vette was definitely geared like most of them, for space exploration. Two gears lower in most corners than the Badass2000. Thanks for the great video! Any idea on what the asking price will be on the car?
CDN $ 69k
Hold up solid rear axle...?
same thing I thought. Corvette's have always been independent rears since '63.
Doug A yes this is more of a spec racecar of Daytona then a corvette. The corvette racing team uses the same IRS the stock c6 use just with coilovers. Think of this as a Imsa gto car. It’s not as fast as a c6r
Doug A my guess is that a c6r would be 4sec faster. Because it has more of everything. 200hp more,wider tires. Irs with doublewisbone,it’s also lighter I believe.
Doug A the owners of this channel are biased Towards there likings. This is why you see very few American cars here. It’s fine tho they make good content
Holy crap!!!! My finger hurts from hitting the screen too hard on my phone.
Damn that looks fun as F.
First! And this sounds like a battle ship!!
I heard the dog box right away, but why does the engine sound so different from a street tuned car? There's something in the engine note that just doesn't sound like a normal LS. Even cammed, I've never heard something quite sound that way.
Straight pipes?
Is it the whine you're talking about? Strait cut gears would prob be it
If its the note, its probably a different exhaust combined with lack of sound insulation.
4 into 1 long tube headers and that’s it! I’ll bet it was rev limited really low. Maybe 5500 rpm?
Yeah likely has to do with the particular header design, no cats, probly no muffler etc. Could also have to do with the length of the exhaust but I do see what you're saying, does sound different
I feel like it's something in the engine itself. The owner said it was blueprinted, which means it probably has a different rotating assembly. It could be a combination of things, really. Maybe it's just me being a little crazy, too.
Oh ma gawd, why doesn't every car come with a dog-box... Dog-leg first as well, i take it?
Would love to see more of this as well, but seems she's going to a new home already. Congrats to the new owner!
I've never ever heard of someone that has actually driven a dog box that would want it on a street car. They suck at part throttle, which is where you spend most of the time when regular driving.
The general public would assume it's broken. And I'd imagine the noise would be extremely annoying.
So beautiful goddammit!
Anyone know where to find the specs and requirements for these cars?
I’d love to see the requirements and specs for the roll cages before I build mine for my track car. Maybe use some ideas and meet their standards.
How does a ls6 with a cam sound like that? I wish my ls6 sounded like that and I have full bolt-ons and a cam. Is it the exhaust system? straight pipes? no x or h pipe?
You’re hearing the Trans.
Wanty my C5 to drive like this one. Zowie. But I don't have 10 G for the dog box, etc, etc.
That looks hectic behind the wheel 😜
i love it!
Why doesn't it have an LS3? The LS6 is a C5 motor?
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe it was just the standardized approved engine still at that time. Maybe some guys still running LS6 engines in C5s as well? Idk
they are better for racing. lasts longer. basically a type R motor of LS1.
It says 3000rpm gear 2 on the steering wheel. Is that the pull off from standing or something?
I thought the same thing, and it looked like he started off in second, so looks right.
must have some super short gears if 1st is unusable
I doubt it if 1st is good for 90mph like Sasha said
Dogleg pattern
I think it might be were you should be for a pit speed limit
Sounds like a damn go kart
I would've thought it would've been a sequential box
Nice!!
Penske 4 ways!? Holy fuck
1st gear up to 90mph...damn!
Kewl stuff
They should of given Dave a drive.
Would it be a monumental task changing the solid rear axle to IRS considering its a tube frame? Anyone got their engineers cap on?
holy shit that thing looks like a hand full
Finally
Looks like my cars twin, but mine is still street legal.
What would be the best street legal tire to use
How come he started it in second gear? And why doesn't he have to use the clutch when shifting? Because those are some fast shifts lol.
Dog leg first gear. AKA, 1st and 2nd are reversed so you can pull into first instead of push. Lots of motorsports gearboxes with an H pattern are like this.
Dogs instead of syncros
@@mondomoleno.3404 Ah that makes sense. Thanks!
@@mondomoleno.3404 dumb questing for you but you seem knowledge with this dog leg term I'm reading here in the comments... does that mean third is where fourth is? For example regular is, 1 2 3 4 5 6 you're saying its 2 1 3 4 5 6? I'm wondering if theres more to it than that. Thanks.
@@joshuahenthorn6532 Honestly, I've never seen one in person. According to Wikipedia, it applies to 5 speed gearboxes, and the pattern goes:
R 2 4
1 3 5
instead of:
1 3 5
2 4 R
It could be wrong, or it could be different in this particular transmission. I just remember the term from an old Top Gear episode where they all bought German sport sedans, and James May's Mercedes had one, so there was a running gag where he would start of and accidentally shift into reverse. I know the theory behind it is that you can get into first faster by pulling down rather than pushing up, so you have a better shot at getting out of the gate before someone who has a regular shift pattern 5 speed.
It sounds kind of archaic in a time when pretty much everything comes with a 6 speed transmission, but a lot of racing still use 4 and 5 speed boxes either due to regulation (NASCAR still uses a 4 speed in all it's cars), or the availability of 4 and 5 speeds from companies that build for series that require them. Lots of pro drifters for example use NASCAR 4 speeds because of the abuse they can handle.
Sasha!
Did he say solid rear axle? Should have IRS with a transaxle. I wonder why GM would go that route on a race car.
On a race car that sees smooth tracks and very little wheel travel, solid rear axles are less of a disadvantage than on a street car. Still an odd choice, I agree.
It likely hase something to do with Grand Am's rule book like how they had to use an LS6 rather than the LS2/3 that came in the car
sasha shreds
Ah, the ole 3-4 downshift. Doh!
Solid rear axle?
Canadian STIG #sasha
is it safe to have that hook for steering wheel in front of you ? what would happen in crash ? i never seen it in front of driver seat
You're in a full harness, you're not going to hit it.
Sasha is the shit
why do the downshifts sound like that :(
bye bye SUBIEEEEE...BYE BYEEEEEEEEEEEE
8:59 Did they retrofit a solid rear axle into this Grand Am Corvette?
It's not a production based car so no
Nicholas Rodrigues As per the rules they have to be production based cars for the GT class. Prototype is a different story of course. Were you trying to say that it’s not built off a production chassis? Well it’s tube framed so that’s self explanatory, regardless you think they would have opted for an independent rear suspension.
@@njshift this is a tube chassis car. It was built to run in the same class as the Pontiac G6 GXP-R which was also a V8, RWD, tube chassis car with a CF body. It's not production based.
Nicholas Rodrigues As per the rules it specifies that all vehicles in the GT class are production based. For this series this just means the tube chassis vehicle has to proportionally resemble the production car.
“American GT divisions for production-based automobiles like Chevrolet Corvettes, Ford Mustangs, Dodge Vipers, BMW M-3’s, and Porsche 911’s.” www.motorsport.com/grandam/news/grand-american-road-racing-car-specs/37339/
I’m in agreement with what you’re trying to convey albeit with incorrect terminology. The race car builders have freedom use whatever suspension they wish within the confines of the rulebook. I was just surprised they didn’t use the superior independent rear suspension in the build as most cars in the series run IRS as well.
Just reading the rules further... Each team could build an IRS however at the cost of a higher minimum weight. So 2575 with solid axle, 2600 with IRS or 2756 with DP transaxle. It just came down to each team/drivers preference.
Tums up!
wheres the c5/6 track build guys?!?! common meow
NV's Z06 has been lurking in the back of the shop for the past couple videos. Might be soon.
I drive my C5 Z06 mostly on track the last 10 years. She's old and slow, but fairly loud, gets the spectators' attention. I need to learn morr countersteer. but if I counter steer tooooo much, mama won'tlet me play no more.
No Heel / toe? or what downshifting method is that?
LMAO, it's a dog box...