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June 2002
June 2002
Our Corvette club, Corvette Club of America (CCA), the world's oldest Corvette Club.
CCA Brick at National Corvette Musuem.
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Corvette, America's Sports Car!
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Welcome
to our web site about Corvettes and our relationship with a certain C5 2002 Electron
Blue Z06, born August 23 2001, 5039th in birth order in the 2002 model year
family (35,766 siblings). Our Z06 is one of only
1,814 '02 Electron Blue Fixed Roof Corvettes manufactured (shown at
right in
Corvette Club of America's 2002 Concours).
Save the wave!
Danny and Katie McIe
NCM Lifetime#1853
NCCC#ER-001-0646
C5 Registry#Z6066
Hot Rumors!! Ceramic brakes for the Z06?
Yes...when the price falls sufficiently to offer them as a $4,000 option.
The MY 2006 production run will be approximately 15% of total manufactured.
The first engines produced by GM's new "$10 million...dedicated assembly
center for (GM's) boutique engines" will be the new Z06 engines.
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Vette News...
- "It feels like a race car made just street legal enough to get
a license plate." Motor Trend's October issue lays out the
"raw" truth about the new Z06 in one of the first test drives.
The author, Chris Walton, sums up the new Z: "It's raw.
it's loud. It'll run 11-second quarters, pull almost 1.2 g
through a turn, and if you're brave enough, reach as near as
dammit to 200 mph on the road." The new Z's engine is
officially 427.6 cubic-inches and under the new SAE standard, the
horsepower is 505 at 6300-rpm and 470 pound-feet of torque at
4800-rpm! The new LS-7 will "...hurl this 31147-pound coupe
to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds, and nail the standing quarter in 11.5
seconds at 127.1 mph." Yes, the new "Z06 will hit 60 mph in
first gear (albeit just past redline)." A "ferrari-fast"
vette that is quicker than the $192,000 F430 F1. The new
six-speed has "shift gates (that) are now more distinct and the
throws are shorter." This new "supercar" will number less
than 10,000 with a good number shipped to Europe where Europeans
will find "Ferrari performance at a Chevy price: That's what
makes the Z06 such a standout."
- Is Dave Hill, Corvette Chief Engineer, correct? Can your
grandmother tell the difference between the rear view of the new
Z06 and the normal C6 Vette? You bet!
- 7,000 RPMs...and a 200 MPH speedometer. Dashing, isn't
it?
Previous Vette News
 Vette Events...
- September
1 - 4, 2005
Corvette Celebration/HOF
- September
29-October 1, 2005
Pace Car Reunion
- September
30-October 1, 2005 Free State
Corvette Club Ocean City Weekend
- October 13-15, 2005
C3 Extravaganza
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