New Vette C6; 500hp 427cu in?

I'm with you, Corvettes have never appealed to me. The new one is better
but still has weird lines and an old man's interior. Of course its designed
for old men.. as thats pretty much all that can afford them (you rarely see
a young man driving a new Corvette). I have always liked Mustangs better
and the new one is fantastic.. WAY better than a Corvette IMO.

If I was given a Corvette, I'd sell it to some old codger and buy a Mustang.

LJH
95GT (331 stroker)


"WraithCobra" > wrote in message
...
> >>> No, that's the specs for the new Z06. The regular C6 is a 6.0L
> >>> w/400 bhp.
> >> wow!!
> >> I really gotta look at the new vettes!
> >
> Joe wrote:
> > And the best thing is that it'll actually be a real car that you can
> > buy at a dealership. Not like the pipe dream stuff we've been hearing
> > about from Ford.
>
> I wouldn't own a Vette if it was free, can't stand the looks. If you want
> one, get one.
> And don't worry, the Cobra will be made and it will cost less than the
base
> C6 with more performance and near equal handling.
> --
> Mike
> Silver 10th Anniversary Cobra Coupe
> ---
>
>

I keep hearing this new Z06 engine is a small block despite it being a 427.
I've always been curious and not quite clear on what exactly defines a small vs
big block motor. Is it the physical external dimensions or such? With the Z06
being a 427 I'm assuming displacement is not the criteria. How would the bore,
stroke, deck height, package size, etc compare to say Fords old 427? It was
called a big block, correct?

I agree with you, Kate. The new Vette is the first one since '66 to
catch my eye. Something about shortening up the body, exposed
headlights and the slight alterations in the rear that make look it look
real good to me. With the new engine in the upcoming Z06 and its hard
to find much fault with it.

SVTKate wrote:
> They are very bEEootimus.
> Nicest body design they have come out with in eons.
>
>
> "pheonix1t" > wrote in message
> . com...
> | WraithCobra wrote:
> |
> | > No, that's the specs for the new Z06. The regular C6 is a 6.0L w/400
> bhp.
> | wow!!
> | I really gotta look at the new vettes!
> |
> | Oskar
> |
>
>

While I absolutely love the Corvette... I'd take a Mustang over it. I like
the Mustang looks, price, and name better. Sure I'll get my ass handed to
him (again) by dang near every Corvette... but that isn't gonna make me like
my car any less =). But yes.. Corvettes are VERY fine cars.. and *I* think
they are in a league above Mustangs... in price too! But again, that's a
benefit for Mustangs.

-Mike

--
A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT
Cold air intake
FRPP 3.73 gears
Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter
Flowmaster 40 Series mufflers (self-installed woohoo)
Hi-speed fan switch
255/60R-15 rear tires
Subframe connectors
Aluminum adjustable clutch quadrant


"Joe" > wrote in message
...
> "Larry Hepinstall" > wrote in
> :
>
> > LOL, Corvettes are not the end all in performance either.
>
> Of course. But you were comparing a Corvette and a Mustang. Given
> the criteria, there's no contest.
>
> > For the
> > same money you could EASILLY smoke the sacred Corvette.
>
> Sure. But that's a completely different topic.
>
> > But thats
> > not my thing.. to be the fastest on the street. Its impossible to
> > do anyway.. theres always someone faster. As long as its fast,
> > handles, is FUN, and pleases me, I'm happy. I would never be happy
> > in a Corvette.
>
> That's ok - everyone's got their preferences. But there's no denying
> that a Corvette is simply in a league above the Mustang. And that's
> not to slight the Mustang in any way.
>
> > If you are, that's great.. it sure will be a hit at the AARP
> > meetings.
> >
> > LJH
> > 95GT
>
> Aw, c'mon Larry, that's troll stuff. All you're doing is showing your
> closed-mindedness.
>
> Joe
> Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies
> Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

I NEVER said the Corvette was a piece of crap.
I personally don't like it and never have. I would not want to be seen
owning one.
That does not mean I think its a piece of crap.

LJH
95GT (Corvette disliker, not hater)


"Joe" > wrote in message
...
> > wrote in
> om:
>
> > While I absolutely love the Corvette... I'd take a Mustang over it.
> > I like the Mustang looks, price, and name better. Sure I'll get my
> > ass handed to him (again) by dang near every Corvette... but that
> > isn't gonna make me like my car any less =).
>
> And there's the criteria that everyone should use. I'm simply saying
> that because you like one car over another, it doesn't mean the other
> car is a piece of crap.
>
> > But yes.. Corvettes are
> > VERY fine cars.. and *I* think they are in a league above
> > Mustangs... in price too!
>
> Exactly. The cars are targeted to different audiences in both price
> and performance.
>
> > But again, that's a benefit for Mustangs.
>
> I don't know that it's a benefit, as I don't think Mustangs compete
> with Corvettes for sales off the showroom floor.
>
> Joe
> Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies
> Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC
>
>
> > -Mike
> >
> > --
> > A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT
> > Cold air intake
> > FRPP 3.73 gears
> > Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter
> > Flowmaster 40 Series mufflers (self-installed woohoo)
> > Hi-speed fan switch
> > 255/60R-15 rear tires
> > Subframe connectors
> > Aluminum adjustable clutch quadrant
> >
> >
> > "Joe" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> "Larry Hepinstall" > wrote in
> >> :
> >>
> >> > LOL, Corvettes are not the end all in performance either.
> >>
> >> Of course. But you were comparing a Corvette and a Mustang. Given
> >> the criteria, there's no contest.
> >>
> >> > For the
> >> > same money you could EASILLY smoke the sacred Corvette.
> >>
> >> Sure. But that's a completely different topic.
> >>
> >> > But thats
> >> > not my thing.. to be the fastest on the street. Its impossible
> >> > to do anyway.. theres always someone faster. As long as its
> >> > fast, handles, is FUN, and pleases me, I'm happy. I would never
> >> > be happy in a Corvette.
> >>
> >> That's ok - everyone's got their preferences. But there's no
> >> denying that a Corvette is simply in a league above the Mustang.
> >> And that's not to slight the Mustang in any way.
> >>
> >> > If you are, that's great.. it sure will be a hit at the AARP
> >> > meetings.
> >> >
> >> > LJH
> >> > 95GT
> >>
> >> Aw, c'mon Larry, that's troll stuff. All you're doing is showing
> >> your closed-mindedness.
> >>
> >> Joe
> >> Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies
> >> Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC
> >
> >
> >
>

If I was given a C6 there's no way in hell I'd give it up.. but I haven't
been GIVEN a C6 Vette have I? Like I said, price has to do with it as well.

-Mike

--
A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT
Cold air intake
FRPP 3.73 gears
Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter
Flowmaster 40 Series mufflers (self-installed woohoo)
Hi-speed fan switch
255/60R-15 rear tires
Subframe connectors
Aluminum adjustable clutch quadrant


"ZombyWoof" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:46:29 GMT, > wrote
> something wonderfully witty:
>
> >While I absolutely love the Corvette... I'd take a Mustang over it. I
like
> >the Mustang looks, price, and name better. Sure I'll get my ass handed to
> >him (again) by dang near every Corvette... but that isn't gonna make me
like
> >my car any less =). But yes.. Corvettes are VERY fine cars.. and *I*
think
> >they are in a league above Mustangs... in price too! But again, that's a
> >benefit for Mustangs.
> >
> >-Mike
> >
> So the infamous car genie walks up to you and goes "Poof" there is a
> brand new fully equipped C6 sitting there in your driveway, you aren't
> going to keep it? What about any Italian Exotic? Same issue?
> Mustang or death?
>
> I really can understand the picking of one over the other for numerous
> reasons, including price, but my Vette is one car, and my Mustang
> (actually now my daughters) is another. There is very little to
> compare between the two cars on any level.
> --
> "Either kill me or take me as I am,
> because I'll be damned if I ever change..."
>
> The Marquis de Sade

erm.. get my ass handed to ME by HIM rather. Ah well.. too late now.

-Mike

--
A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT
Cold air intake
FRPP 3.73 gears
Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter
Flowmaster 40 Series mufflers (self-installed woohoo)
Hi-speed fan switch
255/60R-15 rear tires
Subframe connectors
Aluminum adjustable clutch quadrant


> wrote in message
om...
> While I absolutely love the Corvette... I'd take a Mustang over it. I like
> the Mustang looks, price, and name better. Sure I'll get my ass handed to
> him (again) by dang near every Corvette... but that isn't gonna make me
like
> my car any less =). But yes.. Corvettes are VERY fine cars.. and *I* think
> they are in a league above Mustangs... in price too! But again, that's a
> benefit for Mustangs.
>
> -Mike
>
> --
> A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT
> Cold air intake
> FRPP 3.73 gears
> Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter
> Flowmaster 40 Series mufflers (self-installed woohoo)
> Hi-speed fan switch
> 255/60R-15 rear tires
> Subframe connectors
> Aluminum adjustable clutch quadrant
>
>
> "Joe" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Larry Hepinstall" > wrote in
> > :
> >
> > > LOL, Corvettes are not the end all in performance either.
> >
> > Of course. But you were comparing a Corvette and a Mustang. Given
> > the criteria, there's no contest.
> >
> > > For the
> > > same money you could EASILLY smoke the sacred Corvette.
> >
> > Sure. But that's a completely different topic.
> >
> > > But thats
> > > not my thing.. to be the fastest on the street. Its impossible to
> > > do anyway.. theres always someone faster. As long as its fast,
> > > handles, is FUN, and pleases me, I'm happy. I would never be happy
> > > in a Corvette.
> >
> > That's ok - everyone's got their preferences. But there's no denying
> > that a Corvette is simply in a league above the Mustang. And that's
> > not to slight the Mustang in any way.
> >
> > > If you are, that's great.. it sure will be a hit at the AARP
> > > meetings.
> > >
> > > LJH
> > > 95GT
> >
> > Aw, c'mon Larry, that's troll stuff. All you're doing is showing your
> > closed-mindedness.
> >
> > Joe
> > Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies
> > Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC
>
>

Oh hell yes I would. I never said I wouldn't OWN one... one of the main
reasons I would pick a Mustang over a Corvette is the price. Sure, less
power.. less handling... but the fun factor is still way up there. Less on
insurance too. But if I was given one or won one... of course I'd keep it.
Let me state again.. I *love* Corvettes. I love the way they look, handle,
and perform overall. They are a fantastic bang for buck in my eyes.. but I
love my Mustang more.

-Mike

--
A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT
Cold air intake
FRPP 3.73 gears
Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter
Flowmaster 40 Series mufflers (self-installed woohoo)
Hi-speed fan switch
255/60R-15 rear tires
Subframe connectors
Aluminum adjustable clutch quadrant


"ZombyWoof" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:13:06 GMT, > wrote
> something wonderfully witty:
>
> >If I was given a C6 there's no way in hell I'd give it up.. but I haven't
> >been GIVEN a C6 Vette have I? Like I said, price has to do with it as
well.
> >
> >-Mike
> >
> Then you would in fact own one if given it, or perhaps won it?
> --
> "Either kill me or take me as I am,
> because I'll be damned if I ever change..."
>
> The Marquis de Sade

"If I was given a Corvette, I'd sell it to some old codger and buy a
Mustang.

LJH
95GT (331 stroker)

I NEVER said the Corvette was a piece of crap.
I personally don't like it and never have. I would not want to be seen
owning one.
That does not mean I think its a piece of crap.

LJH
95GT (Corvette disliker, not hater) "

I guess you confused me & Larry.. I never said I wouldn't own one if I won
one =)

-Mike

--
A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT
Cold air intake
FRPP 3.73 gears
Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter
Flowmaster 40 Series mufflers (self-installed woohoo)
Hi-speed fan switch
255/60R-15 rear tires
Subframe connectors
Aluminum adjustable clutch quadrant


"ZombyWoof" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:56:51 GMT, > wrote
> something wonderfully witty:
>
> >Oh hell yes I would. I never said I wouldn't OWN one... one of the main
> >reasons I would pick a Mustang over a Corvette is the price. Sure, less
> >power.. less handling... but the fun factor is still way up there. Less
on
> >insurance too. But if I was given one or won one... of course I'd keep
it.
> >Let me state again.. I *love* Corvettes. I love the way they look,
handle,
> >and perform overall. They are a fantastic bang for buck in my eyes.. but
I
> >love my Mustang more.
> >
> >-Mike
> >
> Sorry I thought you had said that you would never own one. Perhaps
> you only meant that you would never be in the position to won one. I
> once thought that myself, but managed to get a really good deal on a
> used Competition Yellow `95 C-4, which of course isn't half the car
> the new C-6 is, but the yee-haa factor is still very high.
>
> However, the same thing can be said about my premium packaged V-6
> drop-top Mustang (now driven by my youngest daughter). The yee-haa
> factor of even that car is very high.
>
> My Corvette was my daily driver for a number of years until I noticed
> the wear & tear that she was going through. I bought the Mustang to
> be my commuter. When my daughter got her license she called dibs on
> it and I got a sweet little S-10 so I could tot my Harley to events
> that I could no longer handle riding to (age catches up with some of
> us). Then my oldest daughter steals it when she went back to college
> earlier this month (needed it to move) then calls her Mother and says
> she is keeping it so I get "permission" to again buy whatever I want.
> What I want is a new GT, what the dealers want is to rape me. What to
> do, what to do. Right now I am driving the oldest one's beater of a
> `98 Olds Achevia.
> --
> "Either kill me or take me as I am,
> because I'll be damned if I ever change..."
>
> The Marquis de Sade

IMO


"Joe" > wrote in message
...
> Sorry, Larry. Allow me to clarify. You said it had "weird lines" and
> an "old man's interior" or something to that effect. You then
> followed it up with a comment about Corvette owners and the AARP.
>
> Maybe you didn't literally call it a piece of crap, but you certainly
> categorized it as something it's not.
>
> Joe
> Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies
> Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC
>
>
> "Larry Hepinstall" > wrote in
> :
>
> > I NEVER said the Corvette was a piece of crap.
> > I personally don't like it and never have. I would not want to be
> seen
> > owning one.
> > That does not mean I think its a piece of crap.
> >
> > LJH
> > 95GT (Corvette disliker, not hater)
> >
> >
> > "Joe" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> > wrote in
> >> om:
> >>
> >> > While I absolutely love the Corvette... I'd take a Mustang over
> it.
> >> > I like the Mustang looks, price, and name better. Sure I'll get
> my
> >> > ass handed to him (again) by dang near every Corvette... but that
> >> > isn't gonna make me like my car any less =).
> >>
> >> And there's the criteria that everyone should use. I'm simply
> saying
> >> that because you like one car over another, it doesn't mean the
> other
> >> car is a piece of crap.
> >>
> >> > But yes.. Corvettes are
> >> > VERY fine cars.. and *I* think they are in a league above
> >> > Mustangs... in price too!
> >>
> >> Exactly. The cars are targeted to different audiences in both
> price
> >> and performance.
> >>
> >> > But again, that's a benefit for Mustangs.
> >>
> >> I don't know that it's a benefit, as I don't think Mustangs compete
> >> with Corvettes for sales off the showroom floor.
> >>
> >> Joe
> >> Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies
> >> Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC
> >>
> >>
> >> > -Mike
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT
> >> > Cold air intake
> >> > FRPP 3.73 gears
> >> > Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter
> >> > Flowmaster 40 Series mufflers (self-installed woohoo)
> >> > Hi-speed fan switch
> >> > 255/60R-15 rear tires
> >> > Subframe connectors
> >> > Aluminum adjustable clutch quadrant
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Joe" > wrote in message
> >> > ...
> >> >> "Larry Hepinstall" > wrote in
> >> >> :
> >> >>
> >> >> > LOL, Corvettes are not the end all in performance either.
> >> >>
> >> >> Of course. But you were comparing a Corvette and a Mustang.
> Given
> >> >> the criteria, there's no contest.
> >> >>
> >> >> > For the
> >> >> > same money you could EASILLY smoke the sacred Corvette.
> >> >>
> >> >> Sure. But that's a completely different topic.
> >> >>
> >> >> > But thats
> >> >> > not my thing.. to be the fastest on the street. Its
> impossible
> >> >> > to do anyway.. theres always someone faster. As long as its
> >> >> > fast, handles, is FUN, and pleases me, I'm happy. I would
> never
> >> >> > be happy in a Corvette.
> >> >>
> >> >> That's ok - everyone's got their preferences. But there's no
> >> >> denying that a Corvette is simply in a league above the Mustang.
> >> >> And that's not to slight the Mustang in any way.
> >> >>
> >> >> > If you are, that's great.. it sure will be a hit at the AARP
> >> >> > meetings.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > LJH
> >> >> > 95GT
> >> >>
> >> >> Aw, c'mon Larry, that's troll stuff. All you're doing is
> showing
> >> >> your closed-mindedness.
> >> >>
> >> >> Joe
> >> >> Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies
> >> >> Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>