[s-cars] //S8: 0 - Mk1 ZO6: 1

[Floyd Noel]

The other recruiter in my office has an '03 Z06 (mit a couple of  
modz). So far he hasn't had too much trouble beating anyone, although  
when he was clocked going 160 over a bridge he almost got in some hot  
water. Instead he got offered a job, LOL. He came into work the other  
day telling me about this 'fierce looking Audi' that he beat on the  
highway, I showed him the picture and he confirmed it was an R8. I'm  
not sure if the guy didn't know how to drive or if the R8 is just that  
slow. My friend said that it was the only car he'd raced that made him  
scared that he wasn't going to win. I saw my first one live today-  
damn! Snapped some pictures with my iPhone. That beast sounds mean!

R/S
Floyd Noel
Sgt, United States Marine Corps
Recruiter for Marin County, California

On Mar 13, 2008, at 14:56, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:

> C5 Z06 has 385 hp for the '01, and 405 for later models.  based on  
> dyno results, it's generally believed that the true output is about  
> 425 hp.  the C5 Z06 also weighs about 3100 lbs, or about 1000 lbs  
> less than the S8.  comes with 6-speed manual only, not a power- 
> robbing slushbox.
>
> the C6 Z06 is slightly heavier, and has 505 hp.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Bruce Mendel <brucem105 at comcast.net>
> To: "Postupack, Jeff" <Jeff.Postupack at analog.com>; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Cc: andrew postupack <dudeman03755 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:47:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] //S8: 0 - Mk1 ZO6: 1
>
> I think the MK1 Z06 has 400+ HP, not the current generation's 505HP.
>
> And the S8 is 360HP, not 340, thank you very much. :) The C5 S6 and  
> B6 S4
> are 340HP.
>
> B
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Postupack, Jeff" <Jeff.Postupack at analog.com>
> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Cc: "andrew postupack" <dudeman03755 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:27 PM
> Subject: [s-cars] //S8: 0 - Mk1 ZO6: 1
>
>
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> so the //S8 is running 340 HP on a High octane day, and the Z06 is  
>> ~ 505
>> HP..
>> hardly a POS.
>>
>> I would have thought the Vette Should have walked away.. man, GREAT
>> story!
>>
>> All I can say is that dub was a crappy driver or..he doesn't follow  
>> the
>> Mullane theorem
>>
>> " Never Let Off Until the Bitter End"
>> {Luv that Tom! }
>>
>> (now don't puff up any more about this)
>>
>> you're driving skill, anticipation and nerve clearly exceeded what he
>> had.
>>
>> Dub learned the old axiom, Old Guys Rule!
>>
>> well, er, you're NOT an old guy yet..  that'll change round about
>> Teenage years..
>>
>> Twin girls, OMG. plus Tyler.. @ //S Fest.. imagine that
>>
>>
>> Posto
>>
>>
>>
>> Message: 2
>>
>> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:50:52 -0400
>>
>> From: <pkrasusky at ups.com>
>>
>> Subject: [s-cars] //S8: 0 - Mk1 ZO6: 1
>>
>> To: <s-car-list at audifans.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Morning Germs-
>>
>> Funny encounter commuting home last evening. Thick but moving traffic
>>
>> nearing my hometown, cruising innocently in left lane @ 71 maybe,  
>> go by
>>
>> a blue Mk1 Z06 coupe in middle lane that's just trodding along. Good
>>
>> looking car, I dig them and that color personally.
>>
>> Soon as I'm next to him I see the window go down, and a kid (looks  
>> like
>>
>> Brian Weldon for some reason) start making all these goofy 'what up
>>
>> homey' type faces and gestures at me - then proceeds to revrev drop  
>> gear
>>
>> and start surging. HA! *Where* we going here exactly, we're all  
>> pretty
>>
>> jammed up 4 lanes wide, I wonder. Genius.
>>
>> I let him blast in front of me, we cruise a few miles. Funniest is  
>> I'm
>>
>> on the phone at this time with Chris Hawkins chatting about all the
>>
>> madmadmodz he's done and will be doing to me old beast. I see traffic
>>
>> dissipate ahead and inform Chris - "um - sorry I'm gonna have to get
>>
>> back to you as I'm about to lay the smack down with this Z06" - sorry
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>> He stomps and snaps a downshift way before I get to 3rd and he's  
>> off but
>>
>> I'm keeping him 'there' ahead. Car clogs him, I approach, car moves
>>
>> aside this time I'm ready for the poofboomsquat ahead. 4th gear @ 100
>>
>> cruise with a perfectly timed stomp. POS's them things are, I'm  
>> able to
>>
>> time my WOTstomp very easily as the thing - rolling @ 100 mind you -
>>
>> does this funky squat / twist / step-to-the-left in front of me as he
>>
>> drops a gear. HA! Sweet refinement / engineering there not.
>>
>> Game time. Through 4th he's pulling a length or 2 but I'm still
>>
>> 'there', into the middle areas of 5th he's not pulling and I'm not
>>
>> gaining. His sack shrivels and I go by him. I lift, and wait. And
>>
>> wait. He's now @ 65, back into middle lane - then over to the slow  
>> lane
>>
>> and now will not come ANYWHERE near me.
>>
>> HA! Humbled by a Luxobarge... I'm guessing he bet on wailing on me
>>
>> significantly harder than that.
>>
>> I exited with a quick up-thumb out me window, which he actually  
>> returned
>>
>> - sheepish grins on both of us. Good stuff.
>>
>> Unrelated, last week I went by a neuZ06 on my way home, again in slow
>>
>> lane and doing like 58. Silver. As I went by him then gazed at in me
>>
>> mirror - gotsta say... that thing looks downright frickinfabutastic  
>> on
>>
>> the road it does! Veryvery sinister looking car, great stance. I've
>>
>> yet to whirl either a Mk1 or 2, really would like either opp some day
>>
>> butofchoorse - verymuch looking forward to that I am.
>>
>> An now for something, completely different: a man with 3 buttocks. I
>>
>> installed new OE front Brembo rotors last night with Ferodo DS2500  
>> pads.
>>
>> OMG pedal feel and brake action is absurdicle. Yeahbaby yeah. Gotta
>>
>> love brake installs that take longer to jack up and remove wheels  
>> than
>>
>> does the brake job. In and up and down and out in < 30, sweet.
>>
>> -Paul with a tape recorder up his nose K.
>>
>>
>>
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