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Originally Posted by ChrisSlicks
Yes the Z51 has a cooler, base does not.
The cool down lap comes after you get the checker flag  Even with a cool down lap here or there the heat build up just becomes too much to dissipate in a single lap, we do it but it is only momentary relief. The cars probably get pushed the hardest when you start red misting trying to catch someone in front of you as you start focusing exclusively on driving and forget to look at gauges. |
No way, shifting a car 500RPM makes a dramatic difference in both Z and Corvette. My car hoovers around 260F and creeps near 270 while hotlapping, it drops to 250-260 as soon as I short shift. It was the same exact thing with the C6.
I am getting too old to race against the car in front of me in a time trial, clocks are safer bets.