YaXMaN

^^^ way to go... dig up your post from over three years ago.

Come on, man. That's one random data point from a magazine that's no longer in print.
I guess he screwed up by not including any coverage of the Corvette.

Ridiculous.

User24

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Let's see here...

Technically it is easier to know where the tires are being placed in a c6 z06. The rx8 is more squishy, which is why track people have to do suspension mods and such on the rx8 to firm it up. But even so, I think some of that has to do with ride height. In comparison to the rx8, the z06 has the driver sitting much lower, feels like almost on the concrete.

But at the same time the rx8 can be driven with more confidence around turns, even though in skilled hands a z06 can put out better turning numbers. It's all about skill level and confidence here. If you were a race car driver, the z06 might feel perfectly planted to you, all depends.

I used to be an armchair corvette hater, but things look different in real life versus the internet. In real life, the old corvette drivers only prove how durable that gm engine is, (they have been building it for like 50 years or something). I bought a new rx8 at 24, a used c6 z06 at 29. If I'm still driving it by 50, it's a good engine. I'm almost certain there will be 0 rx8 in drivable operation 20 years from now.

Also in real life, my rx8 is used for storage (old exhausts), but my c6z06 is in the repair shop for water pump replacement today (leaking coolant on floor, work is completed but insurance offices closed today for holiday).

Nothing is really as it seems in the shiny world of magazines and stat racing.

rotarygod

Here's a nice article on a Z06 suspension upgrade and how it did/feels vs the stock system.

http://www.vetteweb.com/tech/vemp_11...n/viewall.html