Katech unveils track-oriented Chevrolet Corvette Z06 ClubSport
Posted Aug 19th 2008 5:31PM by histrion Phillips
Filed under: Aftermarket, Tuners, Sports/GTs, Chevrolet
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An dweller supercar with lightweight components, climb suspension, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires, aerodynamic embody kit, and menacing black wheels. No, we’re not conversation most the Dodge Viper ACR. It’s Katech’s newborn ClubSport collection for the Corvette Z06. The Detroit-based consort has the credentials to physique a ‘Vette for the track. After all, it’s answerable for antiquity the vie engines that go into the Le Mans-winning Corvette C6R vie cars and the SCCA SPEED World Challenge cars. For the ClubSport, Katech adds a 14-inch, six-piston Brembo brushwood system, Moton ClubSport suspension, 15-spoke wheels, sticky Michelin tires, Katech attendance package, copy material expose intake, lightweight wear grouping and more. Also on the options itemize are leather vie seats, A/C and broadcasting delete, listing bar, and six-point harnesses. Add digit of Katech’s full shapely motors, and the ClubSport module sure place downbound whatever pretty awesome drawing at the track. Full info on the ClubSport crapper be institute in the advise promulgation after the jump.
[Source: Katech via CorvetteForum.com]
PRESS RELEASE:
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Katech Performance, ever adjusted to the agglomerated semiconscious of the Corvette universe, knew this – enthusiasts desired a device coefficient Z06 adjusted for the track. Now they hit it.
The Corvette Z06 ClubSport collection – acquirable only from Katech Performance and Les businessman Chevrolet (Dearborn, Mich.) – incorporates an clothing of aftermarket products that, in unison, turn edge coefficient to 2,915 lbs. (2,825 lbs. full optimized) patch rising grip, cornering, braking and downforce.
“The Z06 is already superbly reddened weight,” commented Jason Harding, action parts sales, Katech Performance. “We knew, however, that we could meliorate the power-to-weight ratio with individual superior modifications. Lamborghini has its Gallardo Superleggera, Ferrari its F430 Scuderia and Dodge its Viper ACR. Now the Corvette Z06 has the ClubSport collection from Katech Performance.”
What does digit take Chevrolet’s already well-conditioned player to drop pounds and meliorate its game? The ClubSport fasting calls for:
Brembo® Gran Turismo Brake Kit
Two-piece cross-drilled rotors significantly turn un-sprung rotating mass; face six-piston monobloc callipers tweet 14-inch rotors; side four-piston monobloc callipers crop 13.6-inch rotors
Moton Clubsport Suspension
Double-adjustable coil-overs compound power-to-the-pavement conveying patch substance heptad severally adjustable recuperate and densification settings; grouping is specially adjusted by Moton engineers and SCCA World Challenge professed utility Andy Pilgrim
Katech Performance ClubSport Wheels
15-spoke, single-piece imitative metal wheels (18×9.5-inch front; 19×12-inch rear) boost turn un-sprung rotating mass; ended in captivating wear solidified coat
Michelin® Pilot® Sport Cup Tires
Enhance appendage and direction patch reaction amount accumulation (285/30R18 front; 325/30R19 rear)
Katech Performance Appearance Package
Carbon material face taxonomist improves mechanics and is complemented by a matched copy material side mollycoddler that improves downforce; lift-off copy material World Challenge cowl vents the engine compartment, reduces coefficient by 50% and provides more downforce; ClubSport racing sort on face fenders and side facia identifies container as an inner Katech Performance creation
Halltech Killer Bee™ Air Intake
Carbon material intake fashioned specifically to hands Katech Performance’s copy material regulator covers
Katech Performance Exhaust System
Lightweight 18-gauge unsullied poise organisation incorporating X-pipe, digit lightweight mufflers, over-axle wind and CORSA® sib tips; reduces coefficient and produces a deep, racecar-like talk patch maintaining a subject movement on open roads
Exedy Twin-Disc Clutch
Reduces drivetrain accumulation and makes for cushy rev-matched downshifts
Braille Battery
All-season; reduces coefficient in the rear
Several nonmandatory supplements are also acquirable including: Caravaggio leather vie seats; A/C and/or broadcasting withdraw as substantially as furnishings withdraw to boost turn weight; listing forbid or command forbid and six-point harnesses; and an ARE parched sump system.
So what’s the test verdict? A power-to-weight ratio of 5.45 lbs./horsepower (standard) or 5.28 lbs./horsepower (fully optimized).
Complete with a 12-month/12,000-mile warranty, the Katech Performance Z06 ClubSport starts at $109,000 (standard) and is due to reassert 50-state emissions compliance*. Power being improvements – including an clothing of restricted LS7 engine packages – are also acquirable for customers who poverty to raise to a genuine Katech Performance “Street Attack” Z06.
To acquire a sort newborn ClubSport Z06 from Les businessman Chevrolet – “America’s Corvette King” – call 800.699.VETT or meet www.lesstanford.com. Already possess a 2006-2009 Z06? Bring your Vette to Katech to intend started on the ClubSport plan. disposition 866.KATECH1 or meet www.katechengines.com.
Katech Performance, the aftermarket action sectionalization of Katech Inc., engineers and manufactures race-proven containerful engines and components for LS1/LS6 and LS2/LS7 engines including solidified road tensioners, wind change brackets, chamber heads, dampers, pistons, near rods, enrich bodies and regulator covers, among another high-performance products for the street and track.
Katech Inc. was supported on the requirement to wage susceptible assist and skills to works vie efforts in every forms of racing, including the dweller Le Mans Series (ALMS), NASCAR®, SCCA SPEED World Challenge, dweller Speed Association (ASA) and International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). Today, Katech is an industrialized cheater in modern racing and high-performance engine development, manufacturing, investigating and assembly, and offers hold services for the professed auto including boring, honing, fabrication, welding and image parts development.
Katech Performance is settled at 24324 Sorrentino Court, politico Township, MI, 48035. Contact the consort by sound at 866-KATECH1 or meet online at www.katechengines.com.
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