C8 z06 gets drag pack , drag radial, weight drop and splash guards! Road testing inside!

[@10SecondZ06]

13:57 Apparently, if you jack up the car and let the wheels hang in the rear, you can pop out the rear splash guards and slide them up to the top off the wheel where the gap will be big enough to pull them out. I haven’t installed the rear ones on my Z06 yet because I don’t have the jacking pucks yet. The front ones work great though and stop a lot of the debris from hitting the door and the rear quarter panel vent.

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@10SecondZ06 aw dang! Thanks man!

[@dbmracing2019]

I love that smirk when you decide the weight of 50 grams is ok. CLASSIC

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@dbmracing2019 lolol

[@WingBreaker25]

Drag pack! Looking forward to you posting times! Thanks for doing all of this research.

[@8ctagon-w6c]

Love to see somebody thats pushing the limit on these cars!

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@8ctagon-w6c thanks!

[@HorsePowerObsessed]

Man that thing sounds mean!

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@HorsePowerObsessed I agree!

[@superchargederay]

fun stuff Brandon thanks for taking us along

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@superchargederay thanks for the kind words! Us z06 guys (I know you are one too along w that badA Eray ) have to jump through hoops it seems to get these cars moving from a dig.

[@ChrisbarrettZ06]

Great video !! Thank you for sharing your journey upgrading your Z.

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@ChrisbarrettZ06 very welcome !

[@ColesCarCave]

Love that you added the canards, looks mean. Mine go on soon!

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@ColesCarCave thanks ! Who did you buy yours from mine are apsisusa and wasn’t super happy w their product and support?

[@ColesCarCave]

@@BrandonsgaragesI was just deal hunting for a carbon flash one between EOS and others. Finally found Street Driven Performance was only $750. I think they will all have flaws unless they are OEM so may as well go cheaper

[@Brandonsgarages]

@ agree. I’m the same way , the front splitters are throw away items in my opinion and almost impossible to not scratch and even if you don’t scratch it something on the highway will hit it. Can’t justify big bucks on what I consider a wear item like that.

[@Drunken_Hamster]

Now imagine if you could small brake it to fit a 17/15 combo F/R. Or at least an 18/17 combo, damn.

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@Drunken_Hamster it really needs a real tire for sure .

[@Drunken_Hamster]

@@Brandonsgarages Have you called up any folks out there to look for a small brake conversion or ask if they'll build one if you use your car as the test bed? Might be worth it for the community to have C8 drag-pack parts. I know modern supers and sports cars are warthogs in the weight department, but this forced move to 19" and 20" wheels seems excessive. The Mopar cars are a good 20-30% heavier, go just as fast, and survive just fine on brakes that'll fit 18" wheels, so there's no excuse really for these to be forced to 19" at least not at the rear. I think, much like your choice of 235s on the front to keep it multi-purpose, that a car like this could work great with brakes sized for a 17" or at least 18" and truly 15" but at LEAST 17" rear. The older Corvettes sure did so, and they were in the low to mid 3000s range for weight, too.

[@Brandonsgarages]

@ they have some already I found. Lemme send you the link hang on I’ll find it. Not that pricey either

[@Brandonsgarages]

@ www.texas-speed.com/p-19200-aerospace-components-rear-pro-street-kit-2020-22-c8-corvette.aspx Will need to already have swapped to stingray brakes for this work. I know a guy that has already and this will be his next mod probably. He’s running 315/30/18 on his z06 now. It’s no 17 inch or 15 but still better than what we have !

[@Drunken_Hamster]

@@Brandonsgarages Be wary, KZbin might not let you send links in comments. They've auto-deleted my comments with links in the past so much that I just gave up. I can't even link to other channels or videos.

[@KSaw777]

The MC5's look awesome. That's what I put on mine but in carbon flash.

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@KSaw777 thanks! I prefer the spoke look of the Bcforged Rs45 but these do look pretty dang mean. Carbon flash would be ideal people don’t realize how the flash part w the metallic really makes a difference. I know from buying paint the carbon flash paint isn’t exactly cheap either!

[@Tony-h2893]

Remove the front license plate piece to open up the grille.

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@Tony-h2893 if I had not gotten the rad screens for one without the license plate piece I would have but I didn’t know about that feature yet.

[@10SecondZ06]

@@BrandonsgaragesI had the National Corvette Museum install the radiator guards and remove the center tag bracket piece before I even picked up the car. Makes the front end look so much better and adds better cooling too.

[@JeffreyHansen-wd6bm]

The Soler throttle bodies , Eventuri intake Kooks headers and exhaust , I just found a guy to do the work

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@JeffreyHansen-wd6bm with this round I think you will pick up 30-40 whp on a dynojet.

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@JeffreyHansen-wd6bm also each one of those mods besides throttle bodies also drops weight off the car too. Headers drop 5 lbs, Eventuri I can’t remember like 10-15 lbs?, catback drop 20-40 depending on you bought.

[@JeffreyHansen-wd6bm]

Oh ok , Thanks Brandon , I was hoping for 50 or 60 more Horse but it is what it is , yeah I know about the weight loss

[@dbmracing2019]

I feel with the Eventuri and the headers with exhaust you’ll be close to 50 but we feel the cats probably offer the biggest actual restriction in the exhaust and may want to consider doing hi flows or deletes if you’ll have all that off anyway and do it once. That’s my plan when I do my headers to do both and only do it once

[@joem7755]

sounds wicked. The streets in Mexico are covered in dew and not real good. There will have to be allot tweaking with launch control. are the EOS splash guards wider then the GM extended?

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@joem7755 not sure on that w regards to extended but def wider than the ones that came on car

[@helpinghands-assetrecovery4080]

Coo vids! Would you happen to know where I can purchase a rear spoiler like yours for my 2020 C8 Stingray?

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@helpinghands-assetrecovery4080 I feel like I have seen some somewhere but can’t remember I’ll pay attention and when I see one I’ll post a link

[@helpinghands-assetrecovery4080]

@@Brandonsgarages Thanks! 👍

[@gen1c8rs88]

Definitely wish the cc brake rotors were 395mm instead of 397mm for a 275/35r19-345/30r20 OEM setup, though 285/35r19 on 10.5's and 345/35r19 on 13 would be ideal with the OEM brakes for me.

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@gen1c8rs88 I like the idea of the 20 just because they actually offer a slick although only 11.5 inches wide and 29 inches tall think it would stick w a 12 inch wide rim. Not sure what you would need up front tho because that tall of a tire will kill gearing some and the Nannie’s freak out with big changes to diameter.

[@gen1c8rs88]

@Brandonsgarages This would be be my road course setup. OEM diameter is 26.5/27.8 on 10/13, my OEM set up is 26.5/28 on 10/13, my ideal * setup is 26.8/28.4 on 10.5/13. On C7's that's going from a 335/25r20 to 345/30r19(345/35r18 for road course) when comparing a 345/25r21 to a 345/35r19. Wouldn't mind going to a 295/35r18 on 11's(26×12.25) and a 345/35r18(27.4×14.25) on 13's with aftermarket 380mm rotors/calipers.

[@nbalivemobileawesomeness4481]

Im Surprised you havent gone to a recaro carbon fiber seat to save another 20 + pounds.

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@nbalivemobileawesomeness4481 on the to do list!

[@JeffreyHansen-wd6bm]

Hi Brandon HappyThanksguving Jeff H here again How much extra HP are you getting with just the motor bolt ons

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@JeffreyHansen-wd6bm I haven’t been back since my recent round of mods but I picked up 15 whp from tbs, 10 whp from ported intake, not sure on my cat deletes because I did those before Dyno . JLT picked up 10 whp but lost torque so offset. I have headers now and also haven’t dynoed them. I will say tho my car will trap about 4 mph than a stock z06 in the 1/8th mile and run .3-.5 faster in the 1/8th.

[@rivend3452]

Where you get CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8 Z06 XL EXTENDED REAR SPLASH GUARD

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@rivend3452 I got these used they were from EOS extremeonlinestore.com/collections/corvette-c8-parts-accessories/products/chevrolet-corvette-c8-z06-xl-extended-front-rear-splash-guard-1

[@Whatzitmatter]

What’re the wheel specs? I’m trying to find a Black Friday deal for my E-Ray. 19x12 clear the carbon ceramics?

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@Whatzitmatter I’ll look but u don’t want these specs they need about 15mm more outside towards fender well. The fronts fit great I have those specs on invoice . Gimme a few and I’ll get them to u

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@Whatzitmatter 19x12 is perfect size tho for sure

[@Brandonsgarages]

Fronts are 19x8.5 + 10 mm , rears in my invoice do not say but whatever stock is +15 or 20mm would be ideal .

[@Whatzitmatter]

Thank you! I’m going to keep my front axle OEM because of… well 160hp up there. I just want to make sure I get the little details like offset and center bore correct too. 19x12 5x120 +52 … I think.

[@billthompson7291]

What year is the nova

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@billthompson7291 72

[@trevonwilson1]

The smaller wheels looks bad ass but you need to lower the car. Too much wheel gap. When chevy offers a break conversion kit you have to go with 17" weld wheels and a much fatter tire, now that would look killer! 🔥 🔥 🙌.

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@trevonwilson1 agree 100 just can’t get on and off my lift even like it is. Will have to find a solution .

[@billthompson7291]

I had a 68 ss

[@Brandonsgarages]

@@billthompson7291 68 SS is one of my bucket list cars

[@alaskaruzz17]

Show the car more. Not you face. Lol.