Josh after a hot lap in the GS sounds like most people after a fight: winded, exhausted, relieved. Driving fast cars like this on track is a true experience that will test your grit. 🍻 💪 🏎️
@kantisdel1 Жыл бұрын
Got my 2017 last October couldn’t be happier. 👍🏼
@markuslindal Жыл бұрын
Great video! I have this exact car in this colour, great to see it on the track. Other than the garbage rims that fail and GM will not cover under warranty its a great car. If you have one that has stock rims, change them immediately for good quality aftermarket rims and save yourself the grief of getting flats and having the car out of commission.
@jax10792 жыл бұрын
I can safely say that Corvettes are clearly the greatest cars ever made and undisputed in prowess and capability… not that I’m at all biased. 😜 And for someone who looks to be of normalish height, that was an impressively fast targa removal. Great video as always!
@JoshVanVeld2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that unbiased reaction! 😂
@dexterbushrod3176 Жыл бұрын
Car is a beast, I don’t care what you own, this is that bang bang for the dollar.
@dumbotterlover255811 ай бұрын
Can confirm that taking the top off adds at least 40% more life to driving it in day to day scenarios
@randrwest Жыл бұрын
Hi Josh. I'm Ron West: your Dad's life long friend since first grade. We loved each other like brothers. What a kick it is to see and hear you drive! I'm looking forward to more.
@JoshVanVeld Жыл бұрын
Hi Ron! So good to hear from you. My dad talked about you all the time. What a great gift to have a life-long friend.
@LMBC6Brian2 жыл бұрын
In Track/PTM Race mode, the nannies are not off. You are just getting very little, but the car is still in control. All off would be holding the TC button until it tells you everything is off.
@JoshVanVeld2 жыл бұрын
Nooo! That's frustrating! The manual says "StabiliTrak/ESC is off and engine power is available for maximum cornering speed." So at least the stability control was fully off but I guess traction control will still intervene if there's excessive wheelspin/slip angle? I guess I'll have to ask Walter if I can drive it again... :)
@hasonlavajunk9774 Жыл бұрын
In this video “Race” mode In gauge cluster compared to the Chevrolet manual indicates all stability / traction control “Off.” Otherwise that button to turn off stability / traction control would be utilized in the other driving modes.
@TheKroopView Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for posting this video. There are not many published of the C7 Grandsport.
@JoshVanVeld Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! I'm impressed at how little seat time I needed in the car to put in a quick lap time on street tires. They are super capable right out of the box.
@SharpMotorsports Жыл бұрын
Hopefully if you do the Z06, it doesn’t have the overheating and heat soak issues that many experience! One of the reasons that the GS is a great street / track car! Great video by the way!
@JoshVanVeld Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked the video! I did end up doing a review on the C7Z but I didn't push on it hard enough or long enough to experience any of the cooling issues that have been reported. I ended up buying a clean C6Z a little while back and that's going to be a track day build project. Hope you'll follow along!
@3jake5meeАй бұрын
hahaha that targa top takes me so long, this dude has got it down
@robherrera6178 Жыл бұрын
It has a track mode which tightens up the steering.
@johannesvanhoek9080 Жыл бұрын
Yes, very nice, I also enjoy my 2019 grand sport !
@ZZ-ed6wp6 ай бұрын
C7 is wind buffeting like crazy with that top off. Great for a slow drive on a cool day
@takkubell4 ай бұрын
I'll be honest if you're gonna go with a grandsport go with the z07 package & manual. Just my opinion but as long as the owner is happy.
@TheStretch782 жыл бұрын
Awesome, thats exactly why I bought a GS! 💪😎
@JoshVanVeld2 жыл бұрын
A man of culture and taste I see! If I was in the market for a 'vette right now I think it would be between the C7 GS and the C6Z. Hard to argue with the looks and capability of the GS.
@eromain372 жыл бұрын
Man that was an AWESOME review!!!
@JoshVanVeld2 жыл бұрын
Hope it was worth the wait! Thanks again for your help out there - great meeting you in person!
@tonypartridge7085 Жыл бұрын
The GS to me is better than the Z just because it's usable horsepower. You can throw it in a corner and come out of it like a rocket versus feeling like you're going to lose control. Can smash the gas at anytime!
@JoshVanVeld Жыл бұрын
It's the principal of "it's better to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow" but applied to a 460 hp car vs a 650 hp car 😆
@tonypartridge7085 Жыл бұрын
@@JoshVanVeld 😂😂😂
@camonly849 Жыл бұрын
Aside from the c7 zr1. I think the best track car is a c7 grandsport with a heads cam package. Add some racing seats, a light weight clutch and battery and you're at 33, maybe touching 3200lbs. That would be the ideal track car over the c7 z06.
@JoshVanVeld Жыл бұрын
That sounds like a recipe for success to me. What kind of power does that motor make with heads and cam?
@camonly849 Жыл бұрын
@@JoshVanVeld I own a c6z, and am partial to that lol...but I think a c7 grandsport would be awesome. I believe it would be around 550whp. I think katech put a built 427 in one and made it track car. 😍😍😍😍😍😍
@camonly849 Жыл бұрын
@@JoshVanVeld also a cool motor to check out is jake rozzelles c5 with the 454 lingenfelter motor. 8600rpm 820hp!
@JoshVanVeld Жыл бұрын
@@camonly849 I’ll definitely look that motor up. Sounds awesome.
@camonly849 Жыл бұрын
@@JoshVanVeld heck ya! Love the track video! Always interested to see someone drive the grandsport. I feel like you don't see many of them.
@StochasticWolf2 жыл бұрын
How was your friend able to get Laguna Blue on a 2019? That color is supposed to be 2014-2016 only, the C7 Grand Sport didn't even come out until 2017...
@JoshVanVeld2 жыл бұрын
Are you sure it’s Laguna Blue and not Elkhart Lake Blue? I’m thinking it’s Elkhart Lake - he talked about it a bit but I don’t think it made the video.
@StochasticWolf2 жыл бұрын
@@JoshVanVeld Yea you're right it is Elkhart, looks almost exactly the same as Laguna. Nice to know I can get that gorgeous blue on a 2019!
@pontiacGXPfan Жыл бұрын
Elkhart Blue wasn't a extra-cost option like Laguna Blue
@JerryCecco2 жыл бұрын
do a C7 Z06 next, but be careful; after a track test drive, a C7Z will show up in your garage very quickly
@JoshVanVeld2 жыл бұрын
Great idea! I think I have a friend who wants to make it happen :)
@JerryCecco2 жыл бұрын
@@JoshVanVeld I hope the C7Z will have the Cup2..........fantastic tire at the right temp
@xbwang872 жыл бұрын
What do you think about the transmission? A lot of hate for the Auto transmission. Looks like his car didn’t have track alignment and those stock wheels tires are trash! It is a great car no doubt. Really fast car and hugely capable
@JoshVanVeld2 жыл бұрын
You can tell it's got a torque converter, obviously. I would prefer a manual but I get why a lot of people would go for the auto and it didn't get in my way at all. My wife's SRT Durango has the ZF 8-speed in it and the one in the Vette didn't feel too far off to me. For sure with an alignment, track-focused tires, and a cool day you'd shave a few seconds, easily.
@xbwang872 жыл бұрын
@@JoshVanVeld I agree. The factory wheels are known for cracking. I replaced mine with some apex wheels and 200tw tires. The car doesn’t need much for track day duties on regular basis. I highly recommend Walter replace the diff fluid if he hasn’t done so. That’s the other weak point on the car. Otherwise the car is bulletproof
@JoshVanVeld2 жыл бұрын
@@xbwang87 I've heard that about the wheels. The ones from Apex look really good for the price. Which tire did you go with? I'll pass along the recommendation about the diff fluid.
@hyperboost80972 жыл бұрын
@@JoshVanVeld Apex forged wheels work the best. 18x11 front and 18x12.5 rear or 19x12.5 rear. 19" tires for the rear will give less ice mode situations. Tires I am running BFGoodrich Rival S1.5 315/30/18 and 335/30/18 and then Nankang AR-1 315/30/18 and 325/30/19 rear. He has CCB then he is all set with brakes. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qMtgasmq1K22l5c.html This is the link for the diff fluid change. a lot of good info there.
@xbwang872 жыл бұрын
@@JoshVanVeld Kenneth Channell they are apex EC-7RS forged wheels 18x11 front and 18x12.5 rear with 315/30/18 and 335/30/18 BFgoodrich Rival S1.5 tires. You will experience some ice mode on hard braking application so you have to be careful with your brake pedal modulation. I also run 18x11 and 19x12.5 with Nankang AR-1 tires. This setup is more expensive and you will get less days with them. Both setup are very good and fast. Especially the AR-1 tires. Everything has a cost but you do it right for the first time so you save money on the long term. Please skip any wheels that are not forged and specifically don’t run with the factory wheels. Our cars will also need some other work before track days which I can explain later.
@dowroa Жыл бұрын
Sorry for the really late comment but I have watched both track day videos now. In the previous video, you were in Track mode and there was a lot of TCS intervention, but you ran a 1:31 there. In this video, it looks like you had a more positive experience, but once again you ran a 1:31. Do you know what was holding you back from going faster if it is basically the same car with better settings and no traffic but the same time? Ambient? Being safe? Have you overlaid the videos to see where you were gaining / losing? Thank you for any and all feedback! Awesome friend and I really appreciate the look into this car (twice!) and AMP!
@JoshVanVeld Жыл бұрын
I think in the other video what you saw for the lap time was deceptive. The car ran a 1:34.x - I crossed the finish line around 1:31 but the in-car lap timer was using a different point on the track to start the lap - you can see it report a lap time as I get closer to turn 1. Even though the timer showed around 1:31 when I crossed the start-finish line, the lap hadn't started yet.
@stevengrizzle2 жыл бұрын
Great Vid Josh
@JoshVanVeld2 жыл бұрын
Thanks bud!
@btravassos1226 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you had it in race mode? That still has “Nannie’s”. No stability control but the car is still using traction control to put power down without spinning the tires too much.
@JoshVanVeld Жыл бұрын
Correct. I figured that out afterwards. I didn't realize it was as simple as holding down the button to disable everything although Walter did try to tell me. I read the section in the owners manual about the PTM modes and the language was a little vague and didn't mention how to just turn it all off. Might have to give it another go!
@DennisMurphey Жыл бұрын
Do you have any idea how the 2014 Z51 A6 would compare to this GS A8????
@JoshVanVeld Жыл бұрын
On the same tire compound, same conditions, same driver, the GS is going to be quicker just due to the significantly wider tires. Will it be a lot quicker? Probably not. And I would guess that a Z51 on a dedicated track day tire compound would be at least as fast as a GS on street tires.
@s2klivin392 жыл бұрын
Really nice vid
@JoshVanVeld2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it 😀
@corvette412 Жыл бұрын
Here is a hot lap in a C7 Grand Sport, manual, with Cup2's at AMP from Oliver Gavin released by Chevrolet. 1:25.17! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jcdimqeJ25fMooU.html
@carlross-works6302 жыл бұрын
Put the windows up!
@JoshVanVeld2 жыл бұрын
SO HOT. I didn't want to run the AC but then I realized afterwards I hadn't shut the AC all the way off.
@Omega_TTRS Жыл бұрын
How did this C7 GS feel on track in comparison to your C6Z?
@JoshVanVeld Жыл бұрын
I'd have to drive them back to back to give you a good answer in terms of feel. Now that my C6 has been upgraded a bit, I certainly prefer it. Lighter, more power, one button to defeat all of the nannies, only available with a manual transmission. The C7 is good to go right out of the box. Fantastic brakes, comfortable modern cabin, automatic transmission works well on track if you don't want to bother with a manual (I would still go with a manual and the one in the C7Z I drove on track was great to use). It suffers from the same lack of detailed front-end feel that the C6 and C5 do. For me the C6 is the perfect combo of a killer engine, a driving experience that's modern but still raw, and a car that's livable on a daily basis if you want to use it that way. The C7 GS is 50% more expensive and doesn't feel quite a special to me, but it's a lot more modern and it's nice not to have to lose sleep about whether the motor is going to destroy itself without thousands of dollars worth of preventative head work.
@Omega_TTRS Жыл бұрын
@@JoshVanVeld I appreciate your feedback. I used to own a 2019 Z06 and I’m considering getting back into another Corvette. I keep going back and forth between a C6Z and a C7 GS. I’m leaning on the C6Z but, I really like the technology and aesthetics of the C7.
@CodeBlueNurburgringAtom2 жыл бұрын
I bet with Sport Cup 2’s you’ll get below 1:30!
@JoshVanVeld2 жыл бұрын
No question! If I had been willing to keep my foot in it around the long sweeper I think a 1:29.9 might have been in the cards. Definitely could have broken 1:30 on a cooler day. Cup 2's would definitely push it over the edge. OK I'm out of excuses now :)
@cablelag Жыл бұрын
"I always wanted a serious track car" Shifts trans into Drive......
@JoshVanVeld Жыл бұрын
Everything's relative I suppose. To be fair, I remember a lot of marketing when the C7 came out about how good that 8-speed was even on track.
@sraldiris Жыл бұрын
air conditioning drops water on the track
@speedlife301 Жыл бұрын
He needs to at least tune it and full bolt on. Would give him 465\480whp . Hate stock n/a c7 ‘a . Too slow
@richardsutherland1151 Жыл бұрын
Only guys with a GS think its better than a Z06. Its not.
@JoshVanVeld Жыл бұрын
It’s lighter. And it’s not known for being prone to overheating. And it’s cheaper. People have different priorities and “better” for everybody is relative based on those priorities.