{"id":1823,"date":"2023-05-31T19:02:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T00:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/?p=1823"},"modified":"2023-05-31T19:02:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T00:02:04","slug":"forum-updates-on-projectnewbalance-c6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/forum-updates-on-projectnewbalance-c6","title":{"rendered":"Forum Updates on #ProjectNewBalance C6!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Racing-Events\/NASA-TT-MSR-103022\/i-x3KcJsp\/0\/7206470f\/L\/2022-10-27_NASA_CRESSON_RP_7752-L.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/forum\/vorshlag-motorsports-discussions\/vorshlag-project-cars\/59013-vorshlag-2006-c6-project-new-balance?p=59148#post59148\">latest 3-part update to the Forum Build Thread<\/a><\/strong> for our 2006 Corvette is up and covers lots of work done to this TRUE dual purpose street\/track car from August through October of 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Amy-2006-Corvette\/i-ScZbpt6\/0\/8792c806\/L\/IMG_7931-L.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Updates included 6\/4 piston C6 Z06 calipers and rotors, some tie rod heat shields, TWO Mk60 ABS upgrades \/ tests, 295mm Hoosier R7 vs new Yokohama A052 testing, custom machined some wheels at Vorshlag, and made changes to the coolant reservoir location for more front tire clearance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Racing-Events\/ER-autocross-LSP-101622\/i-npWdKMm\/0\/85398fd4\/L\/A0904598-L.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We also ran the C6 in a LOT of Time Trial events in that time period, plus our first autocross &#8211; where we took 1-2 in class and Amy crushed it in the PAX finish and raw time placement. We made almost zero changes from the Time Trial to Autocross setups and it worked SUPER well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Amy-2006-Corvette\/i-CsCX3Bn\/0\/a2c5f32e\/L\/2022-thankful-L.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We ran out of time to cover the November-December months, but in the end this C6 put in 18 of the 30 track or autocross events we did in 2022 &#8211; and we had fun the whole time! Next time we will cover even more updates, more events, some paint work, and more. You can read <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/forum\/vorshlag-motorsports-discussions\/vorshlag-project-cars\/59013-vorshlag-2006-c6-project-new-balance?p=59148#post59148\">the latest Forum Build Thread entries here<\/a><\/strong>. Thanks for reading! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest 3-part update to the Forum Build Thread for our 2006 Corvette is up and covers lots of work done to this TRUE dual purpose street\/track car from August through October of 2022. Updates included 6\/4 piston C6 Z06 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/forum-updates-on-projectnewbalance-c6\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1824,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823\/revisions\/1824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}