| Spec Sheet |
| Car: | ’06 Z06 |
| Block: | Stock LS7 aluminum |
| Displacement: | 427 cid |
| Compression Ratio: | 11:1 |
| Heads: | Stock CNC-ported LS7 aluminum |
| Valves: | Stock 2.20-in. titanium/1.61-in. sodium-filled |
| Camshaft: | Stock hydraulic roller (0.591/0.591-in. lift, 211/230-deg. duration) |
| Rocker Arms: | Stock 1.8-ratio |
| Pistons: | Stock hypereutectic aluminum |
| Crankshaft: | Stock forged steel |
| Rods: | Stock titanium |
| Intake Manifold: | Stock LS7 composite |
| Throttle Body: | Stock 90mm electronic |
| Fuel Injectors: | Stock |
| Fuel Pump: | Stock |
| Ignition: | Stock |
| Engine Management: | Stock ECU |
| Power Adder: | NA |
| Exhaust System: | Stock 3-in. with vacuum-operated “bypass”mufflers |
| Transmission: | Stock six-speed |
| Clutch: | Stock |
| Driveshaft: | Stock |
| Front Suspension: | Stock |
| Rear Suspension: | Stock |
| Rear End: | Stock, 3.42 ring-and-pinion gear |
| Front Brakes: | Stock 14-in. cross-drilled rotors with six-piston calipers |
| Rear Brakes: | Stock 13.4-in. cross-drilled rotors with four-piston calipers |
| Wheels: | Stock 10-spoke (18x10.5-in. ’01 Z06 rear wheels used for racing) |
| Front Tires: | Goodyear Eagle F1 EMT, 275/35-18 |
| Rear Tires (street): | Goodyear Eagle F1 EMT, 325/30-19 |
| Rear Tires (race): | Nitto Extreme Drag, 335/30-18 |
| Fuel Octane: | 93 |
| Weight: | 3,130 lbs. without driver |
| Best ET: | 11.74 seconds |
| Best Trap Speed: | 124.14 mph |
| Best 60-ft. Time: | 1.88 seconds |
| Current Mileage: | 1,400 |
'01 Mallett/Cartek Z06At what point does a small-block officially cease to be "small"? Thanks to the LS-engine experts at Garwood, New Jersey's Cartek Racing (www.cartek.net), the answer is "a lot bigger than you might think." To create a properly puissant engine for Helmintoller's '01 Mallett Z06, Cartek's Dave Busch and Julio Hormilla wedded a re-sleeved LS6 aluminum block with a 4.125-inch forged Lunati crankshaft. The result is a 436-cube colossus worth a dyno-verified 532 rear-wheel (around 625 flywheel) horsepower. (The total may actually be higher now, as Helmintoller has added a Meziere electric water pump and a freer-flowing 3-inch exhaust system since the car was last dyno'd.)
Unlike the virginal '06 Z, the '01 was a dragstrip veteran that had been painstakingly annealed for the rigors of all-out acceleration testing. We weren't too surprised, then, when the car promptly laid down a string of low 11s at 126-128 mph, easily bettering the efforts of its current-generation competitor. Mickey Thompson slicks and a race-spec clutch meant the C5 Z could be launched much harder without fear of scrambling driveline parts, and a short-throw B&M shifter made executing rifle-shot Two-to-Three shifts a considerably less nerve-jangling affair.