[WolfpackS2k]

^Believe it or not, but my Cayman S has barely any options (granted I didn't buy this car new - just saying one has to look). Only options my car came with are: Sport Chrono, painted wheel center crests, and an AM radio antenna (which I hate lol). Porsche didn't even offer an LSD as an option on the Cayman until 2009 (4th year of production). I don't get the impression at all, that Chevy is starting to market/sell the C8 like Porsche sells their sports cars.

Originally Posted by serialk11r

Since the base has the dry sump already, the Z51 might be a cheaper upgrade.

If the base car has heat problems on the track, I would be worried about the Z51 also having problems... the brakes are only growing by a tiny bit, and I don't see a lot of space for a radiator in the back, so that can't be very big either.

I imagine that in 2020 the car would have electronic torque vectoring/stability control (via brakes) of some sort standard, so no LSD or no e-diff is not as big of a deal as it used to be when not having that option meant open diff with no way to put any power down.

• The base Corvette has a traditional mechanical LSD - seems fine to me. And electronic torque vectoring via the brakes is a horrible set up if you track the vehicle. The eLSD on the Z51 variant is considerably better than that (as was the same on the C7).
• The base Corvette has 4 coolant radiators - 2 in the front and 1 behind each door.
• The base Corvette has large front brake air ducting.
• The base Corvette has a liquid to liquid oil cooler.
• The base Corvette has a dry sump oil reservoir.

While I agree that the brakes look "a bit" on the small side, everything else looks encouraging for track use to me. BTW all this info is found in the linked article someone posted earlier.