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Glad you’re safe. And sorry for your loss of a nice Z. Maybe you can buy it back at auction and sell off the parts and buy a C8. They have all season tires on them. Now get well!


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Get well soon! And I agree, there has to be a way to get at least the drivetrain out of the car. Good Luck.

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Wow,sorry for your loss.Have a speedy and full recovery. Seeing the photos reminds me of how fortunate I have been. I may slow down.

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As every Z owner knows, our cars' rears want to kick to the left when we lose traction and I was able to reduce that a lot with the addition of "C" beam plates but I always considered it part of the car's personality that made it so much fun to drive. I had one other semi-serious excursion a few years ago at an NCM track event but, hey, gotta expect a little excitement when you're pushing to the limit.

I was so used to the rear kicking out under acceleration that my reflexes handled it without even thinking. This one, though, happened so quickly and to such an extreme that I had no time to react or correct. Kind of reminded me of a time several years ago when one of our cars drove into the wall at Beech Bend during one of our gatherings. Bottom line - be very careful when pushing these cars. I don't regret any of the fun I had with this car but should have been more careful under the conditions I was driving. My car was making around 550 HP at the crank - many of our big bore/stroke cars put out much more - but that's a huge increase over the performance level designed in from the factory. So, learn from my experience and be very careful. Save a life!

And now let me get back to filling out the order form for a C8 ZO6. 😆

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Why crush it? Insurance carrier will sell it... or even offer it back to you as a buyback

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Will be calling the insurance company today to explore the options. Thanks!

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Wow Dennis sorry for your loss! Glad your still here to talk about it. I think all these cars once we mod them, we kind of get immune to the power and they seem tame. Get well soon!

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Wow... glad youre recovering.... Sorry bout the whole deal!

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Sorry about the car, glad you are okay.

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Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
We met a couple years ago at Carlisle. i told you of my upcoming project to swap in a 4:10 diff and you recommended those C-beam plates you mentioned.
i followed your advice.