Supercharged Ford driver takes Corvette too lightly and loses by a landslide.
This week’s Kill Story was originally shared to the forum by “RedFuryZ28” from the wnt2gofst YouTube account and it features a highway roll race between a C6 Chevrolet Corvette and an S197 Ford Mustang GT. Based on the brief details, this race has created some controversy among the Ford community after the Mustang driver didn’t take the Corvette seriously.
The competitors
This video showcases a lightly-modified C6 Corvette and a built S197 Ford Mustang GT. In stock form, the ‘Vette will make short work of the Mustang, but neither of these cars are stock.
The Chevy has an aftermarket camshaft setup, helping the car to make somewhere in the area of 485 rear-wheel horsepower. The Mustang GT has a “built engine and trans” with a Paxton supercharger, allowing the bright red muscle car to create more than 700 rear-wheel horsepower.
Based on power numbers, the Mustang should easily outrun the Corvette, but we should keep two things in mind. First, the Corvette weighs 300-400 pounds less than the Mustang and second, the driver makes a difference. In this case, the driver didn’t go hard against the C6 and as a result, he got walked on camera.
The race
The video begins as the Mustang and Corvette line up side-by-side on the highway. On the third honk of the horn, both drivers hammer down and the Chevy quickly jumps ahead. At one point, it looks like the Mustang is starting to close the gap, but the LS3-powered sports car just keeps on pulling away – beating the supercharged Ford quite comfortably.
Internet chatter suggests that these two cars ran again and the Mustang driver put a little more into it – allowing the Ford to win – but in this clip, the Corvette hands out a beating.
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