Automobile Mag: '12 ZL1 tops the '13 GT500, Part 1 of 3
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Just curious, Camaro5 member got 11.4@120.88 with slicks and skinnies(rest bone stock), where would you put him at with stock tires? Some members here say a good half second, just want to know your thoughts on this.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219801
Edit**DA -600(possibly, dont quote me on that DA), automatic trans(verified).
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219801
Edit**DA -600(possibly, dont quote me on that DA), automatic trans(verified).
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Online DA calculator that lists every drag track in the US with temperatures for every hour, not out of my *** like the nutswinggers tend to do.
8:54am that date-
33.1deg, 54% humidity, 30.17 pressure with a track elevation of 603ft comes out to a DA of -1249'
8:54am that date-
33.1deg, 54% humidity, 30.17 pressure with a track elevation of 603ft comes out to a DA of -1249'
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Wouldnt the corrected SL run look like 11.553 @ 119.691 MPH?
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I wouldn't count on their correction to work great, and that's being corrected to a DA of 0 which is also really good air. Either way, I don't see anything higher than a 122 trap with a manual ever happening, which is a ways behind the 2011/2012 GT500.
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Probably not the best of air conditions/density altitude, but not the worst either?
I gained less than half a tenth going from stock 19" street tires (300 treadwear Goodyear F1 GSs that weren't even as sticky as the stock ZL1 tires by the way) to drag radials in my otherwise stock Corvette in the same conditions. It wasn't until I had a few bolt ons/tuning/torque management removal that I was truly able to utilize the advantages of the drag radials.
Mustangs (especially manual ones) are probably a little different (better?) when it comes to tuning/torque management limitations.
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Of course on that same day/night a well driven stock 2013 GT500 would probably put down 11.2s/11.1s at over 130mph.
You may be correct, I think 122 or 123 is the upper limit for a bone stock ZL1 on an all out perfect ('hero') pass.
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Fastest trap speed so far for a stock ZL1 119mph, stock for stock isnt this slightly faster than the 2012 GT500?
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Why go through the effort to find out the conditions of the track if your not going to accept its corrected run times and mph?
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I believe it was down south (Georgia, South Carolina?) some time in late April/May perhaps.
Probably not the best of air conditions/density altitude, but not the worst either?
On the manual car you might have a point, but on the automatic/6L90 car the drag radials could possibly even hurt it's 1/4 mile time in stock trim with stock tuning (as I'd already mentioned above). A mere tenth is totally believable in my opinion.
I gained less than half a tenth going from stock 19" street tires (300 treadwear Goodyear F1 GSs that weren't even as sticky as the stock ZL1 tires by the way) to drag radials in my otherwise stock Corvette in the same conditions. It wasn't until I had a few bolt ons/tuning/torque management removal that I was truly able to utilize the advantages of the drag radials.
Mustangs (especially manual ones) are probably a little different (better?) when it comes to tuning/torque management limitations.
Probably not the best of air conditions/density altitude, but not the worst either?
On the manual car you might have a point, but on the automatic/6L90 car the drag radials could possibly even hurt it's 1/4 mile time in stock trim with stock tuning (as I'd already mentioned above). A mere tenth is totally believable in my opinion.
I gained less than half a tenth going from stock 19" street tires (300 treadwear Goodyear F1 GSs that weren't even as sticky as the stock ZL1 tires by the way) to drag radials in my otherwise stock Corvette in the same conditions. It wasn't until I had a few bolt ons/tuning/torque management removal that I was truly able to utilize the advantages of the drag radials.
Mustangs (especially manual ones) are probably a little different (better?) when it comes to tuning/torque management limitations.
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Wow conditions don't get much better. You're right I think; it's not likely we'll see much quicker than 122, maybe a 123
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Fastest trap speed so far for a stock ZL1 119mph, stock for stock isnt this slightly faster than the 2012 GT500?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEqvB...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEqvB...eature=related