Road and Track ZL1 vs GT500

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08-14-2012, 01:04 AM

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This whole thread is like one long circle-jerk...except no one is getting off.

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08-14-2012, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by gocartone

I outran a 2006 C6Z06 all day in my bolt-on F-body, he was running high 13s-low 14s to my low-mid 13s. Does that mean anything other than the driver sucked? Nope.

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I was just responding to his comment that made it sound like driving the car to 11s was going to be a cakewalk.

The same guy also has a ZR1 that I've seen go deep in the 11s at 124-126mph. He definitely isn't a good driver at all, but he isn't full blown retarded either.

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08-14-2012, 06:30 PM

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Show me where they are running the same times at the same track/same day. You can't compare the best ZL1 to the worst GT500 times. I've seen videos of ZL1s only trapping 112mph and getting beat by almost stock 5.0 Mustangs, but I'm not going to use those to make an argument with. Comparing the two is about the same as saying a C6Z06 is on par with a base LS2 C6 with average drivers. We are talking 8-10mph trap speed differences, that is HUGE.

Now if you want to admit you are really comparing really shitty drivers to really good ones I can agree, but two drivers with close to equal skill is going to be a ZL1 *** kicking all day.

Ok a few weeks back I made the comment that a auto zl1 will give a gt500 a hard time stop light to stop light and you guys said I had no clue what I was talking about and in the "real world" it would get destroyed and with an excellent driver it will but let's face it most people in the "real world" aren't good drivers but hey that's the "real world". You feel like I'm trying to compare best times to worst times and that's not true either I'm comparing the times of the guys who have bought the car and taken them to the track. What times are you using? Magazine times? Now stop hanging on the mph since that was never even part of the discussion since we know it will have a higher mph with less weight and more power but it also shows how hard it really is to launch these cars even though the reviews made it seem like it would be in the 11's without even trying.