Yesterday, a local guy and I met up and ran the two cars that the entire auto enthusiast world has anticipated seeing run. The newly available 2015 Corvette Z06 vs the Viper TA. Both cars are incredible machines in their own right, extremely capable on the highways and on the roadcourse. No two American sportscars have received more fanfare and praise from the media. As the Z06's first appeared in public driveways this past Wednesday, we now had the perfect opportunity to line them up for some spirited testing. Both cars are 100% stock. The Viper has 1,700 miles on it, and the Z06 has 700 miles on it. Both manual transmissions. It was 57F today, and the pavement was dry. My Viper IAT temps never went over 79F. We ran a series of runs, from different starting and finishing mph, as we wanted a full suite of testing to be shown.

At the end of the day, there were 7 clean passes made, where we started nearly even, and neither of us missed a gear. The Viper won every race, no matter what the starting speed was. The cars were typically dead even through 3rd gear, but once the Viper reached 4th gear, it would begin to pull away from the Z06. Once in 5th, there was no catching the snake. Going into this match, neither of us knew what to expect. I actually figured the Z06 would edge me out, based on his dynos of 579 rwhp SAE, which is higher than what Vipers put down.

Enjoy the video. Both cars speak for themselves, as you'll see.


Tony

 

C7z is beyond overhyped in my opinion. Nice runs and sweet viper

 

There are some complaints already that the Z06 has a very conservative tune that starts pulling power very early. GM has confirmed the issue as its a safety net for them. Im curious to see those runs after tuning that out on the Z. Cools runs either way from two badass cars.

 

Good job Tony! Now to find a Dodge Hellcat for comparison.

 

Wondering if we'll have as much chaos here, as the SRS on the forum did/does. Doubtful though, less t(f)ools.

I love the Viper, ...clearly the V10 still has what it takes in todays cutting edge setups. The question is Tony,..are you getting a Z? Guessing you are since you seem to have good taste in modern US built performance.

 

nice runs.at least 1 or 2 hellcats on the islands.

 

Looking forward to picking up my TA.

Also looking forward to seeing the results of bolt on vs bolt on. I had higher expectations for the Z06, best trap with a stock one so far is 125ish vs a stock Viper going 129. I honestly expected 130 out of the viper and 133 or so out of the Vette.

 

Great races cool snake for sure still though not faster I prefer the zo6 for a great looking car with best potential and perhaps better weight distribution.

Sure best ever muscle car era is among us.

 

I've gotta admit, the Viper has ALWAYS been my favorite car. I still have a dream of having a 97 or 98 GTS one of these days; blue with white stripes.

Thanks for sharing the video!!!

 

So disappointed in the new C7 Z06, it really looked so promising from the beginning. Even if a tune will greatly help it, I'd hate to buy a $83,000 vehicle that i have to immediately void the warranty on to walk my competitors. Good runs and beautiful car, Thx!