Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 kicking some ass...casually

[Wraith]

Yeah i know, but it just sounds good saying it has leaf springs!!!



So how do you explain the ZR-1 doing Nurburgring (one of the toughest tracks out there) 7 seconds faster than the GT-R??

I'd say the 'hands down killing' is being done by the Vette!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6mEirkQN8o

Steve, what is the ZR1's time at the Nurb. ??? did it do a 7:18 ???

[SSS_Hoon]

the list of times that i have has the ZR1 doing the nurburg in 7.26 but its a factory claimed time, then another one has it at 7.22.4 again a factory claimed time.


SSS_Hoon

[Wraith]

Exactly right...and everyone knows that the GTR has 480hp at the wheels so it's flywheel figure is identical if not marginally smaller than the ZR1

The V-spec will need to lose some serious weight if it wants to be quick or bang-for-buck.

Here we go again with figures spun out of thin air LOL...

GT-R's on dynos so far have produced an avarage of 430bhp at the wheels BW not 480 and don't start pretending you don't know this

Which BTW is an awesome effort since it shows a driveline loss of only 10%, no other AWD is capable of that !

The ZR1 has somewhere between 550-600bhp at the wheels and weighs a few hundred kgs less - you do the simple math - result should be obvious

[SSS_Hoon]

http://www.fastestlaps.com/car4769c1746c636.html ZR1

http://www.fastestlaps.com/car4717b80e35715.html GTR

SSS_Hoon

[Wraith]

the list of times that i have has the ZR1 doing the nurburg in 7.26 but its a factory claimed time, then another one has it at 7.22.4 again a factory claimed time.


SSS_Hoon

So what's the story with the 7secs better than the GT-R ???

Everybody knows the GT-R has posted an official 7:29 followed by another fully documented run at 7:25, that means the ZR1 would've had to have done a 7:18 ???

A sub 7:20 is what we can expect from the V-Spec GT-R...

[SSS_Hoon]

I not sure the fastest i have seen the ZR1 is at 7.22 and i not seen a GTR at 7.25 only 7.29.

but you know forums, its all about ppl spouting shit that they know nothing about just too annoy someone else on the forum LoL.

SSS_Hoon

[Wraith]

http://www.fastestlaps.com/car4769c1746c636.html ZR1

http://www.fastestlaps.com/car4717b80e35715.html GTR

SSS_Hoon

Interesting info there, ZR1 shown as a low 11sec 1/4 mile - I've read lots of reports suggesting 10's ?? Nurb time shown as 7:26 ??

GT-R Nurb time shown as the 7:29 not the 7:25 ??

If you look at all the other performance numbers it's fair to say that performance wise they're almost evenly matched - love the LS9 and the ZR1 but for such a huge power/weight ratio advantage, it dosn't get that much ahead...

[Wraith]

I not sure the fastest i have seen the ZR1 is at 7.22 and i not seen a GTR at 7.25 only 7.29.

but you know forums, its all about ppl spouting shit that they know nothing about just too annoy someone else on the forum LoL.

SSS_Hoon

I'm pretty sure there's a video documented run of the 7:25, I may have even posted it on the GT-R thread...

Taking nothing away from the ZR1 as I love V8's above all others, anyone would expect it to do well with so much power and torque and it's about time we see hi-tech V8's with forced induction in the picture, as alot of people believe V8's are useless...

[lithium]

just watched the youtube video...wow, what a drubbing of the GT-R

to be honest it reminds me a bit of the first reviews of the original WRX - everyone is raving on about its acceleration and value for money and how you can go hunting V8s and exotics. but later people discovered its just quick off the line and runs out of breath past 100km, while a V8 is still pulling and pulling!

granted these cars are going much faster. but for some reason it reminds me of that

[SSS_Hoon]

to me the vid looks staged....



SSS_Hoon