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10-28-2014, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by rsparks64

Maybe he meant 1/8 of a mile instead of a 1/4 mile.

No, I am talking 1/4 mile times. Are you guys really unaware of what tuned and modded turbo diesel pickups are capable of?

http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/128...-108-2mph.html

http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/128...116-98mph.html

http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/128...ottom-end.html

http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/128...d-skeeter.html

http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/128...t-run-12s.html

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10-28-2014, 08:30 PM

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I am talking Duramax diesels. No need for a loud exhaust. The 2011 and later can make up to about 550 RWHP on just a tune with the stock Allison tranny. The earlier models needed a beefed tranny. It is easy to get a 12 sec daily driver in a DMax. To improve on that you do need those serious mods. And there are 11, 10, and even 9 sec Duramaxes out there. You probably can't tell when you pull up next to one at a stoplight.

I guess always being challenged is just a sign of the well understood superiority on a Corvette. I am rarely challenged in my truck, and I don't look for challenges. I all about getting from point A to point B in the most efficient manner possible without negatively impacting anyone else on the road. I was also never challenged in my 66 vette.

I expect when I do get my C6, I will get challenged--and I will ignore those challenges. My C6 will be about the Corvette mystique and taking road trips on nice days with my bride of 27 years. I have already flown supersonic jets--was even an instructor in them. I also had a 10 sec drag race car. I don't need to prove anything, and I find that is a common sentiment on this forum.

You are 100% correct about the Duramax. A few years ago on Rt 40 on the way to the Daytona 500 a p/u with a Duramax wanted me to play with him. He took off from a red light, smoke billowing from his exhaust, and there is no way I would've kept up with him, even if I had intended to...damn fast, and torque out the kazoo!!!

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10-28-2014, 08:42 PM

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Send a PM to QuadblackC6 and get him to come down and humiliate those challengers into submission.

nice

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10-29-2014, 10:22 AM

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Pretty much the only challenges I've had when out with my Z06 has come from other corvette owners. I also have one of the 2014 Shaker R/T Challengers but it has the 5.7 hemi. Its fast but not even in the same league as the Z06. Yes it has a back seat but its not usable. But it does have huge truck space which is nice when on a car tour.

If you are a true car guy you can appreciate many different makes and models, some I would never buy, others I'd like to own. Nothing out there compares to my 2009 Z06 though.

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10-29-2014, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Cherokee Nation

I never seen a ZR1 run in the 10s..(STOCK)...

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That's more generous that I was going to be. I was going to say 11.3 or 11.4. Road and Track's best was 11.5 @ 129. First stock vette off the showroom floor in the 10s will be, if the numbers are correct, the new Z06.

Ummm.....what about these, just on cf?

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Bone-Stock on Stock Tires
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Rank~~ E.T.~~ Trap~ 60'~ Driver~~~~~ M.Yr. Details Thread Video
1~~~~ 10.664 132.92 1.68 Kyle Lemish ~~ 2009 details~~ thread video
2~~~~ 10.740 133.21 1.74 Kyle Lemish ~~ 2009 details~~ thread video
3~~~~ 10.794 132.21 1.80 jamie furman ~ 2009 details~~ thread
4~~~~ 10.851 129.89 1.70 racerns ~~~~~ 2009 details~~ thread video
5~~~~ 10.950 131.61 1.83 VY ZR1 ~~~~~ 2009 details

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10-29-2014, 03:42 PM

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OH NOOOOO!! FACTS!!!

I posted those and I got the response "those numbers mean nothing to me"

Good luck arguing using logic.

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10-29-2014, 03:53 PM

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Ok guys, here's another way to look at it ...........name me a stock Vette at the same msrp level as the HellCat that can run with it in the qtr mile ????? none I suspect, all these 'stock' 10 sec Vettes are not base LS3's, rather 100k plus ZR1's ..............

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10-29-2014, 04:53 PM

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ha. those hellcats have 275 rear tires, don't they? our base vettes with nearly 300 less hp have 285s - that should tell you something ..... they are BURNOUT machines. wait until some people actually get their hands on them with some proper tire sizes. they are still heavy *** cars, but I bet they are going to be pretty damn quick with some proper traction

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10-29-2014, 05:27 PM

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Ok guys, here's another way to look at it ...........name me a stock Vette at the same msrp level as the HellCat that can run with it in the qtr mile ????? none I suspect, all these 'stock' 10 sec Vettes are not base LS3's, rather 100k plus ZR1's ..............

How about a c6z06? Although not the norm, but here are more than one stock vettes at the same msrp level that ran faster than the HellCat's stock time with tires of 10.85:

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Rank~~ E.T.~~ Trap~ 60'~ Driver~~~~~ M.Yr. Details Thread Video
1~~~~ 10.715 130.32 1.60 Ranger ~~~~~ 2006 details~~ thread video
2~~~~ 10.750 128.19 1.56 Dr.Ron ~~~~~. 2009 details~~ thread
3~~~~ 10.787 129.45 1.57 Wndotintman~ 2009 details~~ thread
4~~~~ 10.831 130.05 1.70 Jamie Furman~ 2006 details~~ thread

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10-29-2014, 05:32 PM

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I can go with those times if it was on a cool day or night. low humility,low dew point makes a hell of a lot of different...

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10-29-2014, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by INTJ

We know what you're talking about, but no one really cares.

Use your truck to haul stuff in the bed, not try and be a sports car.

Saying you have a fast pickup truck is like saying you have a 5 inch c*ck, no one will be very impressed.