R & T had a 0-100 and back to 0 test in this month's issue. It had some interesting results, so I thought I'd share. The times were as follows with the class of vehicle in parenthesis:

1994 Kawasaki ZX-9R - 11.5 (No class given)
Ferrari Enzo - 11.7 (No class given)
Porsche 911 Turbo - 13.5 (Sports Car)
Dodge Viper SRT-10 - 13.9 (Sports Car)
Lamborghini Murcielago-14.2 (Exotic)
Saleen S7 - 14.3 (Exotic)
Ferrari 575 Maranello - 14.8 (Grand Tourer)
Mercedes E55 AMG - 15.0 (Sports Sedan)
Mercedes SL55 AMG - 15.1 (Grand Tourer)
Audi RS6 - 16.3 (Sports Sedan)

Why is there no Z06 in the competition? Because R & T said it "simply isn't fast enough" in the sports car class. I think they just need a better driver for the Z06. The Kawasaki is the fastest machine they've *ever* tested, and the Porsche is the fastest *production* car they've ever tested, since they don't consider the Enzo a production car. The Porsche's performance is amazing (for 180k I would hope it would be). Oh, and by the way, I'm not trolling. I lurk here quite a bit and am a huge Z06 fan. Later.

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Scott

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I haven't yet received the new R&T (and I usually think their #s are fair), but if that's true, let me be the driver. MTs last high speed shoot-out ran the Z 0-100-0 at a 13.92, faster than the Ferrari 575M at 13.94. Now, I don't trust everything I read, but I'd say that's plenty fast enough.

 

Scott,

The Z's performance is very close to the other cars in the class. With one the guys(or gals) from this forum who dragrace thier cars on the weekend(and can launch it), it should be near even. :D

That's pretty scary for a car that's a lot less expensive.

It surprises me R and T didn't include it, they have always said good things about the Z.

Thanks for the info, I hadn't seen the article yet.

Brian-

 

Agreed. Assuming the transition time for a Z06 is 0.7 seconds, braking is at 4.1 seconds (.1 seconds faster than the Porsche), and using use R & T's 0-100 time of 9.9, the Z06 should run 14.7 seconds. But from reading this forum, I know a good driver that knows how to launch his car should run 0-100 in under 9 seconds (1/4 mile under 12 seconds), thus putting it in the range of high 13's. Alternatively, I wonder what times a proficient Viper, Lambo or Porsche driver could run?

 

well according to R&T the new E55 AMG keeps up with the new SRT 10 and can easily walk a Z :) so be carefull out there :confused:

 

Used to think R&T were more reasonable in their times. But they are a full second behind Motor Trend for the SRT. Motor Trend had gotten the best numbers so far with SRT-10 Viper with 0-60 in 3.9, 1/4 mile in 11.77@124MPH and 0-100MPH in 8.36, with 0-100-0 in 12.17 seconds.

 

How can they determine that it "simply isn't fast enough" until they test it? I feel a letter coming, to R&T.

 

Maybe GM could or would not give them a Z06 for some reason and they are a little PO'ed. :confused:

 

E55 AMG from http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....&page_number=5

0-60 4.2, 1/4 mile in 12.4 at 116.4, 2002+ Z06 can match or beat it; Viper beats both by a few tenths. :cheers:

 

R&T... a French owned magazine that is financed by Saddam Hussein. Like I care what they say... :rolleyes:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/magazine.asp

 

I own a supercharged C5(over 500RWHP) and just got an 03 E55. My cousin (who lives in the same neighborhood as me) owns an 01 Z-06. He has a Blackwing and exhaust on it so it should be at least as fast as the '02 if not faster. We have raced both of my cars against his Z-06. I know it runs strong because in fifth gear it is about even with my car (due to a ~300rpm advantage) in the 300-3500 range. The runs we had with the E55 against the Z-06 were quite impromptu, but what I noticed was that while he was in third the E55 was noticeably pulling him. First and second were a little more even but the E55 still seemed to have a bit of advantage. I am talking about in gear performance. I was gaining 1/4 to 1/2 car length additional every time he shifted. What I am saying is that even with no shift time at all, the E55 still, if anything, had a bit of advantage. Based on my experience, I would say that the Z-06 probably would have run even with or just ahead of the E55 due to a couple of tenths gained in braking. That would have put it a second behind the two sports cars. However, what is not mentioned there or here, is that you could supercharge a Z-06 for under 10k and it would blow all those cars away and cost significantly less than the cheapest car in that test.

 

Did you actually read the link you posted?

 

Agreed...The old GTS beats both by a few tenths and 3mph....SRT beat them by about 6-7mph

 

No way.

 

Magazine guys are shmucks!

 

Yeah.

Did you?

 

I think Motor Trend never actually finished those tests but rather used extrapolated points on a graph of what it should run. These days, I never believe any magazine tests because most of them apply all these correction factors and run them in totally different conditions so they aren't reliable at all. The only times I believe are the head to head comparos where they actually run the cars 1 on 1. None of this goofy "well based on the first 100mph..." crap...

 

Yes I did, including this part, further down.

 

That doesn't contradict anything that I originally stated. Its a french owned magazine that Saddam has financed via his holding companies stock ownership in said company. Read some of the attributed articles. They really haven't done much of anything to stop the ownership. Consequently, I could care less what they write.

 

And on a different note:

1994 Kawasaki ZX-9R - 11.5 (No class given)

is considered a relative slug compared to more modern bikes. The more modern bikes have less weight, more HP, more TQ, and better brakes.