Peformance question: which is quicker?
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Melting Slicks
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Peformance question: which is quicker?
C6 Vette or F-18 being being launched off an aircraft carrier with full afterburners? I'm just curious. The F18 is more powerful but is sooooo much heavier than the Vette. My feeling is that it all would boil down to the drivers.
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by own2vettes
C6 Vette or F-18 being being launched off an aircraft carrier with full afterburners? I'm just curious. The F18 is more powerful but is sooooo much heavier than the Vette. My feeling is that it all would boil down to the drivers.
I love my C6, but a f-18 is no f'n joke.
Drifting
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From: Los Angeles CA
Originally Posted by Analog Kid
It would depend on if the C6 is automatic or manual. 
Hey dont forget the Z51 package now.. the F55 package would help smoothen out the big bump once it runs out of flight deck though
But Im gona have to go with the F18 if only because of the catapult... now the question is how far would the C6 fly if IT was launched off the catapult.....
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From a past Motor Trend article:
http://www.motortrend.com/features/p...112_0304_fast/
Quickest-Accelerating Tuner Corvette
Pitted against a Blue Angels F/A-18 jet, Steve Dumler's stock-looking '01 C5 fitted with a Lingenfelter Performance Engineering twin-turbo 427 LS-1 V-8 ran 9.24 at 150.27 mph (June 2002, page 84). Zero to 60 mph took just 1.97 seconds.
http://www.motortrend.com/features/p...112_0304_fast/
Quickest-Accelerating Tuner Corvette
Pitted against a Blue Angels F/A-18 jet, Steve Dumler's stock-looking '01 C5 fitted with a Lingenfelter Performance Engineering twin-turbo 427 LS-1 V-8 ran 9.24 at 150.27 mph (June 2002, page 84). Zero to 60 mph took just 1.97 seconds.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Pasadena, CA
Originally Posted by Mocoso
Hey dont forget the Z51 package now.. the F55 package would help smoothen out the big bump once it runs out of flight deck though
But Im gona have to go with the F18 if only because of the catapult... now the question is how far would the C6 fly if IT was launched off the catapult.....
But Im gona have to go with the F18 if only because of the catapult... now the question is how far would the C6 fly if IT was launched off the catapult.....
But remember... the C6 with the Z51 package would be 1/10 of a second faster!
Drifting
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From: Seattle WA
Originally Posted by SurfCity
Carrier launches are made with catapults. 0-180 in about two seconds. No contest.
The Vette is quick but not that quick.
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Originally Posted by own2vettes
C6 Vette or F-18 being being launched off an aircraft carrier with full afterburners? I'm just curious. The F18 is more powerful but is sooooo much heavier than the Vette. My feeling is that it all would boil down to the drivers.
"There are more airplanes in the ocean than submarines in the sky"
Harry
Drifting
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From: Salinas Ca.
Originally Posted by St1ck
I think if you hooked the vette up the catapult then it would be quicker!
I think that would void the warrenty though..
Anyone else considering the Aircraft Carrier mod? (good for one run only)
I think that would void the warrenty though..
Anyone else considering the Aircraft Carrier mod? (good for one run only)
