cool graph, great breakdown
TEST DATA here for: C5 Z06 vs LS2 vs LS3.....
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TEST DATA here for: C5 Z06 vs LS2 vs LS3.....
Okay, I guess we might as well beat this up some more (despite what I said in another thread). Too hot to go to the dragstrip anyway.
Here is a new twist on the debate as to how potent the new LS3 is. The data below is all from Car & Driver magazine tests. I decided to stick with one magazine for the best potential consistency. They actually tested three LS2s, but one was a convertible (I do have that data). The second LS2 test below was a comparison test with a Porsche.
Unfortunately, in some tests they list data at every 10mph increment, and some they don't.
Here is a new twist on the debate as to how potent the new LS3 is. The data below is all from Car & Driver magazine tests. I decided to stick with one magazine for the best potential consistency. They actually tested three LS2s, but one was a convertible (I do have that data). The second LS2 test below was a comparison test with a Porsche.
Unfortunately, in some tests they list data at every 10mph increment, and some they don't.
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The chart is interesting, but lets put some things into perspective. First of all, look at the fact that two virutally identical LS2's were tested by the same magazine and came up with pretty significant differences in performance.
Second, how many of you buy that the 405 hp Z06 was so much faster than the 385 version? Look at the difference to the higher speeds. Those are huge differences.
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Doesn't the mag do those rolling numbers, like 20-65 or some such? Maybe I'm wrong. I think Road and Track may. Or Motor Trend.
Good thread, tho. It'll be even more interesting when you add the C6Z06.
Good thread, tho. It'll be even more interesting when you add the C6Z06.
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From a roll, I'd almost guarantee it.
The chart is interesting, but lets put some things into perspective. First of all, look at the fact that two virutally identical LS2's were tested by the same magazine and came up with pretty significant differences in performance.
Second, how many of you buy that the 405 hp Z06 was so much faster than the 385 version? Look at the difference to the higher speeds. Those are huge differences.
The chart is interesting, but lets put some things into perspective. First of all, look at the fact that two virutally identical LS2's were tested by the same magazine and came up with pretty significant differences in performance.
Second, how many of you buy that the 405 hp Z06 was so much faster than the 385 version? Look at the difference to the higher speeds. Those are huge differences.
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Unless those were all tested with the same driver, on the same track and most importantly, the same day, which they weren't, the times don't mean a hill of beans.
But thanks for compiling the times
But thanks for compiling the times
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I figure that tests done by a magazine, where they at least do have consistent procedures, and the drivers are - by the very definition - professionals who do it for a living, should have more meaning than damn near any results we read on a forum posted by people who in most cases we don't even know what their real name is
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And that may be a pertinent point. Maybe all the times posted on the forum don't mean a hill of beans. But that damn sure doesn't stop us from micro-analyzing them. I figure that tests done by a magazine, where they at least do have consistent procedures, and the drivers are - by the very definition - professionals who do it for a living, should have more meaning than damn near any results we read on a forum posted by people who in most cases we don't even know what their real name is
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Excellent point; and by extension, wouldn't that mean that Chevrolet's published times have even more meaning considering the multiple tests they conduct using their own professional drivers on the same track with all results corrected to standard day conditions and then averaged to come up with what is presented to us?