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gm4life

Nice baseline numbers. Take thoes numbers for a grain of salt, we all know that most magazine testers would get thoes numbers. And a good driver with practice can get better in stock form. Look at it this way I still see mags posting high 11's low 12's for a stock C6 Z06.

Slowgoin

Say this word.


"Fast"


That was three tenths of a second.


Was it worth 40 thousand smackers?


The ZR-1 and the GTR, I think I could love them both. I could look at them and drive them all day and be so very happy. (Until I arrived back at my garage and saw all the nicks in the paint) But for me, I would not pay over msrp for either one. And just between me and you, I always buy a used car. So it will be a while before I drive either one of them. I want a paddle shift C6. But thats just me. I look forward to reading the reviews posted.

racerns

Your an idiot if you think this car is just about 0-60 and 1/4 mile times. When you get to this power level on a RWD car there is only so much you can do on a street tire.

65vetteC6

oh and the Z06 is only about .3 faster then a Z51 C6

mousecatcher

you must not have been following along.

there is a special program for the mag shocks which put them into launch mode.

xrcrx

The quicker and faster a vehicle is, the more power it takes for even incremental gains. Props to GM for building this car. If it were available at MSRP, the performance per dollar would be staggering. At the current "availability markup", it's not as impressive as it would've been. Still , it's a Chevrolet Corvette, and off the showroom it produces incredible performance in every area. It may be a long time before we see anything like this from them again.

355Spider

Exactly as I thought. 131

FIVEPOINTSEVEN

I want to see 0-120, 0-150, 0-200, standing mile,0-100-0, slalom speed, etc etc...Bring on the mag tests woohoo!!!

Slowgoin

I realize that. And please, lay off the name calling.

monaroCountry

Corvette ZR1 testing alongside the 2010 Acura NSX. Do those look like antennas attached to the corvette wheels?

walterm32

I didn't know that

racerns

Ok so you are not an idiot(I must have been pissed off last night for some reason), but your posts were just focusing on the quoted acceleration times as compared to the Z06 and how was that worth the extra $45K. This is not the only measure of comparison of these cars.

robvuk

There are a lot of things that go into the ZR1 that people don't know about, before they make statements about $40k for just 133 more hp. It seems that many people on this forum think the world revolves around the 1/4 mile. If this were the case, the Corvette in general would not be a good choice of car. Mustangs and other similar cars would be better suited for such purposes. You don't need low CG, big front wheels/tires, 6 piston brakes and independent suspension for that. A lot of money goes into those items and if you want a drag car, the "bang for the buck" factor is not favorable on ANY Corvette.

GN1270

Yea because with our 200mph speed limits the 0-60 and 1/4 times are not that important.

Also people stop making the excuse that the Vette is RWD and not AWD> I do not want to bash the Vette but it seems that GM should have invested in AWD instead of a supercharger then especially if it is having problems beating a car around the ring with 150 less hp.

Eric D

Corvette ZR1 By The Numbers

The above is a link to the news report.

walterm32

I agree. If you want a very fast strictly 1/4 mile car there is no reason to start with a Vett (the transaxle for 1). Thats why you see so many fox body Mustangs at the drag strip. They are everywhere, parts are everywhere and those parts cost a whole lot less than they would for a Vett. The ZR1 seems like its the s#%t, but I'll stick with my Z06 (though I couldn't come close to being able to afford a Zr1 anyway).

KILR-RYD

who said its having a hard time, where do you have proof of the 2 cars racing and one beating the other on the same day? I dont think you do and comparing ring times from 2 manufacturers on 2 different days with multiple variables is pure lunacy..

you want me to tell you

GT-R 7:29
New tarmac, New tires, More suspension mods after the first run, A driver who probably tested this exact car more than 1000 times and better tires than the ones on the Z06

Z06 7:42
Old Tarmac, we dont know if it was completely dry or what type of weather was there on the ring that day, really bad tires, a race driver who has barely driven on that circuit and tried to achieve a time in 4 laps with the older tarmac.

I am all for the GT-R's abilities but you havent seen both the cars being tested on a level playing field.. I am not saying Z06 will stomp the GT-R, surely GT-R has capabilities beyond its pure stats, but Z06 aint a small animal that GT-R just crushed and passed by, they are almost equals on the track with may be an edge to the GT-R in some cases, for much newer technology..it took Nissan 7 yrs to perfect this, it took GM probably 2-3 yrs..speaks volumes about both manufacturers..

OKsweetrides

I second GN1270's thoughts!!!

Here here! AWD and small displacement with turbos all around. Heritage? what heritage does a 'vette have that godzilla doesn't?!




The more I see go go 09 GTR posts. The more I understand *real* skyline(read R32, 33, 34 and the many variants) owners. Too many fanboys, and now everyone with a big checkbook and no driving skill will be riding around in a car that many will mistake as a true Skyline and feel like superman.

Slowgoin

My post was not about just one measure of performance. It also was not meant to compare it to the GTR. I wanted to compare it to the ZO6

The ZO6

3.7, 0 to 60
0 to 100, 7.9
1/4 = 11 sec
Top speed, 198

The ZR1

3.4, 0 to 60
0 to 100, 7 seconds
1/4 10.5? (One of you great drivers will hit that stock)
Top speed 205 -210


Those numbers are pretty close, but the gap in greenbacks is pretty far apart.

Is it worth it?

If by chance you were in your ZO6 and a ZR-1 rolled up along side of you, do you realize what that race would look like. Blurry close. If Ranger was driving his ZO6 he would more than likely win every time. To much emphasis is going into the cars hype and not the driver.

Onto the track. What did the ZO6 run? 7:42 or 7:40? with the base stock numbers being so close in all the performance measurements we have read about to date, I can't see this car knocking 15 seconds off the C6 ZO6 ring time. Can you?