[ZR1] Great: C6 ZR1 next to C4 ZR1
11-29-2009, 08:18 PM
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Great: C6 ZR1 next to C4 ZR1
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11-29-2009, 08:52 PM
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11-30-2009, 02:37 PM
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11-30-2009, 04:24 PM
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Great pic !
The new ZR-1 is an awesome car , no doubt. The C4 ZR1 was an awesome car. Technology moves on. I'm just glad to be around to see it. Hopefully one day a new Z will take place with my LPE 385. The stroker 441 ZR1 will be sold and replaced with the new.
The new ZR-1 is an awesome car , no doubt. The C4 ZR1 was an awesome car. Technology moves on. I'm just glad to be around to see it. Hopefully one day a new Z will take place with my LPE 385. The stroker 441 ZR1 will be sold and replaced with the new.
11-30-2009, 06:34 PM
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The LT-5 is definitely the best looking engine ever put in a vette (and one of the best looking of all time).
12-01-2009, 01:02 AM
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by far , a work of art, the LS9 performance is great but the Lotus built LT5 was a groundbreaking step for the corvette, a very special motor.
12-01-2009, 06:38 AM
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12-01-2009, 11:47 AM
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12-01-2009, 01:02 PM
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Hmm... that may very well being true. I also think the C4 ZR-1 was one of the most exciting cars of its time. That being said, I also think that the LT-5 was a mistake in a way. It was overly expensive and heavy, and offered very little performance advantage over the LT1. They should have just come out with a supercharged LT1 on the ZR-1 and then they would have had a dominating beast, much like the C6 ZR1 is now.
12-01-2009, 01:37 PM
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Thanks Tony for posting a picture of my C6ZR1. I owned 2 C4 ZR-1's and they were great cars but the current ZR1 is superior in every way and costs about the same in our current deflated currency.
12-01-2009, 03:40 PM
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Le Mans Master
Not meant as a flame, so please enlighten me. Why did Chevy have Lotus (a British company) and Mercury Marine (Boat builder?) do the LT5? Couldn't Chevy develop something inhouse, to keep it a true Chevrolet Corvette?
12-01-2009, 05:40 PM
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Le Mans Master
Was wondering the same- I never knew this about the older ZR1.
:o
12-01-2009, 05:41 PM
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