AutoWeek Comparo: Z06 vs. SRT10

[ATC350X]

http://www.autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=103671

[triggerjerk]

We actually got the quickest Corvette acceleration times with a full tank of gas, which transfers weight rearward onto the drive wheels. Maybe we could have used sandbags and gone even quicker?

That is one powerful sumbitch. :haha:

I love how most all of the articles on the Z06 say first gear is useless for hard acceleration due to massive wheelspin
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[ULTIMTEORANGESS]

z06=new king of the 1/4.

[dave1w41]

There have got to be some pissed off people over in Auburn Hills and Stuttgart. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[BigOgre]

But if we were to take one of these cars straight off the showroom floor and go race it in showroom stock, at an auto_cross or in the 24 Hours of Whatever, we would choose the Viper. We can’t help but feel that without that stability program on the Z06 we would be in big trouble all day long through the slalom.


I haven't seen any articles that indicate that a Viper stands a chance against a Z06 on a road course. And I've seen several that indicate a C6 Z51 > Viper on a road course.

And the slalom test is stupid, I don't know why they use it anymore. It measures the ability of a car to do a left-to-right (and right-to-left) transition, and the width of a car. Neither of those things matter much in real life or racing.