Thread: First ZL1 1/4 Mile Numbers.... (best of 12.04)
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Old 04-13-2012, 01:44 PM   #46
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Hey guys, the numbers are the numbers. We know how to dyno and test cars down the track and have gone thru this drill a lot in the past 20 years. I even thought that maybe we had some bad fuel but our tuner said that he never saw any knock on the dyno. I am guessing that the power will come up once the motor is broken in. I would expect more like 585 rwhp from a stock ZL1 automatic car.
you are missing something...

Stock flywheel HP is 580. 585RWHP should not be expected.
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