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Originally Posted by VADER SS L99
All other things being subjective like looks and ride quality I do think Ford built a better performing car stock for stock in that paticular market. However If you are going to compare the money between them you have to be fair. To get the same standard options the Zl1 has you have to add the SVT PP and track pack. That gets the 2 cars as close as possible equipment wise. The ZL1 is 55K and the GT500 is $61,500. Stock for stock and even stock with wheel/tire vs stock with wheel/tire I think there is no question the GT500 is the clear winner and its not just a little like some make it out to be its alot. I think the standard trans ZL1 vs the GT500 both being bone stock but with a wheel/tire is going to be a difference of .8 seconds in the 1/4 mile or more. If you dont think this is alot you need to go drag racing more. However if you plan to mod your car the ZL1 starts to look alot better. With the $6,500 difference your going to be able to gain that .8 seconds back maybe more. Another thing the ZL1 has going for it is the auto option wich is a $1,200 upgrade I believe. Now there is a difference of a little more than 5k. With 5k you could have pulley, tune, LT headers and a converter and walk all over a stock GT500 at the strip. Plus the auto's performance gap will widen further and further as the 2 cars get further into mods and ET. Just my $.02 cents.
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I really don't understand why people always want to enter mods into these topics. Modding it just about throwing money at it ,and both cars can be modded with enough money. For me I could car less about modding either car. I have modded cars and they are old cars. You know why? Because they are a lot easier to mod for HP, for a lot less money when you consider the initial cost.
And as far as the track pack, I can't understand why everyone wants to add this to the 500 for a direct comparison. Ford themselves even said that it is only needed for extreme track use which only about 3% GT500 owners will do. To me (being a drag racer) that package is useless and just adds weight. That's why I only have a $615 dollar increase to move to a GT500.
Like I said before and it keeps getting sided step. The motor in the GT500 is a hand built nearly race prepped work of art designed solely for the GT500 and to that there is no comparison. 662HP is just a starting point for that motor according to Ford And Shelby. It's built strong enough to take much more and to me that's worth the extra 5 grand; if that's the number every wants to use even though I know for a fact it's much less.
What's really funny here anyway is that we are talking about cars that most people buy as toys, don't really need and cost 55 to 65 grand. I doubt that too many people that can truly afford them will care about an extra 5 grand to get what they want. I know I don't. If I had worry about that, then I really shouldn't be buying because I really can't afford it.
I'm more interested in the performance of the two beastly cars than thier price tags.