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Originally Posted by Ninjak
Again I think you do not understand the argument. The Vette IS NOT in a muscle car class. Look up the History of the Vette. A BASE vette though impressive is not running faster than a GT500. It run the 1/4 in 12.6~12.5 from what I have seen, while the GT500 runs in 12.4 This is all stock btw.
The STOCK BASE Vette is 436 HP. So please explain why GM would build a car with the same performance as a vette and for half the money ? Now true a z28 could cost the base price of a Vette, but that is as far as it could go.
Building your z28 would truly stomp all over the toes of a Vette zo6, and in truth thats why GM is in the trouble it is now. They been competing in-brand for years. Hell I can name 4 different SUV that are the same truck with different badges under Saturn, GMC, Chevy, and Pontiac.
But alas..that is not the point here. The point is that the Vette is truly a marvel of engineering and honestly until Ford rebuilds a GT40, nothing Ford makes atm will come close to anything besides a base vette. Not stock at least.
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The Corvette though used for drag racing is built for circuit racing that involves using the steering wheel and brakes, the GT500 is not. The GT500 is built with drag racing in mind while the Corvette is built with track racing in mind and blows the doors off the GT500 on a race track, it's not even a remotely close race. However at a .1 second deficit in a drag race the Corvette vs GT500 is a toss up with real drivers in the real world. The Camaro could have a hundred horsepower on the Corvette and it would still not compete on a race track it's just too big and heavy in comparison. People have to learn that horse power is not the only factor when camparing performance. That's why in the 60s and 70s the Corvette and the Camaro had similar engine packages, the Corvette was always the better choice for circuit racing but the Camaro could hold it's own on the drag strip.