Originally Posted by gajagfan
I am confident you and your car are better at everything than anyone else and their car, no doubt, so lets just move on from there. Let me help you understand what people are saying. The ZL1 cost about $20 K more than a 1LE, and the platform that it provides is a car that is over 2 seconds a lap slower than the ZL1 per the comparison you so graciously provided. Thats huge! In stock format, the ZL1 is faster than the 1LE. Can we both agree to that? I hope so. Can we also agree that it does it because of its HP superiority, because it is well documented that it does not handle as well (less G's on skid pad) than a 1LE.
Now, with the extra $20K that I have left from my purchase of the 1LE vs the ZL1, I can make modifications to gain a huge part of HP back without adding weight (cam, heads, exhaust, tune), improve the braking, and further extend the handling advantage without ADDING ANY WEIGHT.
Now I highlighted that because we are now getting into the benefits that some of these guys are hinting at. The heavier car is going to be harder on tires (big expense) and brakes (significant expense) than the lighter one. Thus, the cost to track a lighter car in the long run is going to be much less than the cost to track a heavier one.
So, to recap for you, you guy who is so much faster than me, a 1LE, for less money than the cost of a ZL1, can be made to go just about as fast, if not faster on most road courses, than a ZL1, and be much more cost effective to operate in a track environment.
Now, one would need to be concerned with the "next weakest link" on the 1LE is significant enough power were added, so there might also be some cost associated with that, and even if you match or exceed the ZL1 on the track, your modded 1LE will not ride a smooth or have some of the other gadgets that can be found on the ZL1, so it will not as nice an all around car, but its not from the start. It will however be a better track toy.
I hope I said it better, and also hope to be as fast as you someday, but am certain that will most likely never be the case.....such is life!
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