2012 Camaro ZL1 vs. 2013 Shelby GT500-On Track

[HumanWiki]

Originally Posted by A-little-perspective

GM even said it would, "run 11-second quarter-miles all day long" as well.

They also claim a 1.6x 60' on a 4200lbs IRS car on OE rubber..

[FNBADAZ06]

Originally Posted by A-little-perspective

GM even said it would, "run 11-second quarter-miles all day long" as well.

And it is here where the crux of the problem is, from my perspective.
Chevy painted themselves into a corner with that statement, if it was in fact stated as such.

Any experienced drag racer would have raised an eyebrow to this statement.

At 4100+ lbs, add a few gallons of fuel and a 180 lbs driver, we're talking 4300-4400 lbs of mass to accelerate.

580 crank HP/TQ is going to have a VERY difficult time moving that much mass from a dead stop in sub 12 second traps. I'm sure we will hear of a few that get there when the weather improves and drag radials are added.
As a daily occurence.....I wouldn't have bet on it.

[FNBADAZ06]

Originally Posted by Slowmaro19

Yup.

Motor Trend ran a 12.3@115.8 with the Boss

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...t/viewall.html

As an FYI.......MT corrects their times using DA corrections. The Boss may have not actually run the time you quoted, but MT doesn't publish the uncorrected numbers, so you'll never know.

[FNBADAZ06]

Originally Posted by HumanWiki

They also claim a 1.6x 60' on a 4200lbs IRS car on OE rubber..

And THAT is damn near impossible. I'd have to see that for myself

[HumanWiki]

Originally Posted by FNBADAZ06

And THAT is damn near impossible. I'd have to see that for myself

You can't and we were all punished on here for daring to question the almighty when those were shown.

[nanokpsi]

Originally Posted by HumanWiki

You can't and we were all punished on here for daring to question the almighty when those were shown.

lol
indeed

[HumanWiki]

Originally Posted by nanokpsi

lol
indeed

Hold on.. Some black trucks just pulled up outs...

[8cd03gro]

114-115 traps in the zl1 are garbage. The thing should be trapping 4-5mph faster. . . I wonder if there is some kind of break in tune or something

[A-little-perspective]

Originally Posted by FNBADAZ06

if it was in fact stated as such.

Yes straight from the Camaro ZL1 program engineering manager's mouth.

"You can take it to the drag strip and run 11-second quarter-miles all day long."

[FNBADAZ06]

Originally Posted by HumanWiki

You can't and we were all punished on here for daring to question the almighty when those were shown.

I heard about this "punishment"......which is immature and childish, IMHO.

I am open to the VERY remote possibility that the time was accomplished, only since we have documented and recorded times of other cars almost reaching that 60' number bone stock on 1st gen run flat GY's, but in C6 Z06 Corvettes.....

1~~~~ 10.981 128.90 1.77 Jamie Furman~ 2006
2~~~~ 11.025 127.25 1.70 Ranger ~~~~~ 2006
3~~~~ 11.177 127.08 1.79 walterm32~~~ 2008
4~~~~ 11.242 122.38 1.68 Dr.Ron ~~~~~ 2006
5~~~~ 11.311 122.89 1.80 BLU-BY-U ~~~ 2006

[FNBADAZ06]

Originally Posted by A-little-perspective

Yes straight from the Camaro ZL1 program engineering manager's mouth.

"You can take it to the drag strip and run 11-second quarter-miles all day long."

A foolish remark, IMHO

[HumanWiki]

I have no issues with it in a Corvette, the right track, the right day and the right driver...

I do have serious issues in the vehicle they're claiming they did it in... The word is it was either on DRs (that were shown in the video) or it was a heavily treated track with enough sticky to pull the soles clear off your shoes.. Either way, nothing remotely close to anything any of us would ever see .. and.. technically, if you want to jack around with "stickiness" of a surface to that extent, then a lot of cars have the potential to get great 60' times..

[FNBADAZ06]

Originally Posted by 8cd03gro

114-115 traps in the zl1 are garbage. The thing should be trapping 4-5mph faster. . . I wonder if there is some kind of break in tune or something

I think you underestimate what kind of RWHP it takes to get 4300+ lbs to accelerate to 114-115 MPH in 1320'.....on street tires, no less .

[newmoon]

Originally Posted by 8cd03gro

114-115 traps in the zl1 are garbage. The thing should be trapping 4-5mph faster. . . I wonder if there is some kind of break in tune or something

Agreed with 580hp and 550 lbs of tq it should be atleast in the 117-118 mph range. If there was something backed off in the programming I am sure one of the aftermarket tuners would have discovered it by now.