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Originally Posted by Stew
Yeah, in the MT article where the ZL1 beat the Boss by 2.5 seconds (not that huge of an amt btw considering), per the notes from the Driver Randy Probst (sp?) the boss was only really down on the Zl1 in 2 areas, power and brakes and guess what, the with the GT500 you are adding over 200 MORE HP and the Brembos on the 13 are bigger and at all 4 wheels, unloke the Boss 302. IMHO, it is a wash for the GT500, sorry guys......
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People also tend to conveniently forget in addition to the 136hp Boss deficit, GM also had corners of the track straightened out to obviously give the ZL1's 136hp advantage full use, but the bigger mmmmmmmmm is, there are plenty of current GT500s around but GM only allowed the media to test it against the Boss. Come on, GM said they targeted the GT500 but yet, they didn't let the media run it against one?
They talked all the smack but when it came time to it, ummmm lets pick on its little brother instead.
2.5 sec difference between two NA cars would be huge after a lap but it is NOTHING between a NA car vs. FI car. The NA car will eventually catch and pass the FI car after a few laps..it is called heat soak on the FI car. People tend to conveniently forget about that too.