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Originally Posted by ffrcobra_65
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. |
GO BACK TO VIR RESULTS...and which car is Ford's "Track Star"? Which one has run the quicker times under similar circumstances, on a similar/same track?
Lightening Lap results say it's the
BOSS LS...so far...
Now, even though the GT 500 is boosted to 100+ more horsies than the BOSS, we can't compare a ZL1 to a BOSS...ONLY to a GT 500... Oh really?!
Credibility, my friend, suffers when your requests and logic FAIL in the face of previous experiences...
Again, you can put a JATO on a jalopey and, in a straight line,
TADA! "
Look at that time slip!!!" [gasp-gasp]
WE DON'T KNOW, for sure...do we? ANY of us...DO WE?!
But don't change the basis of comparison NOW, after Ford itself has recognized (to this point) that, REGARDLESS of motor-vation, the BOSS LS is KNOWN as "Ford's TRACK STAR"...and frankly, I'll be surprized that a JATO-equipped nose-heavy Stang will better the BOSS
by very much. Again, it's NOT what's under the hood that will automatically win on a road course...it's HOW you get around a road course that COUNTS. IRS...MRC...305s...V-I-C-T-O-R-Y??...even spotted 80 hp and 300+ lbs...
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Yeah, but what about 1/4-mile???" Hang your hats on THAT one...that's your BEST CHANCE.