Seeing as the C6 ended production a couple weeks ago, the Viper now wins by default.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Wyndham
By 1/10 of a second???
Woah. Splitting hairs!...imagine if they put all that work in, and didn't beat the ZR1.  |
You mean like the 3 to 4 years of R&D they put into the Viper in the first place, that resulted in a car that 2 seconds slower than the end-of-its-life ZR1?
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Originally Posted by Stew
They apparently tried to get the same tires for the Viper, but the manufacturer wouldn't bite. Rumor has it they are onto their manufacturer to create something better than the current corsas and more inline with the Vette's tires and no, you cannot say it is unfair that Viper gets 2 extra cylinders because the ZR1 has a freaking supercharger that more than makes up for the lack of 2 cylinders so that is in no way, shape, or form a valid argument. The ett's tires are FAR closer to true racing slicks than the Corsa's, just have a look at the tread pattern, or lack there of on the vette.
Check out this article:
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...er_first_test/
The Corsas weren't that much better than the normal P Zeros, on the other hand Compare a ZR1 opreven a Z06 with the upgraded tires to ones without and the difference is pretty drastic, so, yes, the tires make all the difference in the world. that is not saying anything bad about the Vettes, but that is their major advantage. |
I beleive the point was that all these things are design choices. Yes, GM picked a supercharged 8 instead of a NA 10. It was a choice. Just like GM chose a particular tire, and Chrysler chose another one. As it turns out, GM made a better choice in this one aspect of the car. But there are countless other things that contributed to the outcome. Brakes, suspension, power band, tire width, unsprung weight, chassis rigidity, polar moments, centre of gravity, weight distribution, steering feel/speed, aerodynamics, etc. If Chrysler decided to make those other things better, the tires on the Corvette wouldn't matter.