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Old 08-20-2014, 06:35 PM   #2097
Runin11z
 
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Originally Posted by MEDISIN View Post
No, you are cherry picking data in a desperate attemept to support your misguided notion that the Boss is somehow as fast as the ZL1.

But since you brought up the Boss, let's look at the data. In a DIRECT comparison, the ZL1 was 2/10th's faster to 60, 3/10th's quicker in the quarter trapping 3.5mph faster.

Boss 302
Car&Driver: 0-60, 4.2sec; 1/4mile 12.7 @ 114mph; 3641lbs Laguna Seca
Road&Track: 0-60, 4.0sec; 1/4mile 12.3 @ 115.8mph; 3621lbs Laguna Seca
MotorTrend: 0-60, 4.0sec; 1/4mile 12.4 @ 113.9mph; 3638lbs Laguna Seca
Car&Driver: 0-60, 4.3sec; 1/4mile 12.8 @ 113mph; 3666lbs
MotorTrend: 0-60, 4.0sec; 1/4mile 12.3 @ 115.9; 3621lbs

Camaro ZL1
Car&Driver: 0-60, 4.1sec; 1/4mile 12.3 @ 119mph; 4120lbs
MotorTrend: 0-60, 3.8sec; 1/4mile 12.1 @ 117.4mph; 4051lbs
Edmunds: 0-60, 4.1sec, 1/4mile 12.4 @ 116.0mph
Road&Track: 0-60, 3.9sec, 1/4mile 12.1 @ 119.9mph
MotorTrend: 0-60, 3.9sec, 1/4mile 12.2 @ 116.6mph; 4051lbs

Average for Boss: 0-60, 4.1sec, 1/4mile 12.5 @ 114.5mph
Average for ZL1: 0-60, 3.9sec, 1/4mile 12.2 @ 117.8mph

Given the weight, power, and price, this is exactly what I would expect.

Here is the ZL1 review.

Now on to the Camaro. Chevrolet rates the ZL1's LSA 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 at an SAE-certified 580 hp and 556 lb-ft of torque. Our six-speed manual tester put down 472 hp and 482 lb-ft of torque to the rear wheels, which K&N noted was about 20 fewer wheel horsepower than it was used to seeing from a stock Camaro ZL1. Assuming a 10-percent drivetrain loss for the manual Camaromeans the LSA is making 524 hp and 536 lb-ft of torque at the crank. While a bit lower than expected, it's worth noting that our ZL1 tester's test track numbers were exactly what we'd expect from a ZL1.

I know this hurts.
Hurts Dodge indeed. How does a car making only 472whp with a 6-speed manual come within a half second of a car making 635whp with a quick shifting automatic transmission???[/QUOTE]

The flip side of that coin is they picked the Challenger as the winner in a heads up comparison...
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