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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Do you drive on track? Do you know handling characteristics of mpsc? If you did you would know that simple ride height adjustments can make a huge difference. Not to mention what alignment they showed up with, heat in the mpsc ( which are not easy to get hot) and a completely green and...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    How about reading the post before ranting. I said driven equally with equal drivers. SRT went with a team of engineers and spent a lot of time tweaking the setup. Randy didn't have all of that. And we all know the 2010 is significantly faster than the 2008 anyways. Any normal test is going...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    The car is not going to beat the ZR1 until it gets better tires. Not driven equally by equal drivers. Just not going to happen. The car is fast enough to be REALLY close, maybe even slightly ahead. Just not on the Corsas. Get used to seeing it beaten by ZR1 with PDE, and Z07 on a regular...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    A mile race is not a street race, standing miles, roll racing on airstrips (while still not requiring much skill) and any type of legal organized activity is clearly distinct from STREET RACING, or are you the only person here that does not realize that. You are trying to compare aftermarket...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    0-60 to mile? Who exactly races that? There is not even a real performance measure...... LOL, I hope you can at least realize how that sounds. For the matter of the 993TT was faster than the Gen 1 0-60, 1/4 mile, and top speed and the Gen II in 0-60 and top speed. So where is the utter...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    I'm glad you recognized who I was talking about. I'm not saying you need to like the Viper but if you don't like it because it doesn't make 800hp you are only making yourself look bad. 997 AWD TT in 1996???? Foot in mouth much? None of the cars you mention were beating up on the exotic...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    I'm going to play instigator in light of the recent verbal sparring between SRT and MotorTrend. Grab your stopwatch and time the more recent videos for the Laguna lap where Randy is driving (like 2009/10-present). You will notice that in spite of the editing, they run the laps in real time...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Finally a non-ignorant bench-racing fanboy post. Competition is 10x greater than it was back then.
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    COTA possibly canceling all club rentals for 2013

    Yeah, they didnt know who they were messing with.
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    COTA possibly canceling all club rentals for 2013

    This is garbage considering some groups had paid in full already and were still cancelled. Circuit of The Americas’ statement on track rental program Circuit of The Americas™ today set the record straight on the venue’s track rental program and responded to questions raised in social media...
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    COTA possibly canceling all club rentals for 2013

    I was signed up for the Feb 1-3 event there and yeah, they stuck it to us. Took all of the money, deposited checks and then cancelled with no mention of refund. Classic bait and switch to get people all hyped about it and then yank the carpet. The track is great, but no track worth all this...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    I completely see where you are coming from however I think there are too many variables of people to draw any lines for comparison. There are a lot of Vette guys who want a track day special. GM won't make one, they teased with the Z06-X or whatever that thing was they said they had no plans...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Not on Corsas it's not IMO, unless it's an ACR you are referring to. On MPSC or Trofeo R's is even a stretch.
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    i agree with that, I think you and I have mostly been on the same page throughout this thread. What I'm coming to realize is that SRT did not aim the GTS or Track Pack at the ZR1, which makes sense if they plan on adding the ACR. It will annoy the Viper faithful short term but why would they...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Anyone who has been to the track and isn't turning a blind eye to it, has seen Ls3's and Ls7's blowing up. There is a whole thread in the road racing section on Corvette Forums about the issues with LS3's. People are blowing them up with stock oiling, accusumps and even dry sumps. One of the...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Stop talking about the ZR1 for a minute........ Tire aside for a minute as well......... The point is that the Viper is a performance car, and it's number 1 parameter is what? Performance. SRT can use all of the other umpteen billion mag articles that are going to come out on the Viper to...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    because its not the weight relative to the zr1 thats important. The zr1 has its own advantages. A lighter viper brakes better for longer and corners better. I doubt stiffer spring rates are helping in this case. Softer spring rates are fine for street tires on a green track. Would...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Good post skank. Uneven rear toe can definitely ruin ones confidence. The car will be very jittery. Alignment could have gotten knocked out of whack on the trailer to the track? Ill say again mpsc >>> corsa. Good thing is that the issuse are easily fixable and the viper botched run can be...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    While I will agree that it does at times get blown out of proportion, I mean it is the internet after all, I track year round too. Probably 15 events in 2012 and my experience has been vastly different. I think the ls3's poor reputation has not helped either. Early ls3's were a sure failure...
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    MT readers choose Viper over ZR1 - Poll results

    I actually do like the looks of the ZR1, it's one of the best looking cars on the road IMO. Especially in that gray color, black or white. I was only lukewarm to the looks of the Gen V. However I must say, in the side by side pics, I like the Gen V looks better for some reason from pretty...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    "tracking"? lol the quotations tell us all we need to know about that percentage. Everybody knows Z06's have been going boom. Stock ones, modded ones. I know 6 people personally and of more people what I see at the track that have blown LS7's. Shop cars, shop customer cars, you name it...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Yeah, only they switch from oem MPSC to NT01 and go faster on the track. NT01 is not faster than real MPSC. Yes, I'm aware. But I didn't think that was relevant to my post since I was talking about the Z06 and ZR1 in comparison as race cars. The topic at that point was S/C vs Naturally...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    that's exactly what I'm saying..... Some compromises had to be made for wet weather handling and longevity. They update the tire every so often. Started at N0 and then N1,N2,N3,N4 and all of them are slower than regular MPSC. It rains and snows a lot in Europe, Porsche sells a lot of...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    porsche guys compare them to n1 spec mpsc which are specially designed for porsche oem. They are simar to corsas in that aspect. Not nearly as fast as regular mpsc. Real mpsc like what come on the gen iv, z06 and zr1 are faster. Just dont come in porsche sizes.
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Even you have to know how bad that sounds. Hahaha fmvss?

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