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

    When tires are the issue, it's usually a while before they are addressed. The black ink has already dried on the Corsa contract. Trofeo R should be pretty close to the MPSC. And certainly faster than Corsas.
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    SCCA adds STO cars to GT2; Speeds up class

    Oh ok, that makes more sense. Will be some good back and forth battles. I can see the STO type cars dominating at tracks like Road America with longer straights and the GT2 type cars being better at tracks like Barber. Great idea to mix these up IMO. As for the rest of the decision...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    I honestly wasn't responding to you. I happened to be posting at the same time. Just injecting a little knowledge base regarding the tires for the doooooomsday theorists. Ralph and team may not have seen a 2s gap, but they almost certainly had the ZR1 ahead based on his comment "we have never...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    I know a National Autocross Champion who has tire tested the Corsas extensively and consistently beaten the Corsas with the Bridgestone RE-11. Anyone in the know knows that the RE-11 is a fast street tire with a 180 tread rating but NOT nearly an R-compound. Corsas have been tested back to...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Like heat soak, throttle response. Please name some pro teams winning with superchargers in road racing...... we will wait. You said the Zr1 trounced the z06 and it clearly does not. Im only pointing out that you dont know what your are talking about. Youth does have its priveleges. Look...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    For road racing n/a is far greater than supercharger for a number of reasons. If the Z07 had a better motor it would in fact be a better car. As it stands its still a better platform (meaning naturally aspirated). And in spite of a huge hp deficit the z07 is right on the heels of the zr1...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Re: Corvette Needs the Viper to be at the Top of its Game... You clearly dont realize that every part of the turn is a function of the tires. Braking, turn-in, mid corner stability, power down on exit. All included. Even top speed can be affected.. Max g's do not alleviate the fact that...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Re: Corvette Needs the Viper to be at the Top of its Game... The track pack is irrelevant as its still using poor tires. Frankly they arent much better than the ps2 the zr1 was on when it ran 1:35.
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    You cannot run your car on the street at its limits other than a open road event or something. If you are doing so illegally, as far as im concerned your irrelevant anyways. And im not talking about all viper owners. I see plenty of Vipers at the track. Especially considering I run NARRA...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    The drama queens keep ignoring that fact. It does not help their over exaggerated claims of dissapointment over a performance aspect that many of them would never test in the first place. And if they did would probably blame the car for why they are slow. When some real road racers are...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Nonsense. Even if Randy is a tad slow in the Viper, he is not 2 seconds off the pace. The difference in him and winklers time is 08 vs 10 Vipers and days of testing with engineers changing settings vs factory alignment hop in and do a couple of laps. And even still the difference was what...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    A few in the southeast. Only 1 of which ive seen that was fast. Have a video of it at barber msp. Was modded on r6 and fast.
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Well then srt should have stayed with mpsc. Its not pirellis fault. Srt had plenty of time to research the tires. If they wanted specially designed compound corsas for the viper that costs a lot of money. Better off paying pirelli to make trofeo in viper sizes. At the end of the day if those...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Pirelli has tweaked the compound. Its called the trofeo. Just not on the Viper but much more in line with sport cups.
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    They sent the gts because they wanted good reviews on the interior and refinement of the vehicle. They added track pack wheels and tires for the performance. This is actually encouraging. A lighter meaner full track pack viper on mpsc has a lot of time to gain imo. As for pro driver blah...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Dont be confused by tire rating. Manufacturers of tires make their own rating. Porsche has its own mpsc as oem tires and they are no where near as fast as the ones on gen iv or z07 or zr1. Some people have tested corsas back to back and beat them with no r rated tires. Look at Porsche forums...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    A competition coupe on slicks in a race vs pobst in a porsche cup car in one race has little to do with street cars on street tires. The mpsc on a track as long as laguna is worth over 1 second possibly 2 seconds over corsas. Dont forget the zr1 ps2 were not regular run of the mill ps2's. I...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    I vote for Tommy Archer to drive the SRT. He used to race Vipers against Randy.
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Whats more dissapointing than the result for the viper is the bench racing enthusiasts who probably can't drive a lick yet are canceling orders.
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    No, I got myself mixed up on that one. Dont know why Randy was inexplicably slow in the ACR. He should be faster than Winkler. The only thing I can think of is that Winkler with the team of engineers optimising the settings proved beneficial. Setup means a lot. Im a fan of Randy's but he...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    They are not going to put mpsc non spec tires on a car. Ever. SRT is responsible for that like gm was with the zr1 Randy was on PS2 while the engineer was on mpsc with more engineers there helping set up the car. Not even remotely similar testing procedures. Its really not all that bad...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    There is another thread. Post does exist.
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    SCCA adds STO cars to GT2; Speeds up class

    Hmmm are all year Porsche cups included? 2010+cups run 25's at road atlanta on yokos and the I think the fastest acr-x time was 26's on michelins. At road america may be more fair because the viper can own the straights but on shorter tracks with a restrictor dont know if that will work. I...
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    Good points and info, adds to the suspense of it all.
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    Monday we find out who is faster at Laguna Seca, ZR1 or Gen V

    I noticed Winkler saying "There is a LOT more in it" at the end of the video too. The ACR definitely has some time on the table. And car going faster on a different day with a different (in this case better) driver is apples/oranges. However I went back to the Edmunds test to see that the...

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