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Auto vettes I've seen sucked, no better times than an Fbody. My first "kill" was a c5 (don't know exactly what year he wouldnt stop), White auto. Ran him 3x times 2 from a roll one at like 20 mph one at 40 mph and the other from a stop. I won all 3. Let out at like 110 which is a little more than I trap so roughly a 1/4. He was well behind like 2 or 3 cars everytime and wasnt gaining so he let out. The last run I shifted manually and hit the limiter going into second and he caught up to like my bumper then I pulled him again. All I had was K&N filter and muffler cut off going over the axle. Don't know what he had other than some Z06 rims on it (knew it wasnt a Z06 though) but obviously not enough. Vettes dont weigh that much less as they are listed as 3246 curb. I weighed mine at the dump scales with me in it (205 lb) both kids (maybe 100 between them) and 1/2 tank of gas and the scale said 3606. C5's are heavier than youd think.
Vette's are like mildly lightened F-bods with IRS as far as performance goes pretty much.
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I believe GM has always done the numbers game...they did it back in the day also. The C4 Corvette was rated at 250HP, while the basically same IROC-Z was rated at 245HP. Then the Camaro a couple years before that was rated at 190HP, and the Monte Carlo SS with the same basic engine was rated at 180HP... They just don't wanna piss off Camaro/Corvette loyalists. But if I bought an SS Camaro over a Z28 Camaro, it would be to actually have a "SS".
Auto vettes I've seen sucked, no better times than an Fbody. My first "kill" was a c5 (don't know exactly what year he wouldnt stop), White auto. Ran him 3x times 2 from a roll one at like 20 mph one at 40 mph and the other from a stop. I won all 3. Let out at like 110 which is a little more than I trap so roughly a 1/4. He was well behind like 2 or 3 cars everytime and wasnt gaining so he let out. The last run I shifted manually and hit the limiter going into second and he caught up to like my bumper then I pulled him again. All I had was K&N filter and muffler cut off going over the axle. Don't know what he had other than some Z06 rims on it (knew it wasnt a Z06 though) but obviously not enough. Vettes dont weigh that much less as they are listed as 3246 curb. I weighed mine at the dump scales with me in it (205 lb) both kids (maybe 100 between them) and 1/2 tank of gas and the scale said 3606. C5's are heavier than youd think.
Vette's are like mildly lightened F-bods with IRS as far as performance goes pretty much.
The automatic C5 Vettes are slow because of their 2.73:1 gear ratios.
My g/f's first Camaro ran 13.36 @ 105 bone stock with 2.73 gears, so would a Vette that weighs 200 lbs or so less be capable of 13.1?
BTW, her 60 ft was .09 better than mine which explains most of the .16 difference.
If the C5 Convertibles were slow (13.5 with ghetto gears), does that mean our new GT's are SUPER slow(13.8)? 13.5 is not slow and remember, the LS1 will bitch slap us on Top-End.
If the C5 Convertibles were slow (13.5 with ghetto gears), does that mean our new GT's are SUPER slow(13.8)? 13.5 is not slow and remember, the LS1 will bitch slap us on Top-End.
It's all relative. BTW, a new Mustang GT is a pretty damn good race for an LS1 F-body. I know from experience.
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