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Old 03-02-2007, 01:57 PM
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Default Motor Trend Results on the GT500

Just caught the the show on speed where they stacked up the '07 GT500 against the ZO6 and the Viper. For having the smallest motor and tires and the most weight(700 lbs over the ZO6), the GT500 did quite well. ZO6 ran a 12.2, viper a 12.4 and the GT500 ran a 12.5. In the road course the ZO6 went a 1:20, the Viper a 1:22 and a 1:24 for the Mustang. That is for just a little over half the price and with a back seat!
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Old 03-03-2007, 01:09 PM
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Not bad for half the price of the vette and viper.
Now they onlyneed toshed a few pounds off the GT 500
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Old 03-03-2007, 01:13 PM
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Dosent it make you proud to be part of the family? Gotta love it.
And about the weight....well...maybe it's those back seats that have to go [8D]
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Old 03-03-2007, 07:41 PM
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Well those numbers do sound great, but unfortunately, they are off... Z06s run in the high 11s easy.... I'm suprised they only got 12.2...
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Old 03-03-2007, 09:03 PM
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Just think what the GT500 would do with a larger normally aspirated aluminum block, that'd save some weight right there
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Old 03-04-2007, 03:07 PM
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Just pointing out... I looked the results up online, and they were different than the posters numbers...

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...pe_comparison/

11.7 for the vette

12.1 for the viper

12.7 for the Shelby
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Old 03-11-2007, 02:43 PM
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ORIGINAL: Sixd7

Just think what the GT500 would do with a larger normally aspirated aluminum block, that'd save some weight right there
Yeah but then it would be slower. It is already the slowest out of the 3 even with the supercharger. On the other hand I hear the next ZO6 SS dubbed the "blue devil" will have a supercharger and 650hp! I guess Chevy did all they could naturally aspirated.
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Old 03-15-2007, 10:33 AM
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the viper is over rated
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