Due respect for the Gen.5,outstanding that Nineball put the whopping to the new Z.But remember that Nineball is the only human that can shift a manual trans.as fast as a instanceious Porsche PDK DCT.Normal average drivers results may have been different..But,the Gen .5 was pulling,it is what it is.This one race,has shown thousands that the Viper can hang or beat the baddest car when operated correctly.(Very Diffcult to do)This is the start of the change in attitude ,that everyone knew in the 90s,the the Viper was the BADDEST car out their.
However,today,many car are extreem...
As,for the new Z,it is still a very nice car for the money and ,like Bob says,GM will NOT let this stand,they will retune these new Zs for sure,esp.the autos, the rusults may be very different...
The automatic Zs should easley run a 11.00 flat at the drag strip with any driver just pushing the gas...
But for now,the Viper is King of the Americam Muscle.....
More tests will be needed but that video has caused a crap storm on the Vette forum. The A8 Z06 should go well into The 10's unless the Conservative ECU causes problems.
Why exactly do you believe this will be true? The hype from GM or some other reason?
One year ago, all the vette band leaders were forecasting a sub 10 sec car. the same band leaders have now forgotten their original forecast.
I guess what comes around goes around. When the ZR-1 had its way with the Viper, the community initially went into denial, then started hating on SRT. It'll be interesting to watch the dynamic over at GM. As much as everyone here and there always talks about Ring lap times and handling, bottom line is that these are street cars. Legends are made at the stop light, it's been that way from the beginning. The BS ends right there my friends. Street wars sell cars, SRT apparently recently figured that one out with the Hellcat, let's see if the rumored blown Snakes make it to the streets. When you get your ass handed to you on the street the dialogue ends pretty quick. Uh.....unless it ends up on the web.......
That 458 video is a complete joke, complete with the "I forgot to shift line". That video proves one thing, the poster is an idiot.