Re: Who\'s GTS did I race this afternoon on 23 N in MI?
Fadi. I own the mysterious red GTS that you raced Sunday. Sorry for the late reply, I was not registered to sign into this site last night. I was lurking around however.
These things I know..
My car is stock except for exhaust, airbox, and flywheel.
It does dyno at near 460 on the Mustang Dyno. I do not know why, but it does. It has shown to be a "hot" engine every time it has been dynoed with other Vipers.
I also had a great time along that stretch between Brighton and Flint.
I was surprised, as you were, that I was able to keep up with a so called "Viper Killer" Z06 Corvette. I had believed all of the magazine hype about the Z06 myself. I expected you to walk right away from me. In fact, during this 25 mile run, our cars were dead equal in every "acceleration test" we made during this run. The first time we ran, you were behind me, I gave it all I had and you stayed right on my tail. I told my wife that your car should be faster and that I was probably holding you up. This quickly turned out to not be the case. When I was behind you or side by side, I had no trouble maintaining exactly the same acceleration as you - there was not even a small amount of movement forward or back by either car....it was a dead heat every time. If you did have an advantage at some point in time, I am sure that you would not have held back during this 25 mile run, correct?
It is unfortunate that your video only shows the slow down period of our run. If you had shot more video from behind or in front of me during the prior runs, it would have shown that no car had an advantage. Your video showing me getting off the gas at the end of the run only shows that I have the sense to not pass a line of slow moving freeway traffic at ridiculous speeds.
Don't get me wrong here, you have a very pretty Z06. I am sure it is very comfortable, has a great stereo, is really quiet inside, rides really nice, gives great GPS directions, and provides a great place for you to hang that dangly thing from the mirror. But I can go to bed and sleep very soundly knowing that my old viper, with an updated Dodge truck engine, miscellaneous parts from Dodge Stealth cars, trucks, and minivans, could keep up with the best GM could produce. I really expected more from the new "King of the Hill".
The Viper Nation has nothing to fear!
As for a chance to do another run...mulligans are for another sport. I have nothing more to prove.
Bob