Oh, and you say the Z06 is #2, well, PM me your e mail and I will send you the video of me racing a stock FGT (The owner of Fordgtforum.com, that also had a previous low 11 sec C5 Z06, and goes by the name of "DBK") and then you can tell me who won 3/4 races.
I hope you are enjoying your two new Vipers, they surely are a piece of art and beautiful.
Thank you Fadi. Now...the Z is not even CLOSE to the FGT. At any speed...at any time. Please don't forget that I have had 2 Z's, and 2 GT's. Don't know what to say about Dave's GT......very strange indeed. As much as I hate mag tests...find me any that show the Z quicker than the GT...except Vette quarterly. Back to the Viper. One tenth or 2 different in the 1320...that is it. More RWHP and less weight give the Z the edge...simple stuff. Doesn't take a lot of thought to realize that adding 50HP and dropping 75lbs by the 2 mods I mentioned will make the Viper faster. Maybe you just have the King of all Z06's. You never know. Your findings and comments are so far out of the realm of reality, that has to be it. If you could back it up by some factual info...instead of the " it takes a blower on a Viper to beat a stock Z06" comment, you would have more credibility. In conclusion, this is the VCA site. While anyone who is a car enthusiast can join in on the fun....your comments are not taken well by the members here. Why even post your baseless thoughts here? Bashing the cars of the people that frequent this site is not cool. Again, enjoy your King of Z's. A.J.
PS Would I go to the Z06 site and post this? No...I have too much respect for fellow gearheads.
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A.J, I remember sometime ago on the Ferrari forums that you said the Viper was quicker than a Z06 from a roll, but the Z06 is quicker from a dig, and since you had both, you can attest to that. Now, you obviously know that this is not true, and the Z06 is quicker from any speed, even from a stand still. Now, you are doing the samething by saying that the Z06 is not even close to the GT, and that you have both, just like you said with the Viper and Z06.
Like I said, I have raced Dave's FGT (Who knows how to drive), my buddy has raced a few stock FGT's in his stock Z06 (and won), and I spoke with "Robiferretti" online who has told me that the a his stock Z06 outran his stock FGT. Does that mean the Z06 is the absolute quicker car? Maybe not, but, I will tell you that I have yet to see a video of a FGT beating a Z06, yet, I can show you a video of me beating Dave's FGT and a video of a buddies intake/tune beating a FGT also. But this is not what this argument is about.
It might seem like I am here to stir the ***, but, initially, I just wanted to inform the misinfomed that claim the Viper puts out more rwhp, which is doesn't. Since I had both, raced both, and dynoed both, I thought I would chime in. But, it seems like some of the in-denial Viper owners just can't handle the fact that the Z06 puts out more rwhp with two less cylinders. I am not putting the Viper down, I am not saying it is a pos, I am not degrading it in any way. All I am saying is that the Z06 is the quicker car, it dynos higher, and I truly beleive that a Z06 would beat a lightly modded Viper. I could be wrong, but I dont remember seeing or hearing about air intaked, cat-back exhaust Vipers trapping at 126+ mph like stock Z06's do.
Anyway, A.J, I have always enjoyed chatting with you and thought you were a great inspiration to many car enthusiasts, and I still do. I hope this simple "my dad can beat up your dad" chat doesn't take too much of an affect on our respect for one another..
If you ever want the video of me racing the GT, don't hesitate to PM me. Take care, and enjoy your awesome collection of cars.