To preface this: My brother and I went to Austin, TX for a track day this last weekend at COTA. We tried to get his C6Z together but didn’t have enough time to get it done so instead of wasting the $450 per day at the track we borrowed the race team over at Avis to help us out with tires and brakes. Upon the initial drive/seat of the pants feel my brother claimed that the SS felt slower than his DD the tuned 2010 SHO. I thought certainly he was mistaken but told him we should do a roll race if the highway ever opened up on the way home from the track one of the three days. Keep in mind while at the track in this stock SS, we were passing several cars beyond its reach (GT 500's, Boss 302, Audi R8, Porsche 911, Z/28, C7 Stingray because the guy was out for a Sunday drive) due to driver mod and it not being our personal car IMO. Yes, in the straights the SS was MUCH slower but when the turns were added in it came down to the driver mod. Back to the story.
After the second day the opportunity opened up. We only had time and space for one run (40mph) and it left me very shocked by the outcome even though the SHO is tuned with an ScT tuner (+60HP).
I was driving the SHO and he was in the SS. We slowed down to a 40mph roll which I thought would have given the edge to the SS. On the third honk we both took off and I felt I was slightly early but later my brother tells me that the SS stumbled on take-off (he was in manual mode (second gear) with traction and stabilitrack turned off). I immediately pulled a car length on him and assumed he would reel me back in quickly. By the time I let off at 105mph I was 2 car lengths ahead of him in the SS. He said even at 100 I was still walking away from him…
I know the SHO is no slouch but damn I was not expecting the outcome at all.
After the second day the opportunity opened up. We only had time and space for one run (40mph) and it left me very shocked by the outcome even though the SHO is tuned with an ScT tuner (+60HP).
I was driving the SHO and he was in the SS. We slowed down to a 40mph roll which I thought would have given the edge to the SS. On the third honk we both took off and I felt I was slightly early but later my brother tells me that the SS stumbled on take-off (he was in manual mode (second gear) with traction and stabilitrack turned off). I immediately pulled a car length on him and assumed he would reel me back in quickly. By the time I let off at 105mph I was 2 car lengths ahead of him in the SS. He said even at 100 I was still walking away from him…
I know the SHO is no slouch but damn I was not expecting the outcome at all.
