Pretty much this. One big merge coming up again.
Oh yeah, just links go in road side. Videos go here.
Oh yeah, just links go in road side. Videos go here.
Chevy Corvette ZR1 Just Smashed the Ford GT's VIR Lap Record
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Yes a fully prepped zr1 just for vir and who what else, to be strictly used as marketing material. Of course their time will be fast. After all if it’s not they will not publish it. Like the z06 and z28 ring times.
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Lol, quite the opposite, Jim is their guy that they use to set the lap times for all corvettes.
None of this really matters, if Ford did return with a factory backed effort (multiple cars, several days, a pit team with engineers), GM will come back with a "Factory Alignment" ZR1 and beat Fords time. LOL
Would love to see the GT in action though with a recorded lap time.
I heard there were three people crammed in the FGT. ~Shrug~
I think people are discounting that the ZR1 is simply a bad ass car, just look at the fricken specs, its like the new ACR, NOT a discredit to the ford gt at all imo. People calling that car a dissapointment are broken free of reality
Hey Brad, this is like 2 threads in one.
I think the OP messed up the title of the thread, maybe? The first 12 posts are talking about the Z06. Opening post is about the Z06. Then it all of a sudden goes into the ZR1? lol
It got merged, I started both threads but now I’m confused, seems someone may have also started one before me.
LOL
You're talking about the Z06 with the magnaride upgrade right? That's what the video is.
The ZR1 beating the FGT time should be another thread, in my opinion. 2 different cars. I wonder why they got merged?
Yeah, so at the end of the day, the only fair comparison is when both teams go all out, as hard as they can on the track, a la the Daytona 24 Hours. We all saw how that turned out.
I see that. I just saw the Z, and merged them all. Gonna be a bitch to separate them now. Oh well, it’s a...Chevy deal.
I don't know??? Seems like the ZR1 is faster? (Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE to own either car. Both are incredible machines.)
From the article,........................
Chevrolet announced today it was able to lap a 2019 ZR1 equipped with the optional eight-speed auto and ZTK performance package around VIR in 2:37.25. That's 1.37 seconds quicker than the Ford GT's time, making the ZR1 the fastest production vehicle to ever lap the course.
Aside from a harness bar and five-point harnesses, Chevy says the ZR1 used was totally stock, set up with alignment and aero settings specified in the owner's manual. The $2,995 ZTK package gives the car a whole bunch of aggressive features, including an adjustable carbon fiber wing, a front splitter, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires, and track-ready magnetic ride control. The lap was set during validation testing earlier in January leading up to the car's production.
The driver, vehicle dynamics engineer Jim Mero, is known for his mastery of the Nurburgring behind the wheel of Chevy products. If anyone was going to break the record, it would be him. Chevy was keen to note that Mero is an engineer, not a pro-driver, which was definitely a dig at Ford, which set the record using Ford GT race driver Billy Johnson.
Also, like Ford, Chevy claims it wasn't going for a record, rather the time was set during validation testing for the ZR1.
From the article,........................
Chevrolet announced today it was able to lap a 2019 ZR1 equipped with the optional eight-speed auto and ZTK performance package around VIR in 2:37.25. That's 1.37 seconds quicker than the Ford GT's time, making the ZR1 the fastest production vehicle to ever lap the course.
Aside from a harness bar and five-point harnesses, Chevy says the ZR1 used was totally stock, set up with alignment and aero settings specified in the owner's manual. The $2,995 ZTK package gives the car a whole bunch of aggressive features, including an adjustable carbon fiber wing, a front splitter, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires, and track-ready magnetic ride control. The lap was set during validation testing earlier in January leading up to the car's production.
The driver, vehicle dynamics engineer Jim Mero, is known for his mastery of the Nurburgring behind the wheel of Chevy products. If anyone was going to break the record, it would be him. Chevy was keen to note that Mero is an engineer, not a pro-driver, which was definitely a dig at Ford, which set the record using Ford GT race driver Billy Johnson.
Also, like Ford, Chevy claims it wasn't going for a record, rather the time was set during validation testing for the ZR1.
No, because the Balance of Performance skews things and removes your “all out” assertion. BoP is good in theory but still flawed in execution, we’ve seen it over the past few years and especially favors new cars but it’s there to try and put them all on a level playing field, not duke it out and let the best car win. NASCAR did the same thing with the restrictor plate, car of tomorrow and max cubes among other things.
Yeah, it was sarcasm, bro. But seriously.....FGT >>>>>>>>>>>>>> ZR1. It's not even debatable.
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