Braking from 60 mph
zo6 111 ft
911 110 ft
GTR 108 ft
as tested price
zo6 $79k
911 $135k
GTR $72k
And they all averaged 17 mpg during these test, damn thats awesome.
Oh I just read in another mag where they put the GTR on a dyno and I forget the exact numbers but it came out to be around 500 hp and 500lbs of trq at the crank instead of the 480hp and 434lbs of trq.
assuming these guys were going balls to the wall, then the gtr would appear to be faster. there is also the question of how good the other drivers are.
no manual shift option is available on the gtr in the US or any where for that matter. nissan did a good job of making sure the car only needed minor changes from one country to another to be street legal.
No times mentioned (they claimed 1:40’s unoffically which sounds way to hard to believe, the Z06 was that fast). But it shows some nice clips of the ZR1 going all out.
[ame=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GetB2jmfNSY&feature=related”]YouTube - Corvette ZR1 - Test al Nurburgring[/ame]
Also beat90tsi mentioned the one lap of america. Here is the results page if anyone is interested. Has overall results plus the different tracks broken down. A vette did beat the GTR overall. But the GTR did pretty good on most of the tracks and it was a good first showing all things considered (and its probably stock). http://www.onelapofamerica.com/history/results.shtml?y=2008
The engineers of Honda Mfg. of Alabama wanted to showcase something like the other Honda plants, but all they build there is Vans & SUV’s. So last year they took out two vans. This year they brought out one van EDIT: found the stats. Honda Mfg of Alabama company project car. 3.5 V6, Crower Rods, JE Pistons, GT35R Turbo, 400hp, Acura TL 6-speed, BBS 19x10 wheels, Brembo 14" brakes, H&R Coilovers, 3570lbs. 1st in class, 33rd overall at 2007 One Lap of America.
i like how alot of ‘other’ car fans bitch and complain about how the vette uses rear leaf springs and say how old technology that is…but if the vette is running those lap times then why are they talkin about that technology?? It works!! leave it alone.
same reason modular guys call pushrod motors dinosaurs…but yet the lsx series continues to show incredible performance…not only in efficiency in both power production and mileage, but they show pushrod motors can rev to 7000 rpms no problems (ls7)
cant wait till they get more testing done on R compound tires and dry track conditions
Tadge J. Juechter, Corvette’s chief engineer, announced this morning that Jim Mero, GM’s development engineer, drove the ZR1 around the Nurburgring in 7:26.4. According to the GMNext blog, the run took place earlier this morning and that conditions were good on the track, with the exception of a strong headwind down the main straight. Mero also mentioned that he felt there were a few places where he could have gone faster, although no details were provided about why and where.
Juechter makes it clear in his post that the ZR1 that lapped the 'Ring in bone-stock trim, with the exception of safety and communications equipment. As such, the ZR1 was wearing the same Michelin Pilot Sport 2s that will be found on the production model, the chassis alignment and vehicle height were set to factory specs and the unmodified engine was running on pump gas.
The lap began with a rolling start – which falls in line with current industry practices – and the time was confirmed both through an electronic timing system and two hand-held stopwatches. The ZR1 team will be posting a video of their run when they return from Germany and we’ll be keeping our eye out for it when it’s online the week of July 7th.
I’ll keep a eye out on the video, its going to be impressive I’m sure.
wow 7.26 is pretty quick but the GT-R spec V is suppose to beable to do much better than the base GT-R that did 7.29
Interesting
I’ve seen teh ZR1 in person last weekend and its sooo awesome to see up close. You really cant appreciate it 100% from looking at photos, as with most things. In person its truly an amazing car. sitting next to a stock 08 Z06, it just makes the Z06 look like a cobalt
