Gallardo vs. C6 Z06
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jchetty said:cough..vette..cough.. :grinno: the vette is one of the lightest vette produced if i remember correctly :think: the site says 3131lbs or 1421kg taking into account 505sae hp...thats a pretty impressive weight ratio .161 power to weight ...the gallardo has 500 hp and weighs in at 3153lbs/1430kg which gives a power to weight ratio .159..**all these were attained online so dont flame me if they off** soo.....the lambo weighs more :think: less horsepower :nervous: which leads to the lower ratio, which is key to acceleration...add to that that these numbers arent *at the wheel number*..and the lambo has viscous 4wd..and well :furious: <---lambo owner get pwned by vette...yeah driver comes to play..but the vette numbers are better, and fyi...the vette have some crazy electromagnetic shocks that with the aid of magnets help them stabilze the car in turns and near 50/50 weight distrubition so assuming the vette will get out turned is not safe
Just as a side note to that...I know of at least one C6 Z06 that made 470 at the rear wheels. Assuming 12% drivetrain loss equates to ~525 hp at the flywheel.
Others with just headers and tuning are doing 500+ at the wheels.
lbls1 said:
:nixweiss I had a really nice, mildly modded Accord but I never pretended it was going to run with a Camaro, F-Bird or Mustang. I've seen some truly quick imports but the owners aren't running around with massive rear spoilers, loud exhaust and trying to rev on everything they see.
Brazo said:What would happen if you threw in the odd corner
The Z06 is one of the fastest street cars every around the Nordschliefe 'Ring. 13 mile track with a time of 7 minutes and 42 seconds. Only the Porsche Carrera GT is faster. The Porsche 966 GT2 has the same lap time, the Pagani Zonda S, Laborghini Mucielago and Gallardo, McLaren SLR, standard C6 Corvette, Porsche 911 and Dodge Viper are all slower than the Z06 Corvette (source, September 2005 Motor Trend).
ZaneO said:Just as a side note to that...I know of at least one C6 Z06 that made 470 at the rear wheels. Assuming 12% drivetrain loss equates to ~525 hp at the flywheel.
Others with just headers and tuning are doing 500+ at the wheels.
ever get the impression certain american companies are lowballing their cars hp...z06 and cobra :hm....... :usa
Don
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jchetty said:
Chrysler is doing the same with the SRT-4...many magazines discovered the 'at the wheel' hp was the same as the 'advertised' hp.
Spilchy
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Brazo said:What would happen if you threw in the odd corner
He argues for argument's sake. Because his bad a$$ Clio does well on a track, the Z06 Corvettte (for some real odd reason) can't handle a corner.
I think his same logic applies to his great cornering European Rally cars, no? http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.aspx?fileid=B7AA32F7-CF24-432C-93F6-256862B9200E&p=0
HomicidalSloth
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Have you seen the brakes on the new Z06? The front ones are like the size of a wheel on a Honda Civic. Tell me those were only made for drag racing!
Mr_Elusive
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Mad iX said:
I doubt the GM will have better paint :LOLOL
TortoiseAWD
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Spilchy said:
If you have any videos of the Z06 competently negotiating wet gravel or dirt roads at top speed, please share.
Horses for courses.
Tort
I would just about kill somebody for a ZO6!!! I-30 runs right by here, and there is a truckload of 'Vettes parked at one of our local motels pretty regularly. It has to be the same driver because it's been happening for at least 10 years. Anyway, the last time I saw a load of them they had a silver Z06 on the trailer. My wife and I just sat in our car and stared until we got worried the motel would call the cops. What an awesome ride.
The regular C6 is awesome IMO!
The regular C6 is awesome IMO!