ZR1 at the Drag Strip

[Mook]

Originally Posted by NA$TY-TA
Im in Memphis.... for work....again. and thought id go to TnT tonight because i have nothing else to do....
What do i see.... a brand new ZR1.
I snapped a few pic's with my iPhone. Sorry quality isnt better.
On stock tires with 1000 miles on it..... 11.25@131 isnt bad at all.
He did better then Road and Track.
This was his best pass of 6 passes.... started out @ 11.6 then 11.4...

I looked at the slip and it went like this

60' - 1.967
1/8 - [email protected]
1/4 - [email protected]

Here are the pic's....

Click to read more...

 

[EmersonHart13]

Car is amazing...

 

[Yaj Yak]

godamn i love how these things trap.

 

[Bru]

That thing needs a tire badly. Definitely a 10-sec pass in it with some stickies.

 

[Yaj Yak]

for sure. 1.97 60 ft is horseraddish.

 

[Burtonrider10022]

100k+ car with a hick standing next to it!

 

[Biff]

holy shnikies!

The fastest stock Vette was a '69 ZL-1 427 all-aluminum that did 10.9 E/Ts with 132 MPH trap speed on DRs

I bet with DRs, the new ZR1 can hit 10's

 

[Smokinhot]

The fastest stock Vette was a '69 ZL-1 427 all-aluminum that did 10.9 E/Ts with 132 MPH trap speed on DRs

I bet with DRs, the new ZR1 can hit 10's

easily and for a stock tire 1.9 60's aren't to bad

 

[Biff]

easily and for a stock tire 1.9 60's aren't to bad

....and you know someone's gonna mod their ZR1 to go even faster!

ZR1= couple tenths slower than a half-million dollar Veyron

 

[EmersonHart13]

I thought the Veyron was a mil?

 

[Biff]

I thought the Veyron was a mil?

I was quoting off the top o' my head...
The ZR1 is a performance bargain compared to Porsche, Ferrari, Lambo, etc

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

I thought the Veyron was a mil?

I think its more like 1.2 mil

 

[Stink Star]

The fastest stock Vette was a '69 ZL-1 427 all-aluminum that did 10.9 E/Ts with 132 MPH trap speed on DRs

I bet with DRs, the new ZR1 can hit 10's

too bad they only made two of them, and one is in a museum

 

[Biff]

too bad they only made two of them, and one is in a museum

Indeed!
And they're worth what a new Veyron costs

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

That isnt really a production car IMO. Two?

 

[Smokinhot]

That isnt really a production car IMO. Two?

it would be good enough for me if i owned one

 

[Biff]

That isnt really a production car IMO. Two?

The vettes retailed for $10,000 in 1969...
The ZL1 Camaro retailed for $7000 in '69
They also put the ZL1 motor in a couple of Novas, and a Chevelle, IIRC

It was basically an all-aluminum L88 motor with a few subtle differences, but the price was so astronomically high that nobody could afford one.

Dodge, Pontiac, Chevy, Olds, Ford and Buick all produced expensive one-off special factory prototypes for racing homologation with low production numbers and extremely high prices under the guise of "production autos"

 

[M@]

The fastest stock Vette was a '69 ZL-1 427 all-aluminum that did 10.9 E/Ts with 132 MPH trap speed on DRs

I bet with DRs, the new ZR1 can hit 10's

fastest, yes, quickest, no.

New ZO6 went 10.9 on STOCK tires, no mods...100% stock

Guarantee a ZR1 can best that, seeing as it's trapping 4-5 mph faster...

 

[Smokinhot]

fastest, yes, quickest, no.

New ZO6 went 10.9 on STOCK tires, no mods...100% stock

Guarantee a ZR1 can best that, seeing as it's trapping 4-5 mph faster...

its funny how it took damn near 40 years for a stock vette to do it

 

[Biff]

fastest, yes, quickest, no.

New ZO6 went 10.9 on STOCK tires, no mods...100% stock

Guarantee a ZR1 can best that, seeing as it's trapping 4-5 mph faster...

10.9? Where? Who? When?
Driver's race--they're within a few 10ths ET and MPH trap speeds of each other.. Reaction time would win the race between those two, IMO

http://www.corvettelegends.com/zl1.htm

The red ZL-1 was equipped with a "beefed-up" automatic
transmission and 4.88:1 rear end gears. With 9" slicks
and open headers, every automotive reporter at the session
was running the 1/4 mile in 10.9 Sec. @ 132 MPH!!
This is an incredible feat considering that all you had to
do was to get in a car, buckle up, load up the torque
converter a few thousand RPM's,take your foot off the brake,
and in less than 11 seconds you've already driven through
the traps at the strip at a speed that most other street cars
could barely achieve with highway gears!! This red ZL-1 was set up by Corvette engineer Gib Hufstader

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[LSx S10]

10.9? Where? Who? When?
Driver's race--they're within a few 10ths ET and MPH trap speeds of each other.. Reaction time would win the race between those two, IMO


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