Motor Trend - Camaro ZL1 vs Mustang BOSS 302 Laguna Seca on the Track

[Dasfinc]

I'll continue to enjoy driving my POS Honda, thanks.

I still kinda miss my POS Honda... 35mpg certainly was nice.

 

[Turk]

Call me crazy, but if both of these cars ran laps in lightspeed, I wouldn't spend 50k on them. Why? Because one is a Mustang and the other is a Camaro.

 

[jason05gt]

What were you saying about the Mustang haven't problems putting its power down Jason???

Ricky, I never said anything about putting the power down. The trolls with reading comprehension problems said this. I said that the Boss was “undertired in front and doesn't have the hp to hang with the ZL1.”

Like I said, this comparison is a fun read but the real showdown will be the ZL1 vs 13 GT500. As Bru mentioned the GT500 is faster than the Boss lineup.

 

[jason05gt]

Called this response too.

Bobhope, what did I tell you? Dudes a predictable douche. I'll continue to enjoy driving my POS Honda, thanks.

Cool story.....What does this have to do with the topic at hand? Hell even Dasfinc is posting relevant stuff.

 

[Dasfinc]

I still think this comparison is stupid , I don't even understand why it's becoming a debate.

 

[Yaj Yak]

If I had to guess, I'd assume the boss Lagnua Seca has a similar MSRP to the ZL1?

*edit*

48K for the Laguna Seca (only 40K for a regular boss), 54k for the ZL1, so it's not a huge gap, but you're right Jason, not really a good comparo IMO.

6k is within reason of being a price competitor for sure... especially at a car over 40k. what is the new gt500 going to cost? it will undoubtedly be more than the zl1- because they'd be foolish not to have it be... with where this one comes in pricewise, and the zl1 is price wise.

 

[Turk]

I can honestly say I'm surprised at the outcome.

 

[10sec]

Yea, i thought the Camaro having the wider tires definitely would have won by more.

 

[jason05gt]

I still think this comparison is stupid , I don't even understand why it's becoming a debate.

That was summed up in the first five post then the trolls came in.

 

[10sec]

Imma put some 345's on the lude and FUCK SHIT UP.

 

[Yaj Yak]

i don't nutswing either car... but in my thoughts, the laguna seca version of a car imo should have outhandled something like the zl1... just what i was thinking. with just the little facts i knew of each car....

i expected to read this thread and see the boss mopping up shit with the laguna car and chevy watching tail lights. was i wrong.

 

[jason05gt]

i don't nutswing either car... but in my thoughts, the laguna seca version of a car imo should have outhandled something like the zl1... just what i was thinking. with just the little facts i knew of each car....

i expected to read this thread and see the boss mopping up shit with the laguna car and chevy watching tail lights. was i wrong.

The shocks make a big difference too. Look at the ZR1 compared to the non magnetorheological equipped Z06. Ford has a nice Bilstein setup coming out in the 2013 GT500 that should help a lot.

 

[Dasfinc]

i don't nutswing either car... but in my thoughts, the laguna seca version of a car imo should have outhandled something like the zl1... just what i was thinking. with just the little facts i knew of each car....

i expected to read this thread and see the boss mopping up shit with the laguna car and chevy watching tail lights. was i wrong.

I would assume the car with 120 more horsepower, wider tires, and a more advanced suspension would beat what is essentially a tweaked mustang GT.

The ZL1 was developed to be 'track ready', if it was called the Camaro Nurburgring would you have been less surprised at the outcome?

 

[Yaj Yak]

yes.

 

[Dasfinc]

 

[Yaj Yak]

and seriously. just a tweaked mustang? do you listen to the absolute dog shit that comes out of your retarded ass fingers? you rival genxist in terms of douchebaggery in car threads

 

[10sec]

"tweaked mustang GT" Way to play that down. The Camaro is just a "tweaked" V-6 platform.

 

[10sec]

and seriously. just a tweaked mustang? do you listen to the absolute dog shit that comes out of your retarded ass fingers? you rival genxist in terms of douchebaggery in car threads

brilliant minds think alike.

 

[Dasfinc]

"tweaked mustang GT" Way to play that down. The Camaro is just a "tweaked" V-6 platform.

The ZL1 Camaro borrowed heavily from the Corvette parts bin.

 

[10sec]

Tires and all :jerkit:

 

[Yaj Yak]

so the fuck what? the gt500 stole from the ford gt parts bin.

 

[jason05gt]

The ZL1 Camaro borrowed heavily from the Corvette parts bin.

Quite a few parts from the ZR1 and CTS-V. Both are great cars.

 

[Primalzer]

Genxist, man I forgot about him

But seriously the ZL1 is damn impressive, has a suspension that proves that it is straight up legit, and run's with a "track prepped" car while maintaining all comforts the normal Camaro has. Not to up play the GT500, but I do think that would be a more "fair" compairo and to really see how good Ford's electronically controlled shocks really are.

 

[jason05gt]

so the fuck what? the gt500 stole from the ford gt parts bin.

How so? The only thing I can think of is that the 13 borrows Ford GT cams. Otherwise what else?

 

[Dasfinc]

so the fuck what? the gt500 stole from the ford gt parts bin.

The Ford GT stole from the F-150 parts bin