04-06-2012, 01:26 PM | #71 |
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when is this viper coming out or is it out? and what are upcoming changes to zr1's in the next year or so, i think all the talk about new viper and nothing mentioned about any new features on zr1's ( i know nothing of either car) is odd unless they are remaining unchanged. also c7's are coming
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04-06-2012, 01:45 PM | #72 | |
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As for Corvette, I doubt there will be any changes for the 2013 model. Thats probably why nobody is talking about any changes to it.
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04-06-2012, 02:02 PM | #73 |
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Most of my comments were tongue-in-cheek, but in all honesty it seriously is ugly IMHO, and it's a Dodge for sure. It's not even a ground-up remake, it's based on the old chassis (look at the trans tunnel...still huge). And no, it's not really going to fall apart and it will probably make horsepower as advertised, but it probably won't turn very well. You can race prep any car, but none of the vipers I've seen could turn very well. They are fast in straight lines, but they have to slow way down for turns or they end up in the grass.
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04-06-2012, 05:59 PM | #77 |
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I doubt that. I probably get as many looks as a Viper. I have people sticking there cameras out the window to get a picture, I've had some people pull into parking lots where I was to ask about my car. I get thumbs up and waves from mostly Dodge's
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Go throw that money into the viper to FI it, throw the same amount of money in mods then at the ZR1 while your at it.
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Maybe your area isn't as overrun with Camaros as it is here, but on average i can practically guarantee a viper will get more looks.
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04-07-2012, 11:00 AM | #81 | |
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Not only 2 more cylinders, but an extra 2.2L of displacement. That is more additional displacement than some entire economy engines.
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04-07-2012, 11:24 AM | #82 | |
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Should they both have supercharged V10s then, to make it fair? Should they therefore have the same weight too, for the same reason? Then the same transmission, the same tires, same wheels, brakes, wheel base, track width, weight distribution, suspension setup, drag co-efficient, frontal area, and so on? There will always be elements where one car is slightly better than another. But if they are competing cars, it makes no sense to propose things to 'even the playing field' because once you start, it only makes sense to keep going until the two are 100% indistinguishable from the other. You can't have it both ways. You can't insist that one 'needs ____ ' for parity, then ignore every other aspect where the two are unequal.
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04-07-2012, 11:24 AM | #83 |
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My neighbor (few houses down the street) just bought a new Viper.
He went from a 350z to a 370z to a Porsche Cayman to a Viper. I can only wonder what's next? He was zooming up and down the street while I was washing my car a little earlier. It looked nice, but it's too quiet for being such a monster. |
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