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Originally Posted by waterman
Mid engine configuration radically and drastically changes the playing field.
Please adjust your school of thought gentlemen.
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Exactly. The 911 GT3 RS (rear-engine) has "only" 513 hp and is a great track car.
At Road Atlanta Randy Pobst drove a 1:26.24 in the GT3 RS, beating the 1:26.45 of the 755-hp Corvette ZR1.
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C&D Lightning Lap the GT3 RS did a 2:47 pretty close to the current Z06 2:44.6 and ZL1 1LE 2:45.7
On Nürburgring the GT3 RS did a 6.56,4, Z06 was at 6:59,13.
Going the midengine platform makes a huge difference. You just can't compare 1:1 horsepower against frontengine cars. Of course straigth line performance above a certain mph is pretty much a horsepower war, but for quarter mile and especially racetracks the C8 Z51 will be great.