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Originally Posted by Idaho2018GTPremium
What is CF on the base GT500? It is a heavy beast no doubt. Didn't you look up the weight of the DCT a while back and it's something like 100 lbs heavier than an M6? I would guess it's about 40-50 lbs heavier than the ZL1's beefed up A10.
I am still baffled as to why they couldn't keep the weight closer to 4,000 lbs, or at least under 4,100 lbs in the base GT500.
That said, similar to the ZR1 being around 100 lbs heavier than the Z06, an LT5 powered ZL1 would be about 100 lbs heavier than the LT4 ZL1. Which would put the auto LT5 ZL1 at around 4,050 lbs.
It would also be more expensive than the LT4 powered ZL1, most likely in-line with the base GT500. If you think GM would put the LT5 in the ZL1 and not increase the price significantly, and if you think an LT5 powered ZL1 wouldn't also be heavier than the LT4 ZL1, I have some ocean front property in AZ I could sell you.
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Originally Posted by shaffe
Didn't seem rhetorical when you asked lol.
Basically to me is it looks like the result of bandaids, and having to put stuff in that maybe they never anticipated having to do due to how good the Alpha Camaro is. Basically, ford short sightedness catching up with them again
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I think Ford is pulling another gimmick with the GT500. I think they built it just well enough to claim a nice looking 0-100-0 and just well enough so it can just barely beat the ZL1 but only on long straight tracks and just to be able to say they did it. Kinda like when they threw those tires on the PP2 just so they could say they could keep up with the SLE even if it was just for 1 lap.