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Originally Posted by NG329
The car (ZLE) has 650 HP. The Porsches have less and are sub 7 minutes. What the car needs is a weight reduction and maybe even a tad more downforce. Instead of 350lbs of downforce, perhaps 450lbs at 150mph. Think..... Viper ACR. Lighter and more downforce.
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Originally Posted by Z OH 6
... only so much you can do with a RWD platform.
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Originally Posted by CalgaryZL1
Also with increased down force, usually you need the little extra horsepower to compensate for the rolling resistance
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My thought was that more HP would "compensate for the rolling resistance"(What CalgaryZL1 said) on the Rings long straight..
This would most likely resulting a higher top speed in the straights that might improve the Nurburgring time.
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Here is what a 6th gen Camaro Engineer said when asked if the LT5 alone would have improved the ZLE RING time:**
"More power definitely helps. I'm sure it would've been able to go quicker but no clue by how much".
So this engineer, who is extremely familiar with the ZLE, says the LT5 engine would have improved the ring time, not hampered it.
Of course every track is different, but I was talking about the Nurburgring.
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On a side note: The C7 Z06 setup couldn't handle the LT4 power predictably at the limit with traction off.
I felt the engineering on it wasn't completed. The overheating on track was another example.
I would not have thrown more power at my 2016 Z06 for road course, autocross or "twisties".
Yet GM still decided to add 100 more HP in that setup with an LT5 in the C7 ZR1.
They didn't just keep the LT4 in the ZR1 and go the Viper ACR way (or the ZLE way)
The ZL1-1LE setup handles the LT4 power much better than my C7Z did.
I think there is more in it to put power down.