Every time I see a ZL1-1LE video on Misha’s channel I cringe. The first guy a while back had a car dressed up like a 1LE and then on top of that it had mismatched tires. The part that gets me is that guys were defending him in the comments when I called it out on the video.
Then this most recent guy with the Hankooks. I use those same tires and have a lot of experience with them. On the street they are fine but they reach the limit quick and dramatically change the handling dynamic of the car. You have to finesse the car into the corners and you lose your quick turning ability with the car on those. I can get the Hankooks to within 4 seconds of my SC3R lap times. They are very loud communicative tires. They work, but it takes some skill. They’re 320tw after all.
If I keep the ZLE I am going to send mine over there with the 18” wheels and slicks. It’s set up to corner and I know he will love it. We already know what it can do in stock trim. The crazy thing is, I vaguely recall hearing/reading somewhere that for the ZLE Nurburgring run, GM did not use the track camber.
