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Originally Posted by toilets
Who has a subscription? Did anyone notice the back of the cover says the gt500 is 650 hp and 250mph in big bold lettering? Lol, it has it correct everywhere else but that's a pretty big typo... A good write up on the 500 but from the sounds of it, it doesn't look good for us.
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We'll be fine.
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Originally Posted by mr_desmo
The new gt500 have:
-A completely new 5.8 engine
-Carbon driveshaft (200mph possibility without braking and less loss because its 11 pounds lighter then the 2 pieces)
-trimmed aero for no lift at high speed
-Longer gears to manage addi power and tq
-Bigger 6 pistion calipers and discs
optionnaly
-Same bilstein electronic dampers as the nissan GTR (yeah the one who smoked the zl1)
-5 Additionnal drivetrain coolers
Personnaly i like all cars...no more chevy then ford or porsche or ferrari; as long as they bring interesting new products on the table! |
It is my understanding that
-The 5.8 is an enhanced 5.4 with a more efficient supercharger...
-Reworked aerodynamic pieces for better stability - but I haven't read anywhere that it is neutral or produced downforce at speed like the ZL1.
-Brakes were only improved up front? I may be mistaken, there...
Optionally,
-bilstein shocks weren't what allowed the GTR to beat the ZL1 around Inde...MR is vastly superior part for part...
-3 factory-installed cooling systems?
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Additionally...I'm curious to know how many times the GT500 is allowed to "over rev" to 7000 in a given time period...it sounds great for a drag race, but would appear to leave the car to the same rpm limit as the Z around a road course.