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Old 02-07-2012, 05:02 PM   #20
GT5Junkie
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Originally Posted by JusticePete View Post
The GT500 has 250 HP advantage over the six. Shouldn't it be almost twice as fast?
The 1993 V6 Camaro ran 16.6 in the 1/4 with 160 horsepower. Shouldn't the 580 horsepower ZL1 be almost 4 times as fast? Why isn't the ZL1 running 4s in the 1/4? Okay, at least 6s. Okay, 9s. OKAY, high 10s. What? Low 12s?

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to put down another 100 HP on a road course.
You don't "put down" horsepower. You put down torque. And through gearing changes, the GT500 isn't actually putting down more torque. It pulls longer, not harder.

But you already knew that, didn't you?
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