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Originally Posted by camaro-dreamer
With potentially 10s of millions of dollars on the line even for these niche autos, I can see where the temptation might be there to make the car a little better than stock. That is why I said I agree with your idea. The only car I can think of in recent memory which did not provide tire specs was the ACR Viper. GM claimed a "stock" car for its ZL1 time. I guess we will see what Ford claims with the GT500. Of course, as things are today, there really are not a lot of rules for running these times.
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they both run Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar G:2. i suspect that these tires won't last long treadwise.
also, i see a lot about the tire size on the shelby being smaller than that of the zl1 being reason to doubt the shelby's ability to match it.
don't forget.....the shelby's a bit lighter, and accordingly a smaller tire may well be more than appropriate. in fact, i'm sure it is. the guys at svt aren't exactly stupid ya know.
the biggest thing the zl has going against it for performance, is its weight. i think even the ragtop gt500 is lighter than the zl.