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Originally Posted by SEVEN-OH JOE
WOW!
Side-by-side, same-day, same road course will be very interesting. Ford is surely nervous. Remember, although there was LOTS of hoopla at Atlanta, no 'Ring times were released after they spent a considerable amount of time over there.
Sounds like the '13 GT500 will NOT match an '11 in autoX, contrary to one of the focal points in Ford's press release earlier last week. And blaming that result on the Torsen? Without it (for those who understand its technology), something as powerful but incorrectly weighted as the GT500 wouldn't stand a chance of putting all that torque to the ground. And with a Torsen, that 9% power loss on the dyno frankly lacks credibility (unless a tune was administered?). GM/SLP used the Torsen in their Firehawk, to great effect.
BTW, best totally STOCK runs for Vettes, as per Corvette Forum:
Z06 = 10.981 @ 128.90
ZR1 = 10.664 @ 132.92
Good luck with those numbers.
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Autox? Both the zl1 and gt500 will be pretty poor fits for autox. Do you mean road racing? Also, the ford gt 'ring time was done by a magazine, not ford. Ford has never done any official lap times on the 'ring with any car.