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Originally Posted by 93oh
You guys are not looking at this correctly. First, from a dig the ZL1 has more tire and even with 6 speed a nasty first gear with 3.73 rear. Now let's play this game. The Zl1 has no lift shift the gaps would not be as drastic at that Hellcat would be in trouble on anything less than a DR from a dig. This roll on "race" shows granny shifting where the Hellcat is gaining but is it real? I don't know. But I can say this Hennesey sells parts for the Lt4 and if other driver is no lift shifting the "gap" on each shift where Hellcat gains is suspect. However who cares if I wanted just a straight car I'd have bought a base either SS or Scat and found a pro charger dealer.
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That's been discussed as a possibility, that they held back on the ZL1 a little to make their performance package look better. As for the nasty first gear, the ZL1 has a much taller one than most 6 speeds, to mostly help make it easier to put all the torque from the LT4 to the ground through the 3.73 rear. Most 6 speed cars with a 3.73 rear would have somewhere around an 11:1 to 12:1 overall ratio in 1st, but the ZL1 has like 8.5:1, and is why it can pull 60 mph in first. I would consider the lower gear ratios as nasty, mean, what have you. Wasn't sure how you meant it, if you were thinking it had a lower 1st than it does, or if it's ability to pull 60 was what you were referring to. Now the auto has a nasty 1st gear of 13.395:1!!