CAMARO6 - View Single Post - The ZL1 is a Great Car / The ZL1-1LE is a Special Car

MoreSpeed · 03-03-2017, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by OminouSS

I need to take back a couple things I said about my 1st reaction to the Z1LE. It would probably make my lap times a little better. It is a better track car at any speed, no argument in my mind. But I maintain that for the many people, including the vast majority here, it is not going to make them any more a winner than the standard ZL1. If anyone thinks that by driving this car back to back with your pedestrian ZL1 that you are going to see a 3 second improvement, then, well I'm sorry but that's a bit hopeful. Or more likely, you had a really good lap with the car. That's mental. People push a car harder if they're told the setup is right.

Most people new to the track floor it on the straights and dog it on the corners (since corners are where most people get into trouble). It is the corners that really make a difference. A two mile per hour better exit speed on a corner is huge if it follows a long straight. Non racers don't get that.

Exit speed is key. Everything else being equal, you maintain that speed advantage for the whole straight (in most cases).

This ZL1 ILE will even make slower people much faster. It is likely to give anyone a 3 second improvement (novices even more) since the ILE will feel more planted on the corners and more stable at high speeds.

Even if you are dogging it, you are now likely to be dogging your corners faster since they will feel safer. You will gain speed. You will also be less likely to pull out of full throttle on the straight as your car gets light, because the aero will mean your car wont get very light.

You will likely be faster on a road course with this ZL1 ILE.. even a novice. The real question is not will you or wont you be faster, but rather does a few seconds matter to you at all if you are having fun. I have been out there with beat up Eagle Talons. I can't say that I was having any more fun than that gentleman, even though his car was a piece of sh...t.

I believe the ZL1 will be awesome on the track. It is just that the ZL1 ILE will be awesomerrrr...