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Originally Posted by MoreSpeed
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...
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Good points for sure. Worthy debate and not one that offends me. I'm no newby to racing and I like to think I hold my own. Since I've stepped into the new ZL1 I've not found a car that can out-turn me. They exist, I know for certain but not in any of the classes they've stuck me in. So maybe that is where the conversation gets interesting. Since I can't mod my Camaro lest I say bubbye to my warranty, I'm stuck in the proverbial point-by land. Al says they'll fix any track day car but he sure doesn't say he'll fix my newly race-modded ZL1 if it breaks down in SCCA. SO there you have it. Buy a ZL1 1LE and it is race ready, just add harness? Met you half way.
But for academics: Here is a video from my track day today. It's a brand new track for me and this was about my 2nd session. The late sessions are still on the SD card in the car so bear with my feeling out and humorous miss-shift on lap one. You honestly think you see 3 seconds? You know, pretending there was a lap in there without 10 passes and point by fails.
(None of the lap timers were working as for some reason GPS was not picking up the track and I'd not been there before)
https://youtu.be/7zWms7CxutI
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