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Originally Posted by Cremaster
So the 350R doesn't have rev match? It sounded like it when I ran across one last weekend at Sonoma. I was running in Group 4 (fast group) patiently passing cars on the straights when this beautiful white with blue stripes 350R came blasting past me, aggressively passing in turns. We both got past the lead car and I followed it for a little over a lap. We ran hard and the cars matched up evenly both in the turns and on the straights. He ditched me when we came up on another group of cars with his aggressive passing. I've loved the sound of my ZL1 but damn that 350R sounds awesome, especially downshifting into turn 11.
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Yeah no rev match on any of the GT350s or any Mustangs for that matter. That driver was really good at heel and toe!
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Originally Posted by Can'tHave2MuchHP
I got to wonder...If a SS 1LE (455 HP, more weight than the GT350), runs the exact same time, but, magically, the ZL1 is only a second quicker...What gives? I'm not a professional driver, but I've driven my share of cars and used to race cars on tracks when I was young, and when I was watching the H2H laps, the Camaro looked like he wasn't pushing it at all...
What am I trying to say? I'm saying that MT ran a balls to the wall lap in the SS 1LE, a decent lap in the GT350R, and a horribly slow lap in the ZL1. I could be wrong but that's what looking at that scoreboard, spec sheets of the cars (Basic stuff like power-to-weight), and the videos of them setting the laps.
Oh by the way, I think the same thing is going on with the C7 Z06 runs. Car should run way harder than a 1:25. They bitch about the power but then love the C7 GS. Come on! Just use LESS THROTTLE and they're the same car, then once you're above 60 MPH on the track, use the Z06's power and you'll put bus lengths on the GS. I don't know what kind of chemical engineers MT thinks they're working with here but I got news for you, the C7 GS and the C7 Z06 are the same car except for a 1.7L Eaton Supercharger and SLIGHTLY cushier suspension in the GS. I literally was getting a headache watching their videos on the Z06. And I feel like people have gotten a tainted opinion about it solely because of Motor Trend. Everybody else says stuff like "It's not a Race Car....In fact it's better". But Motor Trend? It can't handle the power. It's not finished.
I'm fed up with reviews honestly. Time to start getting sign and drives and finding out for myself. Who knows, maybe I'll drive my buddy of a buddies GT350 this year and find out the exhaust note and loud interior noise is worth it being slow everywhere except a road course.
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The problem is they did the SS 1LE run on a different day and so many factors can play into the time. Motortrend really needs to take a SS 1LE, ZL1, GT350 and GT350R and run them on the same track, the same day and with the same driver.