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Originally Posted by Lankhoss

It's pretty fucked in the head to act like you know FOR SURE what this car is gonna do, when it's not even out yet. People are making speculations, and we're talking about STRAIGHT LINE ACCELERATION. I'm pretty sure the new Viper will beat the Vette around the track, regardless....but that's NOT what the thread is about. The reason people do power:weight ratios is because that's the single biggest factor in straight line acceleration (no, not the ONLY factor...but the biggest one). The Vette weighs a lot less than the current Viper, that's why it accelerates so much harder even when they have similar horsepower. The debate is....IF the Viper doesn't lose any weight, then 580 - 600bhp will be an INTERESTING race between the two in a straight line.

Of course, ANYTHING could happen. It's possible it will lose 200lbs, but no one knows for sure. No one even knows what horsepower it has, it's not even out yet. So people are just discussing the possible outcomes of different scenarios.

With a 300lb disadvantage, a car will normally need 50 - 60rwhp more to overcome that (in general). So if the current Viper has 10 - 15 less rwhp than the Z does right now, then gains 90bhp, that will bring it up to about 55
rwhp more than the Z. So IF the Viper doesn't lose any weight, that's an interesting matchup.

No, I don't know what will happen - I made my speculation based on what I read from the press release. And I still think this thread is useless - arguing about something that will happen and put all the shit to rest.