'08 VIPER vs. '08 Z06 @ Willow Springs video

DEVILDOG · May 1st, 2008, 10:07 PM

H2H Ep1 Viper Vs. Z06 Vette - Video

The Great One · May 1st, 2008, 10:18 PM

Nice Vid. Go Viper! Were any of those SoCal members on here?

**bushido** · May 1st, 2008, 10:35 PM

Man the new Viper is a monster..

billseast · May 1st, 2008, 10:44 PM

That was so cool. I love that track cant wait to get my viper out there.

billseast · May 1st, 2008, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by The Great One

Nice Vid. Go Viper! Were any of those SoCal members on here?

Dan he is a socal guy

The Former PFR · May 1st, 2008, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bushido

Man the new Viper is a monster..

It sure looks great...truly a fantastic car. The Z06 also deserves some props...still fast as shit.

redlineviper · May 1st, 2008, 10:47 PM

Very cool vid. Like it better when it doesn't favor either car.

-FROG- · May 1st, 2008, 10:52 PM

lol!!!! I almost spit my food when he said.... "Want a daily driver, go buy a Yaris"!

bigmike32172 · May 1st, 2008, 11:00 PM

I kinda expected the Viper to do much better with an extra 100HP advantage over the Z

Maybe the extra 300lbs and 3:07 highway gears impede the Viper a little

Alwk · May 1st, 2008, 11:03 PM

Very very nice vid. Super!

SoCal Rebell · May 1st, 2008, 11:03 PM

Terry Rossi turned a 1:29 flat in a bone stock '08 Coupe at WSIR

redlineviper · May 1st, 2008, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bigmike32172

I kinda expected the Viper to do much better with an extra 100HP advantage over the Z

Maybe the extra 300lbs and 3:07 highway gears impede the Viper a little

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Originally Posted by SoCal Rebell

Terry Rossi turned a 1:29 flat in a bone stock '08 Coupe at WSIR

From what I can tell he is a great driver, but he is a drifter after all. Not gonna get the best lap time for either vehicle in my opinion. With a skilled driver the viper always has the upper hand. But theres no question the 08 Z is a monster too.

snakeskin · May 2nd, 2008, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by -FROG-

lol!!!! I almost spit my food when he said.... "Want a daily driver, go buy a Yaris"!

LOL, I caught that too.

They said the handling of the Z06 is predictable and it beat the Viper in that category. I think thats BS, you take both of those cars to the LIMIT and I want to be driving the Viper. No computer traction/active handling BS, just a car with good suspension and big ass tires. Thats the car I want.

The Viper is not for the timid. The Viper is the best and I'm not biast just because I own one, its a fact.

I've had a few Vettes, and the Viper is better in everyway.

The Former PFR · May 2nd, 2008, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by snakeskin

They said the handling of the Z06 is predictable and it beat the Viper in that category. I think thats BS, you take both of those cars to the LIMIT and I want to be driving the Viper. No computer traction/active handling BS, just a car with good suspension and big ass tires. Thats the car I want.

The Viper is not for the timid. The Viper is the best and I'm not biast just because I own one, its a fact.

I've had a few Vettes, and the Viper is better in everyway.

I was a little suprised about that. I know the 08 Viper is supposed to have a few chassis improvements and possibly non-runflat tires. If that is true, it might even things up a little bit. Vipers seem really sensitive to alignment and a lot of times where they are said to be hard to drive at the limit, I wonder if the alignment was spot on. That Viper could have been some beat to hell press vehicle with bad alignment for all we know.

redlineviper · May 2nd, 2008, 12:50 AM

The 06 viper and vette were close. The 08 viper and vette both got the new tremic tranny, non run flats and revised suspension and the vette got a better steering rack so some of what the viper gained was also improved on the vette thus the closer results.

DC Performance · May 2nd, 2008, 01:17 AM

FYI,
That Viper had had some serious track use and was prepared by us and Terri Rossi. Tires were marginal. Sam is a great track driver as well, he won several VC races in our prepared Comp Coupes. One thing I must admit Sam said the Chevy was way easier to drive, but not as fun.

The Former PFR · May 2nd, 2008, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by DC Performance

FYI,
That Viper had had some serious track use and was prepared by us and Terri Rossi. Tires were marginal. Sam is a great track driver as well, he won several VC races in our prepared Comp Coupes. One thing I must admit Sam said the Chevy was way easier to drive, but not as fun.

I bet the tires were even more marginal after all those burnouts. haha.

**sundiego** · May 2nd, 2008, 01:29 AM

Hey, Dan you calling my tires marginal? It was fun watching my car on that. I hadn't seen that until now.

The front tires were fairly worn from track use, which might have slowed him down. The alignment is fairly agressive, which might have made it a little twitchier, and a bit faster. It has no mods to the engine, brakes or suspension. It has a roll bar and belts, which add some weight.

The Former PFR · May 2nd, 2008, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by sundiego

Hey, Dan you calling my tires marginal? It was fun watching my car on that. I hadn't seen that until now.

The front tires were fairly worn from track use, which might have slowed him down. The alignment is fairly agressive, which might have made it a little twitchier, and a bit faster. It has no mods to the engine, brakes or suspension. It has a roll bar and belts, which add some weight.

Haha...so I take it the car wasn't a busted ass press model.

snakeplissken · May 2nd, 2008, 11:43 AM

Great Vid. The Z gets spanked again. Bring on the ACR.