Re: So are Z06\'s really better handling cars
Blaspheme I say,blaspheme !!!
Blaspheme I say,blaspheme !!!
So are Z06's really better handling cars
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Re: So are Z06\'s really better handling cars
The Z06 has a cup holder. What else is there to say?
Okay, seriously... The viper can come up and scare the shit out of any driver. My personal experience was that out of all the different cars i have had such as sporty bimmers, Peugot 405 Mi16 and cars that i have driven (formula ford, porches and a couple of pasta racers) the viper can be downright scare before you are used to it. It took me a while to trust the stickiness of the tires and to learn how to handle understeer/oversteer as weight transfers happened in the twisties. Now i found that a Z06 is a bit more forgiving (i haven't really had any extensive time in a Z06), but it doesn't allow you to go to the all out extreme topspeeds as the viper does (albeit in the viper you have to learn how to get there -there are no freebies).
It's sort of the same as with motorcycles. The sport touring bikes goes pretty fast, but the all out racebikes will outperform them assuming that the driver is capable of pushing a race bike to the limit.
I'm not claiming to be a very good viper driver, but i have been known to push it on occasion /images/graemlins/smile.gif
Nothing will make you as happy as the feeling of torque when you leave a Z06 behind coming out of the twisties (you know that at 0-100 a Z06 is a football field behind when it hits 100 according to C&D).
The Z06 has a cup holder. What else is there to say?
Okay, seriously... The viper can come up and scare the shit out of any driver. My personal experience was that out of all the different cars i have had such as sporty bimmers, Peugot 405 Mi16 and cars that i have driven (formula ford, porches and a couple of pasta racers) the viper can be downright scare before you are used to it. It took me a while to trust the stickiness of the tires and to learn how to handle understeer/oversteer as weight transfers happened in the twisties. Now i found that a Z06 is a bit more forgiving (i haven't really had any extensive time in a Z06), but it doesn't allow you to go to the all out extreme topspeeds as the viper does (albeit in the viper you have to learn how to get there -there are no freebies).
It's sort of the same as with motorcycles. The sport touring bikes goes pretty fast, but the all out racebikes will outperform them assuming that the driver is capable of pushing a race bike to the limit.
I'm not claiming to be a very good viper driver, but i have been known to push it on occasion /images/graemlins/smile.gif
Nothing will make you as happy as the feeling of torque when you leave a Z06 behind coming out of the twisties (you know that at 0-100 a Z06 is a football field behind when it hits 100 according to C&D).
Re: So are Z06\'s really better handling cars
/images/graemlins/laughing.gifAh guys, someone had to start this topic, didn't they!
If you read the mags, most say that the Z06 handles better than the Viper. If you follow SCCA T-1 at all, most guys choice of weapons have been the Z06 with T-1 mods. Archer and the lady dentist seem to be the only real contenders pushing a Viper along the track. Now the Viper does have a slight air restrictor to even things up a little on the top end.... but most races are won in and exiting the corners..soooooooo draw your own conclusions..,
/images/graemlins/laughing.gifAh guys, someone had to start this topic, didn't they!
If you read the mags, most say that the Z06 handles better than the Viper. If you follow SCCA T-1 at all, most guys choice of weapons have been the Z06 with T-1 mods. Archer and the lady dentist seem to be the only real contenders pushing a Viper along the track. Now the Viper does have a slight air restrictor to even things up a little on the top end.... but most races are won in and exiting the corners..soooooooo draw your own conclusions..,
Re: So are Z06\'s really better handling cars
trumperZ06 said:/images/graemlins/laughing.gifAh guys, someone had to start this topic, didn't they!
If you read the mags, most say that the Z06 handles better than the Viper. If you follow SCCA T-1 at all, most guys choice of weapons have been the Z06 with T-1 mods. Archer and the lady dentist seem to be the only real contenders pushing a Viper along the track. Now the Viper does have a slight air restrictor to even things up a little on the top end.... but most races are won in and exiting the corners..soooooooo draw your own conclusions..,
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Re: So are Z06\'s really better handling cars
If I see that damn Bill Clinton one more time Bitten, I'm going to hunt you down.
If I see that damn Bill Clinton one more time Bitten, I'm going to hunt you down.
Re: So are Z06\'s really better handling cars
trumperZ06 said:/images/graemlins/laughing.gifAh guys, someone had to start this topic, didn't they!
If you read the mags, most say that the Z06 handles better than the Viper. If you follow SCCA T-1 at all, most guys choice of weapons have been the Z06 with T-1 mods. Archer and the lady dentist seem to be the only real contenders pushing a Viper along the track. Now the Viper does have a slight air restrictor to even things up a little on the top end.... but most races are won in and exiting the corners..soooooooo draw your own conclusions..,
Then again using the logic that whatever the masses are using must be the best -a beetle is the best car in the world. Way over 10 million produced using the same design without any changes to the basic design. You draw your own conclusions...
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