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Originally Posted by gmd2003

Bottom line is the new viper lost in a comparo to an out of production Corvette ZR-1 and after specifically gunning for it barely beat it . It's fastest TA version also was less than a second faster at VIR vs the Camaro Z28 . The C7 Z06 will destroy it on track . Hell I wouldn't be surprised if the base viper wasn't faster than a C7 Z51 . Dodge screwed up for the price pretty bad initially and that's why it sat on lots and sales will continue to be low once the Z06 comes out .

The real bottom line is that a N/A Viper TA on street tires and steel brakes beat a S/C ZR1 on R-compounds and carbon brakes. Top Viper vs top Corvette (which was not out of production at the time), Viper won.

The same TA, on a similar tire the Z/28 runs, was 2.8 seconds faster than the production car record time it just set at Laguna Seca, so no comparison to a Z/28 at all. Without those tires, the Z/28's times wouldn't even be talked about. Also, the post-production base Viper is only .8 seconds slower than the T/A on the SRT test track on the same street tires. Vipers are simply faster around a track than Corvettes are, even with inferior tires and brakes. I also own a C7 Z/51 Stingray and have no problem admitting that fact.

The new Z06 only makes 10 more HP the the ZR1 did, yet weighs almost 200 lbs more. The only Z06 that will have a chance beating the Viper will be the Z06 with Z07 package (cup tires, carbon brakes and a lot of aero), but even then, the new TA 2.0 is already available to order with much better aero, and if they decide to slap a set of the same cup tires that the Z06 runs on the TA, it's game over for the Corvette.

Can't wait!