Corvette, although I really like that Camaro, too.
Which do you prefer: ZL-1 Camaro or GS Corvette ?
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Originally Posted By: racin4ds
Be a man and get a real sports car, The Shelby GT350 or the Ford GT, either one will destroy a Camaro or Vette!
Only if they ran into them.
Be a man and get a real sports car, The Shelby GT350 or the Ford GT, either one will destroy a Camaro or Vette!
Only if they ran into them.
Originally Posted By: SatinSilver
Neither, a 911 even a base one would be my pick. Let's see a hopped up Camaro or a 911, hmmmm. Easy choice there.
LOL... You have another $30k laying around? A BASE 911 starts around $90k.
I'd personally go used and pick up a Z/28 if I wanted the baddest Chevy around - but of your two choices I'd take the ZL1.
Neither, a 911 even a base one would be my pick. Let's see a hopped up Camaro or a 911, hmmmm. Easy choice there.
LOL... You have another $30k laying around? A BASE 911 starts around $90k.
I'd personally go used and pick up a Z/28 if I wanted the baddest Chevy around - but of your two choices I'd take the ZL1.
Originally Posted By: thescreensavers
6th Gen is on a completely new chasis. The ZL1 is 3800lbs and you are looking at 3400 at the C7 GS. So 400 lbs and 200 HP.
No kidding, the ZL1 has a real world weight of 4000 pounds on the Moroso scales nearby. I think to get the curb weight to 3845 or what ever they claim requires running with no gas, no coolant, no brake fluid and so on. The one I saw pushed on the scale was so heavy, it took 4 guys to push it on to the scale. It may be lighter than the last generation. But it's still 4000 pounds in real world use.
And fast as can be. They are well into the 11's.
HOWEVER, all of this makes sense, 650HP won't push a 4000 pound car into the 10's. Whereas 650 HP will push an Enzo or F1 Mclaren into the 10's.
6th Gen is on a completely new chasis. The ZL1 is 3800lbs and you are looking at 3400 at the C7 GS. So 400 lbs and 200 HP.
No kidding, the ZL1 has a real world weight of 4000 pounds on the Moroso scales nearby. I think to get the curb weight to 3845 or what ever they claim requires running with no gas, no coolant, no brake fluid and so on. The one I saw pushed on the scale was so heavy, it took 4 guys to push it on to the scale. It may be lighter than the last generation. But it's still 4000 pounds in real world use.
And fast as can be. They are well into the 11's.
HOWEVER, all of this makes sense, 650HP won't push a 4000 pound car into the 10's. Whereas 650 HP will push an Enzo or F1 Mclaren into the 10's.
ZL-1 runs mid 11's stock and GS Corvette runs high 11's in the quarter mile with only 460 HP.
I agree an extra 200 HP should have the Camaro in the high 10's on street tires.
I agree an extra 200 HP should have the Camaro in the high 10's on street tires.
You can buy Cujet's S2000 turbo from him since he's moving soon and looking to sell. Plus it probably doesn't have black wheels which you don't care for.
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Originally Posted By: thescreensavers
6th Gen is on a completely new chasis. The ZL1 is 3800lbs and you are looking at 3400 at the C7 GS. So 400 lbs and 200 HP.
No kidding, the ZL1 has a real world weight of 4000 pounds on the Moroso scales nearby. I think to get the curb weight to 3845 or what ever they claim requires running with no gas, no coolant, no brake fluid and so on. The one I saw pushed on the scale was so heavy, it took 4 guys to push it on to the scale. It may be lighter than the last generation. But it's still 4000 pounds in real world use.
And fast as can be. They are well into the 11's.
HOWEVER, all of this makes sense, 650HP won't push a 4000 pound car into the 10's. Whereas 650 HP will push an Enzo or F1 Mclaren into the 10's.
I'm just comparing manufactures stated weight to each other, FWIW I weighed my Camaro SS 1LE it was 3700 lbs with a 55lbs in the trunk and an empty tank of gas, pushed it my self..
ZL1 is about 1sec faster in the 1/4 than the 1SS which is low 12s and ZL1 is Low 11s
Originally Posted By: thescreensavers
6th Gen is on a completely new chasis. The ZL1 is 3800lbs and you are looking at 3400 at the C7 GS. So 400 lbs and 200 HP.
No kidding, the ZL1 has a real world weight of 4000 pounds on the Moroso scales nearby. I think to get the curb weight to 3845 or what ever they claim requires running with no gas, no coolant, no brake fluid and so on. The one I saw pushed on the scale was so heavy, it took 4 guys to push it on to the scale. It may be lighter than the last generation. But it's still 4000 pounds in real world use.
And fast as can be. They are well into the 11's.
HOWEVER, all of this makes sense, 650HP won't push a 4000 pound car into the 10's. Whereas 650 HP will push an Enzo or F1 Mclaren into the 10's.
I'm just comparing manufactures stated weight to each other, FWIW I weighed my Camaro SS 1LE it was 3700 lbs with a 55lbs in the trunk and an empty tank of gas, pushed it my self..
ZL1 is about 1sec faster in the 1/4 than the 1SS which is low 12s and ZL1 is Low 11s
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Driving or riding. There is a difference it has been said more than once the ZL1 is a drivers car, drives better than the Vette.
But for riding the ZL1 is harsh while the vette won't kill your kidneys liver etc.
If you are looking at both cars from a driving standpoint the numbers don't lie.
But for riding the ZL1 is harsh while the vette won't kill your kidneys liver etc.
If you are looking at both cars from a driving standpoint the numbers don't lie.
I prefer, nay REQUIRE, a car which I can get into (and out of) at will. Neither of those two fit that criterion.
No really, you could give me both of them , and I would be unable to drive either one. I could possibly be a passenger in the Corvette, but not the Camaro. Either way, both are off my list.
Physics - she’s a real B sometimes.
No really, you could give me both of them , and I would be unable to drive either one. I could possibly be a passenger in the Corvette, but not the Camaro. Either way, both are off my list.
Physics - she’s a real B sometimes.
ZL-1 has much better cooling than the Z06.
Either way both are great cars for under $60K
Either way both are great cars for under $60K
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Originally Posted By: SatinSilver
You can buy Cujet's S2000 turbo from him since he's moving soon and looking to sell. Plus it probably doesn't have black wheels which you don't care for.
If I wanted a turbo import I would have put a turbo in my RSX.
You can buy Cujet's S2000 turbo from him since he's moving soon and looking to sell. Plus it probably doesn't have black wheels which you don't care for.
If I wanted a turbo import I would have put a turbo in my RSX.
ZL1 for the engine.
Obligatory BITOG answer of save the money, fund your 401k, pay your house off, donate to charity, etc etc etc.
Personally, I would buy the Camaro only because I have a 4 year old and need to take my wife and child if we go cruising to get ice cream or for a river drive. The Corvette would leave my wife at home and my daughter and I would go cruising and then I would have to live in it.
Personally, I would buy the Camaro only because I have a 4 year old and need to take my wife and child if we go cruising to get ice cream or for a river drive. The Corvette would leave my wife at home and my daughter and I would go cruising and then I would have to live in it.
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