01-13-2007, 03:39 PM
Pulease!!! The Blue Devil is going to walk all OVER that car! Are people just ignoring the numbers? The MOPAR fanbois are just never going to give it up.
Even heavily tuned, aftermarket forced induction Vipers are struggling to get to the 9s, and even most of those guys are swapping out the Viper motor with a Hemi!! Whereas a C6 Z06 with heads, intake, sticky tires, tune and a 100 dry shot ran consistent low 10s to high 9s all day long. That's not even touching the cam or internals, or using a blower!!
The SS Z06 and the new Viper will both be pinnacles of street legal road cars for both Dodge and Chevy, but I still firmly believe that the Viper won't come close to a supercharged LS7 with even MORE weight reduction than the current Z06 has now. Chevy has it right in the speed war: more carbon fiber and forced induction as opposed to more displacement.
Even heavily tuned, aftermarket forced induction Vipers are struggling to get to the 9s, and even most of those guys are swapping out the Viper motor with a Hemi!! Whereas a C6 Z06 with heads, intake, sticky tires, tune and a 100 dry shot ran consistent low 10s to high 9s all day long. That's not even touching the cam or internals, or using a blower!!
The SS Z06 and the new Viper will both be pinnacles of street legal road cars for both Dodge and Chevy, but I still firmly believe that the Viper won't come close to a supercharged LS7 with even MORE weight reduction than the current Z06 has now. Chevy has it right in the speed war: more carbon fiber and forced induction as opposed to more displacement.
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