Bdog

His ZR-1 went a 10.74 at 133.21mph! Car has 11k on it, factory tires with still the factory air cleaner in it.


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SuperTrooper169

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Wow, that launch was impressive.

myron

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holly shit, awesome driving and an awesome car

mrsteve

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That car is amazing.

OLD_HATCH

agreed.

Bdog

He didn't care about the light and focused on the launch as you can see by his 1.73 reaction time. A slower pass he went 133.9 and says the car still has some better times and should break 134mph.

juniorbean

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Damn... that was an impressive launch!

Now we just need to see a video of a stock Bugatti Veyron in the 1/4 mile to see if your buddy's pass can hold up

Bdog

^

Yea, the Veyron should do a 10.2 or something like that I've heard... but no vids from a track yet!

juniorbean

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^ Yeah, I did a quick search... very surprising that no one's actually taken one to a track. Bunch of road tests... but couldn't find any straight 1/4 mile runs.

No matter, your friends car is sick

S A CHO

Nicely done

SouthernBoy

Excellent. That's almost as quick as the 1969 ZL1 Corvette (also with street tires). That car turned in a 1/4 mile at 10.30 seconds at 130 MPH. There were only two made.

SouthernBoy

His launch was tentative and his shifts were slow. However, I can completely understand this. This is his street car and no doubt his baby, and it's unlikely he is of a mind to hurt the car. Also, I have to bet his traction control was on since there was virtually no wheel spin.

So with all of this said, a 10.74 is absolutely MOST impressive.

teranfon

Cool. Very impressive cars.



Southernboy:
Not challenging your information in regards to the ZL1, but where did you find the information in regards to the quarter mile times? Several years ago I can recall seeing an old article from PHR claiming a quarter mile time of 11.0 for the Corvette ZL1, and a tick over 12 seconds when tested by R & T.



Terry

Bdog

I found this, but not sure if the older cars were showroom stock, or customs. I could see the Veyron and S7 being in the mid to low 10's.

http://www.autofacts.ca/classics/fast.htm


2007 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 8.0L W16 1001 10.1 142 CD
1968 Plymouth S/S Barracuda 426 Hemi V8 525 ** 10.5 130 MCR
1968 Dodge S/S Hemi Dart 426 Hemi V8 525 ** 10.5 129 MCR
2007 Saleen S7 Twin Turbo 7.0L V8 T/C 750 10.6 139.8 RT
1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray LT2 454 V8 465 ** 10.6 132 MT
2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 LS7 7.0L V8 505 ** 10.85 129.5 -
1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray ZL1 427 V8 430 ** 10.89 130 MT

SouthernBoy

Motor Trend in a 50 year anniversary edition of their magazine (think that's right). If I remember, I'll go down in my basement and dig it up.

SouthernBoy

Ok, I found the article and I must request a knife and fork to eat some of this crow I have in front of me.

The trap speed was 130 MPH, but the ET was 10.8 seconds, not 10.3 as I had reported. Sorry gentlemen. I will now go back into my padded room and enjoy Mickey Mouse Club reruns.

F23A4

Finally, a showroom stock vehicle capable of ludicrous speed!!! Sweet!!!

teranfon

Hey SB

No worries. It just seemed a little off.




Terry

n1njai

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Zomg....sick launch.......

barnash22

Nice reaction time and launch. That was a nice piece of driving!

crazyasiantl

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Crazy Bimmer

You mean launch and trap speed?

Insane run for sure. That beast scares me!!

the 1.73 was the 60ft time on street tires, nice.

SG81

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wow, i want one so bad

Bdog

I haven't rode in it yet and with the weather here, I doubt I'll get to any time soon.

Snagged a pic from Justin's FB page at the track.

princelybug

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Nice!

JS + XES

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awesome.

neuronbob

<-------- waiting impatiently for winter to be over so he can go back to the dragstrip

AWESOME launch and car!

I want one!

SouthernBoy

Ok, a few things that could drop a bit of time from his ET. First was the launch.

When doing a milk run, your reaction time is not critical as long as you don't break the beams. His reaction time was around 1.28 seconds. That's a long time if he was running against another car.

Next his launch needed to be more aggressive. But I understand the problem with traction with this car so without slicks, I think he may have done almost as good as he could.

Shifting. His shifts were pretty slow. But I am going to go with not wanting to trash his car which I completely understand. And this is why I said that under the circumstances of his run, a 10.74 is a fantastic time and he has every right to be proud of it. On the other side, what I am saying is one has to wonder what his car would turn in with slicks, a serious launch, and speed shifting (not power shifting since we don't want to take the chance of lunching his tranny). Can I hear 10.5's or better????

nokiaman

Wow that was an absolutely perfect launch. The ZR-1 is absolutely bonkers and about the wildest thing I've ever had a ride in. Hopefully in 2 years or so prices will fall a bit more so it cannot be more affordable to the masses.:wishes:

65 Fury Convert

Damn that thing hooked up and took off like a red rocketship! Nice!

fsttyms1

Ill take one!

PortlandRL

Holy shit....that was awesome! Great launch, too.

AMGala

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I just want those wheels (and a car that can fit those babies!). Southern Boy, you are saying that the launch was slow, and forgive me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the ZR-1 have a launch control feature? So I'd assume that the launch was close to perfect for this particular car, unless the Chevy guys didn't set the launch control parameters at optimum.

SouthernBoy

Yeah, I mentioned that in a prior post on this thread. It looked to me as though he had his traction control on (don't know if that is switchable or not). Certainly a decent launch with that car is going to fry any street tires without some sort of traction control in place.

I would love to see one of these babies do a serious (hard) launch with slicks and no traction control impeding the driver. I bet that would be sweet.

Bdog

His '95 LT-1 Corvette did a 10.93@133 pass back in 1999, he's been doing this a while and definitely knows how to run at the strip.

I'll have to ask him if launch control was on and how that was. He said on his vette forum that he was having trouble with the 1-2 gear shift that the tires would spin too hard. He ran a bunch of passes and when he softened the shifts he had better times, so that's why on this vid he's not shifting hard, too much wheel spin on stock tires.

KaMLuNg

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beat me to it... im sure the ZR1 has LC... i was talking to my buddy about it last night... he just got a brand new C6 for xmas and i was asking him if his model had LC... he said only on the ZR1s standard... the C7 is supposed to have them on all models if i am not mistaken...

even the base C6 is supposed to run 12's out of the box... i want one!!!

SouthernBoy

Thanks. That explains a lot. I still say that even with a controlled launch and "lazy" shifting, he turned in one hell of a time. Good Lord, that thing is QUICK!

Costco

I watched it on my phone but that was impressive. Damn near Ranger's times, but he usually runs drag radials on his best passes.

I believe all 2009+ or 2010+ Corvettes have the launch control feature. But it usually cuts engine power very quickly several times in a second to mitigate wheelspin, which is very noticeable if you listen. It sounds almost like it's bouncing off of a rev limiter. Couldn't tell in that vid but either way it seemed like a damn smooth launch for a 500+ whp on stock rubber.

Aman

^ 631, if I'm not mistaken.

Good god that was quick.

For those of you wondering how it would do with slicks...
This is a testament to the skill of the driver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBXnXJa17rE

Costco

Notice I said 500+ whp, not bhp. The ZR1 puts out around 530-550 to the wheels. And the video you posted is of Ranger whom I mentioned in my post