The heavier car with less tire, less aero, and a worse weight distribution had a higher minimum speed and gained time through all those fast sweeping corners than the lighter car with better weight distribution, more tire, and more aero???
It is called chassis and whole suspension tuning with torque on demand! Car has more torque through the corners which helps it to carry more stable speed and also accelerates it out of the corners! Its not just weight and tires but you need to look at the whole picture here!
So when the car is in a corner it has more torque? Pretty impressive.
Yup,i hope you are being sarcastic! Since that LT1 is supercharged it has more torque on every operating rpm point (6500 rpm limit) on a race track vs the voodoo engine.
Ohh yeah welcome to the real world! Especially comparing a supercharged 3830 lbs to an NA 3700 lbs! Its really not rocket science. I want to see your reaction when the upcoming 3900+ lbs force fed GT500 start running circles around the GT350R! Its not just going to be straights let me tell you that much!
The point is with equal drivers people still believe a GT350R can hang with the ZL1 1LE! Thread owner post the video on versus section and hyped everyone to prove that with his driving skills he can go as fast as a ZL1 1LE driven by a low skilled level driver. What people actually see is damn that GT350R is as fast as the ZL1 1LE or even better. As you also mentioned a pro in a minivan can put better times compared to an average Joe with a sports car! This entire thread is just a Troll purposefully posted to start an argument! There is no argument.
I was mocking what you said. The car has more torque in corners. Makes no sense at all. I would want to have more torque in a straight line, because that's when you can really put the power down. But the engine doesn't make a different amount of torque depending if you're in a corner or not.
There's always an argument. Since you are a Camaro fanboy you think the ZL1 1LE is god's gift to the earth. I think the GT350R and the ZL1 1LE are not that far apart in performance times/capability, and the Mustang is more fun to drive in general (track, the street, etc.). That's why many reviewers say they prefer the Mustang even though the Camaro is a little faster.
Well the ZL1 1LE is a supercar that can be had for under sticker because no one buys them so not a bad deal at all.
Lol calling me a fanboy! I am not arguing over something not real! Its you! Call me a reality check! These two cars are not even close in performance. You can believe in whatever you want. If these two cars are equal, upcoming GT500 will be pointless because the GT350R is actually a disguised GT500. There will be GT350R drivers posting videos that they can hang with the GT500 on track! Be logical and use your brain!
OK, so with Randy P. driving on that particular day around Big Willow it took the GT350R 1:28.3 and it took the ZL1 1:27.9. That difference is 0.4 seconds like you said. You said the ZL1 1LE was 4 seconds faster than the ZL1. Assuming your numbers are correct, that's a 5% difference in time. And you say that's not even close. They aren't in the same league. I say that's a pretty close time.
Just droping this here