They are not the same category dude. I don't care which cost more or less. Would you compare a $8000 bicycle to a $8000 motorcycle?
Apparently they are not in the same category. Apple to apple rule cannot be applied.
While we're making excuses based on arbitrary criteria lets say that the GT and SS aren't comparable because we're comparing smaller DOHC engines to larger pushrod engines.
I understand your points however I disagree. They are definitely competitors.
Comparing a GT to SS is a fair comparison.
Mainly because knowing how to mat the skinny pedal is the first thing new drivers learn how to do. That drag racing is all about big power, lots of noise, focused on one thing only, and over in a matter of seconds makes it more easily understood.
Just because HPDE isn't out-and-out competition among the drivers in any given session, or that we aren't power-shifting absolutely does NOT mean that we're taking it easy out there. If it only looks and sounds like 7/10ths from the outside, we're doing it somewhere near right. It's not supposed to be a spectacle.
You're entitled to that view (a rather one-dimensional view of car performance) as long as you understand that not every car enthusiast thinks like that. There's been decades where the domestic mfrs have catered to the big power/straight line outlook. But finally a few cars come out that intentionally offer much better balance among the various performance criteria and the drag race crowd gets all upset because those cars didn't give drag racing capability top billing. Get over it.
x2 - great post! Chevy definitely raised the bar and they continue to raise the bar with the 1LE option. Those that are fanatical about a certain brand will toot their horns, beat their war drums and find any & all faults with the competition. To me this is what American Hot Rodding is all about.
You might not, but a lot of other people do. You don't set the comparison criteria, each person does individually. When someone is out on a curvy mountain road having fun I doubt they are worrying about what category someone else thinks their car is in.
No in asking you to show me the proven weights of the zl1 and zl1 1le.
I hate when people say all drag racing is, is just straight line. Correct it is just straight line, but most of you don't know anything about the art of the game. Cutting a light, staging, reaction time, tire temps, tire psi, engine and drive line temps, track temps, trap reaction when bracket racing, shifting and rpm.
They've weighed the ZL1 many times. It's like 3,920ish with A10 and like 3,860ish with the manual. And the ZL1LE is supposedly 60 pounds lighter than that. So around 3,800 even. Roughly. Give or take 50 pounds I'd say.
