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Old 06-30-2017, 12:10 PM
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Finally got around to watching the vid, seems like the cars are polar opposites with the ZL1 being less direct (more comfy) with a ton of power and torque vs. the more focused and direct driving experience of the GT350R. Kind of reminds me of the previous generation AMG vs. M comparison tests, except the ZL1 actually outperforms the GT350R even around a race track, and this isn't even the 1LE variant.

As an owner of a C6Z I wouldn't know which one I'd take. The GT350R follows more of the same formula as my current car (lighter weight, n/a, etc.) but it's hard to beat 650 hp and tq with a backseat. I definitely don't like that they said the Camaro feels like it weighs 1,000 lbs more than the GT350R as that's one of my biggest complaints with my C6Z - it does not drive like a car with a 3,1xx lbs curb weight and "feels" like a heavier car.
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Biggest surprise from this video was the comment at 12:40 that the Ford flat-plane crank V8 does not rev up as quickly as the Chevy LT4.
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Originally Posted by waltk88
Biggest surprise from this video was the comment at 12:40 that the Ford flat-plane crank V8 does not rev up as quickly as the Chevy LT4.
Yeah I saw that too. And as much as I friggin adore that voodoo engine... am I the only one that thinks it's not the best sounding v8 until it goes past the 6500 rpm mark? The piping makes it sound great but put some corsas on a gm ls/it car or does coyote and man those cars sing. Also finally watched the video and man that supercharge lt4 sounds friggin amazing, just add some pipes and it'll sound demonic.
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Originally Posted by fusionchickenleg
Finally got around to watching the vid, seems like the cars are polar opposites with the ZL1 being less direct (more comfy) with a ton of power and torque vs. the more focused and direct driving experience of the GT350R. Kind of reminds me of the previous generation AMG vs. M comparison tests, except the ZL1 actually outperforms the GT350R even around a race track, and this isn't even the 1LE variant.

As an owner of a C6Z I wouldn't know which one I'd take. The GT350R follows more of the same formula as my current car (lighter weight, n/a, etc.) but it's hard to beat 650 hp and tq with a backseat. I definitely don't like that they said the Camaro feels like it weighs 1,000 lbs more than the GT350R as that's one of my biggest complaints with my C6Z - it does not drive like a car with a 3,1xx lbs curb weight and "feels" like a heavier car.
Alignment settings make a tremendous difference in the "feel" of the C6Z.
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I'm still in awe that the most exciting performance cars we've been talking about for the last year are from the domestics.
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Originally Posted by rob-2
I'm still in awe that the most exciting performance cars we've been talking about for the last year are from the domestics.
They've come a long way... Wouldn't be farfetch'd to say my next new sports car would very well be Domestic if not German. Japan has completely lost me.
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I just saw a GT350r for sale yesterday, nice looking car but holy price batman
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Originally Posted by ZSAK
I just saw a GT350r for sale yesterday, nice looking car but holy price batman


Please be photoshopped. Wow.
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Nope saw it with my own two eyes in Vegas
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That is ridiculous. It's mustang for crying out loud.


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