This is for my home boy peels..............
good post
Yes, the ZL1 was set up to do very well in the 1/8, 1/4, MillFord, VIR, Laguna Seca, Nurburghring, Interstate Highway and anywhere else it might meet a Hellcat.
Yes, both cars were bone stock, and as the video states, both cars had run that track earlier that day and the Hellcat came in 2nd. Break it down however you want, but the reality is that the Hellcat isn't quite the ZL1-ass kicker that the speculated buzz from journalists and PR from Fiat/Dodge hype it to be.
The ZL1 has been pitted numerous times in various climes and contests against the previous HP Wars title holder and gave its fanboys fits as well. This very same forum was rife with threads full of fanboy-ish claims of how the ZL1 would be seeing taillights, eating dust and be handed it's ass. Their defenses upon falling short of their grandiose claims included poor brake fluid, inadequate tires, amateur driver skills and creatively contrived conspiracy theories. But all that nonsense died with a whimper. Modern (Muscle, Pony) cars are triathletes, possibly decathletes. In order to "win" they need to be better then their competition in multiple disciplines. The ZL1 doesn't win each of them, but excels at all of them...Which is why this forum remains the fortress that draws all the chest beaters from other camps with something to prove.
The quarter-mile competition was nice in the 60's but has evolved itself into a kind of land-based Flugtag. Chevrolet doesn't care what SVT or the other challenger are doing in the modern and comical "Dragtag". It's seriously gunning for supercars around the globe, and raising German, Italian, and Japanese eyebrows in the process.
Beat that....
Originally Posted by Hell Cat 1
Tell us how it feels to get your ass handed to you by a brick
You mean like this?
Edmunds.com Manual Hellokitty Test:
---GT500: 0-60, 3.9sec, 1/4mile 12.1 @ 120.6mph; 3870lbs
-----ZL1: 0-60, 4.1sec, 1/4mile 12.4 @ 116.0mph
Hellokitty: 0-60, 4.8sec; 1/4mile 12.5 @ 118.8mph; 4454lbs
