The 08 ACR Is A Bargain Compared To This

[snakeplissken]

Originally Posted by jamie furman

I agree that you can't really do any comparison before you have all the cars in the comparison on the same rubber with the same driver doing the test, anything else is just magazine bs and you really can't put anything into it.

Actually the way they leave the showroom floor is how they should be tested along with equall drivers and same day testing on the same track. If the ZR's tires aren't good enough then Chevy should have put better tires on it from the factory. SRT stated from the beginning that they knew the ZR1 was coming and they were ready to beat it. Around a road course the ACR will walk all over the ZR1 no way a magneto suspension is going to stay with a full race suspension. I think you have to give credit to Dodge for building a car like the ACR.
I like the ZR1 Chevy has done a good job with it I've owned many vettes and some day will probably have a ZR1, But if your talking street "Presence" my 08SSG gets 10 times more attention then my C6Z.

[jamie furman]

Originally Posted by snakeplissken

Actually the way they leave the showroom floor is how they should be tested along with equall drivers and same day testing on the same track. If the ZR's tires aren't good enough then Chevy should have put better tires on it from the factory. SRT stated from the beginning that they knew the ZR1 was coming and they were ready to beat it. Around a road course the ACR will walk all over the ZR1 no way a magneto suspension is going to stay with a full race suspension. I think you have to give credit to Dodge for building a car like the ACR.
I like the ZR1 Chevy has done a good job with it I've owned many vettes and some day will probably have a ZR1, But if your talking street "Presence" my 08SSG gets 10 times more attention then my C6Z.

I am not debating which one looks better and gets more attention, I agree with you about their looks thats one of the reasons I bought an ACR, but it was more than that for me as I want something I can go to the track with and perform well. I don't really care about street presence whatever that is? I guess you could say my Ford Gt has the street presence your talking about, and to most people except the extremely biased the regular Viper has a better look than even the ZR1 and will definately attract more attention than any Vette and if thats what your looking for by all means I would buy a Viper. But for me I don't care how they test off the showroom floor because when I get to the track the racers will have race tires on them and then you will have a more realistic view of a said cars potential, especically one putting out the HP of the ZR1. I was never one for magazine racing anyway because its usually not very reliable in the real world. I race fairly often and for me personally I wouldn't campaign a S/C car as I think they heat soak bad and lose alot of power as they get hot. I think the ACR is basically a race car you can take on the street occasionally and the ZR1 will be a street car that you can take on the track occasionally IMO. Also I haven't read any head to head tests with a ZR1 against anything, have you?

[Kenneth Krieger]

S/C means heat soak......N/A will defintely go the distance in comparison......my money is on the ACR.

[snakeplissken]

Originally Posted by jamie furman

I am not debating which one looks better and gets more attention, I agree with you about their looks thats one of the reasons I bought an ACR, but it was more than that for me as I want something I can go to the track with and perform well. I don't really care about street presence whatever that is? I guess you could say my Ford Gt has the street presence your talking about, and to most people except the extremely biased the regular Viper has a better look than even the ZR1 and will definately attract more attention than any Vette and if thats what your looking for by all means I would buy a Viper. But for me I don't care how they test off the showroom floor because when I get to the track the racers will have race tires on them and then you will have a more realistic view of a said cars potential, especically one putting out the HP of the ZR1. I was never one for magazine racing anyway because its usually not very reliable in the real world. I race fairly often and for me personally I wouldn't campaign a S/C car as I think they heat soak bad and lose alot of power as they get hot. I think the ACR is basically a race car you can take on the street occasionally and the ZR1 will be a street car that you can take on the track occasionally IMO. Also I haven't read any head to head tests with a ZR1 against anything, have you?

I haven't seen any testing between the ACR and the ZR1 but it can't be far away. Alot of people really want to see these two face off, It should be interesting.