not4kt

Well I sent off an email to Corvette Magazine regarding the statement that some $25,000 sedans can outrun a ZR1 in the September 2004 issue.

I recieved a reply from Jay Lamm who stated:

25K is a bit hyperbolic, but at 28K the Mitsubishi Evo VIII and the Subaru WRX STi are the sedans Nick and Steven were thinking of.

Jay also wrote that he had driven both cars and could say from experiance that on a typical moutain road, a Evo can spank a ZR1 pretty handily.

Just thought all of you would like to know.

Marcus aka not4kt

1991 ZR1 #1887

90 Corvette ZR-1

Let me get some decent tires on my car, and let's do this.

*89x2*

That sounds straight out of 2fast 2furious

Show 'em your taillights

FU

That is it. Can't stand these American muscle car's anymore. The store is for sale :
1991 White with grey interior Vette Dr's 415
1993 Green with black interior (only 1 made) LPE 385 LSV
1970 Buick GSX Clone 9:90's all day on 9" slicks

The deep rumble of sheer muscle is hurting my ear's. It's ricer time folk's. Make mine with some sushi. Chinese food give's me the fart's. Let's face it guy's we are beat. Sell now and go out and buy ricer's.

not4kt

By the way I looked up the Evo in my area and I couldn't find one for the 28K like Jay stated. The closest I found was 31K but most were 35K.

In my reply email I asked about the top end and a street race. I'll stay with the ZR1.

A26B

OK Frank, seein' as how I'm feeling a bit sympathetic for you, I'll take 'em off your hands for one of those Evo's or whatever they are.

The Dingo

[rant on] Nice to see that some of the people writing about our cars have absolutely no understanding of what some of them are about.

I think my friends go kart with slicks would outhandle a ZR1 - guess that would make the ZR1 a lousy handler too.

Time for those guys to go work for an import mag.

Those guys have no understanding of what a "total package" the ZR1 is - morons.

[rant off]

I guess one positive is that they did try to explain their comments...

BTW, are you sure the comments were in the September 2000 issue?

not4kt

Thanks, I changed it.

Aaron71771

Considering the ZR-1 can pull 1G with minor tuning, I fail to understand how someone could reason that an EVO could keep up with it on any mountain road.

YorkL8apex

I guess he believes all that stuff in the movie was real, Evo could probably out run a ZR-1 in reverse while the driver climbs out the window to do battle with a helicopter

Z-Dreaming

Even if those were the cars they were thinking about, neither one of them is faster than a ZR-1, right?

92 ZR1

I went to a SCCA autocross and spanked those cars, we were all on dot competition tires. That was with my old wore out, slow 91 zr-1. Maybe the mag needs to come drive one of mine, they can chose what color they want.

Blown67427

Who ever wrote that article is an idiot.

DDSLT5

If driven correctly, the evo can turn low 13 second quarter mile times - sometimes, even a high 12 second time - but you really gotta hammer the **** out of it - were talking 6000 rpm launches folks - not necessary with the ZR-1 - so you can see how the silly magazine folks can get confused.

Blown67427

I can take a $3000.00 pile of **** and out quarter mile a ZR1. But that's all it would be a $3000.00 pile of ****.

Rkreigh

no offense gents but why worry about what some dufus magazine editor writes that has no clue what a zr1 is or has never seen the far side of 180.

I see modified EVOs that run deep into the 10s, the turbo technology is pretty hot!!! but so what!! the zr1 isn't a drag car, but more of an all around performer and top end bomber.

stock, a zr1 will run and hide from an EVO, and unless you are talking about pikes peak or a gravel road, the zr1 should keep up with an EVO just fine.

as far as top end, not much of a contest past 140 IMHO.

I administer the education with a road kill to the none believers, nuff said!!!

Z-Dreaming

I'm guessing because he is the editor of a Corvette magazine. If he was from a mag called Ricer City, no Corvette owner would care, or even be reading it for that matter. But if it is from a magazine about Corvettes, that is a different story.

So, since I am not familiar with either one of the cars mentioned, can they beat a ZR-1 in any category if they are bone stock?

Mr Mojo

SurfnSun

Like Dwight said...if someone could REALLY drive and hammer the **** out of the EVO or STi, they could put a VERY good race on a bone stock ZR1. It certaintly wouldn't kill it....from a highway roll the import would get absolutely slaughtered.

90 Corvette ZR-1

I had a small one sided run in with a STI while in my GT. He wanted to run, I said no, and he took off. It was a quick car, but Im not sure it was ZR-1 quick.