250racer

i was wondering if anyone has ever raced a gt500 with their vette. a guy in town has one and was saying how its faster than anything around etc... so i was thinking about inviting him to the local drag strip for a friendly little race im 370 rwhp and will have some m/t drag radials and some drag racing experience... him stock tires/car and no experience as far as i can tell.... so i guess im asking what you think the outcome will be im hoping some of you have some experience racing one

CUlookin

LTCHAPPA

If you can launch your Vette,I think you can win even thou he has more HP and you have a lot less weight to your advantage.It should be a good race.

Robert 2000

If I am a betting man I am on you all the way....The weight advantage and running drag radials. The mustangs are heavy and starving for traction. Good Luck

BigTattooMan

If you do it, please remember to bring a camcorder and post the vid

250racer

you can bet i will get it all on video ... i watched a gt500 run last year in street trim ran in the 14's and 15's spinning allllllll the way so i hope that the big mouth in town drives like him lol

peter pan

You hook up you should win as the Gt500 is slightly faster than the new SS Camaro

Blow Torch

Unless he has done some moddig and has DRs, you'll take it fairly easily.

Your sig doesn't say, but I'm assuming you're 6 speed, so if you've got expereince and he doesn't, the race is proably over already

I had one run in with one of them a little over a year ago, and it was NOT impressive at all. Those things are pretty heavy.

Hams

A friend of mine runs his stock vette a (Vert ,M6) with drag radials at Atco and runs in the low 12's I do think you will win.. He is on the forum as Capt Huff

TqMnster

I've been curious as well as there are a couple around the area that I'd like to spank up on

Tyler valo

I ran one when I was bone stock in the 1/8 last summer. He was a novice driver, I took him off the line but ended up losing by 2 hundreths.

VeroWing

The GT500 is a supercharged 500hp/480tq (flywheel) 12.8 ride. I would think that a Z06 should handle it without a problem, and C5 coupe would be a drivers race.

Indy

From the numbers I see in magazines, you should easily beat him, especially with the lighter weight FRC and your add-ons. Bring it on!

bucwheat

I have seen them run at our local track and they are way to heavy ,running in the high 13 to mid 14 ET's

hector88

the gt500 are pretty slow cause of there weight and the also have an irs so people have a harded time launching.... but on the other side if u puts a smaller pulley and a tune u better watch out lol

Indy

GT500 have a solid rear axle..... The Cobras used to have irs until 2004....cheers, Indy.

hector88

oh my bad... i raced one at the eirt and he had slicks pulley and a tune... his 60" on our race was a 1.87 and he was revving a 4500... he told me he had an irs that y his 60"s would suck but i guess he lied

Warped Sol

Then, take him to a race course for additional fun. That will be an even worse beating.

Blow Torch

The "advertized" #s are in the low 13s from what I've seen, even though magazines will "try and try" until they get a low # to publish
I don't think a "inexperienced" driver (per OP) can cut 12's with a six speed and on stock tires.

RogerZ06

Well a 2008 Z06 walks all over it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIPBP-9TUnQ