NytmereZ

To add on that, a picture of the Bugatti, is probably the only thing we will ever see, 99.9% of us will never see one on the road

Turbooo2u

I'm pretty sure you can't change the pulley on the ZR.

ken-rx

A little bump in the road and you can hand him a tissue as his carbon fiber nose splitter shatters. That car could never survive in NY.

JROW

Reasoning behind this statement?

I would think the aftermarket will make sure that pulley can be changed...

redzone

Let's not even go down this road........

DSteck

In a drag race, I doubt you'd even need a cam. The Z06 is lighter and geared out wider, and isn't restricted to rubberband thin tires on the rear.

In a hardcore track race, it probably wouldn't require anything except maybe better tires.

In a GT style race... well... that's where you might have to get into it.

07CSicks

hehe, some of us get lucky enough to ride in one.. I know me and I think Jon (forum member) were in the Veyron this day.. Here's a couple "stockers" (used loosely) that can run with the best of em.

C5 Frank

We dont even know what a ZR1 can do yet and yet we are all ready speculating that a cam and bolt-ons will be enough... I'm going to wait to see some number 1st.

SABER Racing

I think I speak for allot of moders on this forum, I still say "BRING IT" I would not be intimidated by any exotic stocker and would love the oppertinity to run one! Lets face it If I paid that kind of money for a car It should be able to beat some $80,000 Daily driver slightly moded Corvette shouldn't it? "HeHe" Were off topic!

07CSicks

Honestly, you wouldnt stand much chace against the SSC Aero from Shelby Super Cars... It's faster than the Veyron and has all the mods you would ever need built in... If you look up the specs on it, you would admit defeat...

Now bang for your buck, thats a horse of a different color.

OneSickZ06

GM forged the pulley to the supercharger drive shaft! They're laughing at all the people who think they can mod them right now!

J HEBERT

yeah, and it's people like me who will machine the pulley down, on the shaft or not What most of the posters hear are missing is the impact of TORQUE on a sticky-tired car. The ZR1 will be making torque at 2500rpm some n/a motors will NEVER see. Who will win? Depends on the type of race and the driver, that said, I know I would hand a ZR1 it's @zz right now, unless it was MY ZR1

DSteck

Running a larger diameter crank pulley will get that super charger spinning faster...

Z06PSI

Yes but there are blower replacements in the works currently...

novaz06

Just came from my dealer (7th in nation for vette sales) and my guy said he's got 40 people on the wait list, each of whom he warned they would be paying at least 50k over, all of whom said "no problem." They will have an allocation of three or more. Looks like at least 150k. MSRP has not been announced yet. They had two crystal red 427s, both gone.

As to the original question, beating the ZR1 won't be hard. Like many around here I already have a daily-driver cam and headers package (Vette Drs. Sick Stick) that makes 575 to the wheels. The car is lighter anyway, so you might not even need to upgrade brakes/chassis to beat the ZR1 around the track or in a straight line. As another poster mentioned, they have different missions. The Z06 is and will remain the racer's choice, whereas the ZR1 is the ultimate GT.

novaz06

I was just thinking of something... Once the ZR1 section of this forum actually starts to become populated with real owners, I wonder if some of us on in the C6 Z06 forum will start to sound like some of the folks on the C6 list that are always bashing the Z06? (meaning we'll all be talking about how much better the Z06 is than the ZR1 and how the ZR1 is a waste of money, blah blah blah)

redzone

God.....I hope not. The ZR-1 is another step in the evolution of the Corvette and I certainly don't feel the need to denigrate it.

But I'm sure it's bound to happen...and won't all the guys & gals in C6 General get a kick out of that.

Jorday

The weight difference thing is a big deal to me. I'm on the waitlist for the ZR1, and I'm buying it but giving the car to my mother. I'm sticking with the modded Z06.

The LS9 engine, aside from it's stout hp numbers, doesn't really have anything that gets me too excited. Every part of that motor would be insufficiently strong for what I would do with it.

chempowr

Make sure to race in the summer no matter which mods. And race several times (if 1/4 mile). The forced induction setup should pull lots of timing (said power) when it hot out. My supercharged 03 cobra would be totally different depending on how cool the atmosphere was. The Z seems to be a little temperature sensitive but I don't expect it to be as much as a forced induction setup (factory anyway). Of course, this is all subjective.

Cobra4B

^ The LS9's cooling system and intercooler setup are far far different than an '03-'04 cobra or a GT500.

With all the track testing GM has done on the car I'd be very surprised if the car has heat soak issues.