Has anyone run their stock ZR1 at a top speed venue..ie: Texas Mile. There is an exotic rally coming to S FL (reserving private airport strip ) & I am tempted to give her a run ..I am curious how she runs and holds the road at 190MPH +.. Any experiences to share would be appreciated.
I ran my Ford GT up to 185+ (100 degrees temp) and she held very nicely..
I can tell you that I'm quite sure that my car would be velvet smooth and hold the road quite nicely at 187 mph, theoretically of course!
cheers!
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Member: Tampa Bay Vettes, C6Registry, NCM, Bowling Green Assembly Corvette Club
Past:
1985 Black Coupe
1988 Black Convertible
1998 Black Coupe
1999 Black Coupe
2007 Black Z06
2008 Black Convertible - Given to my Father
2009 Black ZR1
Now:
2009 Z06 Atomic Orange/Ebony, 2LZ, Navigation, Spider Design Chrome Wheels.
2010 ZR1 Black/ Ebony, 3ZR, VIN 800098, Competition Grey Wheels, Museum Delivery, Build Date 9/03, Delivered on 9/27.
This last August at the www.sorcrace.com a yellow ZR1 went 172 in the mile it was stock. Granted the elevation is higher than Texas and I am not sure how great the driver was.
Has anyone run their stock ZR1 at a top speed venue..ie: Texas Mile. There is an exotic rally coming to S FL (reserving private airport strip ) & I am tempted to give her a run ..I am curious how she runs and holds the road at 190MPH +.. Any experiences to share would be appreciated.
I ran my Ford GT up to 185+ (100 degrees temp) and she held very nicely..
Hey Stewart, These guys are running in April as well.. I have never been to one of there events but they are a little less expensive
Has anyone run their stock ZR1 at a top speed venue..ie: Texas Mile. There is an exotic rally coming to S FL (reserving private airport strip ) & I am tempted to give her a run ..I am curious how she runs and holds the road at 190MPH +.. Any experiences to share would be appreciated.
I ran my Ford GT up to 185+ (100 degrees temp) and she held very nicely..
You should run it....I ran my modded Z06 at the Milemarker 1 event twice so far and it was a blast...The next one is April 10th
Ran the Mojave mile Saturday, made three runs, this is the video of my first run. My car is bone stock,
the fastest time of the day was 200 MPH run by a 69 camaro with 1100HP set up for the mile.
The elevation was 2700 feet and the wind was blowing stronger as the day went on. My next two runs were
174.4, 174.1MPH
The two fastest street cars were modded ford gt40's the faster one ran 186MPH one other ZR1 was there
from Las Vegas headers, pulley, and tune, I think he ran 178MPH so three street cars beat me, I know one
ford GT was towed there.
So only 4 cars ran faster than my stock ZR1
Ran the Mojave mile Saturday, made three runs, this is the video of my first run. My car is bone stock,
the fastest time of the day was 200 MPH run by a 69 camaro with 1100HP set up for the mile.
The elevation was 2700 feet and the wind was blowing stronger as the day went on. My next two runs were
174.4, 174.1MPH
The two fastest street cars were modded ford gt40's the faster one ran 186MPH one other ZR1 was there
from Las Vegas headers, pulley, and tune, I think he ran 178MPH so three street cars beat me, I know one
ford GT was towed there.
So only 4 cars ran faster than my stock ZR1
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How stable and planted did she feel at 176 ?...
The wind was buffering the car around pretty bad, and the rain half way down didn't make for a smooth run,
it was two hands on the wheel. With the wind pushing the car around it really gets your attention at that speed.
I have new respect for Nascar drivers and the bike riders were crazy, one bike went 194MPH, man no thanks.
Here is a link to the starting grid if you whant to check out the competition my car was 111 http://sharing.theflip.com/session/f...video/11364956
Ted
The wind was buffering the car around pretty bad, and the rain half way down didn't make for a smooth run,
it was two hands on the wheel. With the wind pushing the car around it really gets your attention at that speed.
I have new respect for Nascar drivers and the bike riders were crazy, one bike went 194MPH, man no thanks.
Here is a link to the starting grid if you whant to check out the competition my car was 111 http://sharing.theflip.com/session/f...video/11364956
Ted
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Great stuff. I ran my Ford GT up to 178 +/- ..Honestly, I was not comfortable enough to continue beyond that speed...I am planning on trying it in April with the ZR1...I like the way you characterized the run .."really gets your attention at that speed."
Thanks for the post..
I will be running my ZR1 this weekend March 14th at the airstrip on the Dade/Collier county line. I ran my 2008 Viper in Dec and it went 179.2 mph w/a 10mph headwind. At that event two stock ZR1's ran a best of 174 and 179.6 mph.
You can register at www.topgunrun.com for $150.00. Or just come down to watch.
[quote=Ray W;1573349949]I will be running my ZR1 this weekend March 14th at the airstrip on the Dade/Collier county line. I ran my 2008 Viper in Dec and it went 179.2 mph w/a 10mph headwind. At that event two stock ZR1's ran a best of 174 and 179.6 mph.
You can register at www.topgunrun.com for $150.00. Or just come down to watch.[/QUOTE***********
Be safe and have fun. My ZR1 only has 300+ miles..I am driving her more [ now]so I can run her in April...I was hoping to have her broken in by now but I had a broken ankle and am just starting to drive again..albeit not too aggressively.
Look forward to hearing more about your March run..
the fastest of my 3 runs was 182.3 mph on stock tires. i have a 2.87" pulley on the stock supercharger and a 100 octane tune + catback exhaust. my weather station reported a 4000 density altitude and a 10 mph crosswind on my run. the fastest GT at this event went 189.XX mph with a 4.0 L whipple supercharger and custom traction control system on stock tires.
I will be running my ZR1 this weekend March 14th at the airstrip on the Dade/Collier county line. I ran my 2008 Viper in Dec and it went 179.2 mph w/a 10mph headwind. At that event two stock ZR1's ran a best of 174 and 179.6 mph.
You can register at www.topgunrun.com for $150.00. Or just come down to watch.
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Cant wait to hear about your run today !
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