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I went with “Plan B” and I have a GT500 in my garage. Almost none of these people on this forum that waited for the Car & Driver paper to give it a go will have a C8 Z06 for the next 3-4 years.
It appeared you were assuming that CD don't know how to launch cars, despite testing hundreds of cars each year and having only one guy who tests acceleration on most of those for years running. He has a hell of a lot more drag launches than a recent youtube sensation, lol. But they do normalize their test data to account for weather variables and that might explain their times a bit:
OMG, So you are conveying something to me that I already knew about for years. First of all I never doubt the information from CD. I have been reading their magazines for years. And CD very seldom or never reveal time slips. The numbers in the magazine is fine with me and to everyone else. Now since you know so much about CD then you should know if this particular C8 Z06 drag strip test was done on a prepped or non prepped track or were the numbers corrected in relation to conditions. That should be a plan and simple question. Everything else you have already explained. Thanks
They always correct for conditions. Almost all of their testing is done at the same spot and I dont see why the Z06 would have been different, as GM also delivered them a car outside of the Pittsburg test many writers attended. At that normal location, they do not use a prepped surface for 1/4 mile testing. "Street conditions" is their standard for all cars.
11-04-2022, 12:11 PM
