meadowz06

So what? The car was not STOCK. There is not a stock GT500 that can beat a stock C6 Z06. PERIOD. And the GT500 is a overweight pig.

C5 Frank

I had a GT500 on order at MSRP since early 05'... Then the time comes to submit the order last year in April... and the price goes to $20k over. I told them to shove it. It was then that I began looking at the Z06. No regrets for sure... the Z06 is in another league!!

meadowz06

I agree. One is a supercar, the other just a Mustang with a blower.

vetterlatethannever

How much more power off the pulley swap

NORTY

If it weren't for FORD/CHRYSLER, CHEVROLET wouldn't market such a good product. Competition is good.

Now, if the Z had a solid spool...it'd be a better "drag" car. Luckily, it doesn't because it isn't.

TetraU

Hey, Stuck-up Ex-car-salesman, what do you PROPOSE we talk about here on this site if not good old fashioned trash talking about Ford GT and Vette drag racing?

BTW, back to topic. That 9's GT500 is amazing! I just cannot bear to look at its body style. It's horrible to look at in person, like a big blobb of pudding plastered on the ground. I would love to own one if it had the look from 2 gen ago (not found of the last gen style either). Those lines are classic.

TetraU

Oh, BTW 2:

Those who spent $200,000+ on one of the first FGT's must be flaming mad. Because the next door neighbor's teen age kid bought a 35g mustang then swapped a pulley, viola!!! he's got a FGT beater.

BLU-BY-U

I've baffled why the moderators let this thread stay here for more than 5 minutes. I posted a legit thread with pictures and impressions of my Z06 compared to my friends new viper and it stayed in this Z06 section for 1 day before getting moved to "other cars". This idiotic thread has been in the z06 section for WAY TOO long and has already shaded towards a flame thread and yet it's still in here? makes zero sense

Exterminator

Dude, get a clue, no one is impressed and we are enthusiasts. There are many reasons, but mainly that this is a sample of one contest, driver skills are unknown, the GT500 is modded (regardless of whether you deem them "minor" this renders the contest insignificant to any true enthusiast).

Exterminator

Thank you.

bernrex

Those are some bad rides ! Wonder if they are launching at 5K on stock clutches ... or aftermarket clutches ?

Amazing what gears will do for a heavy car.

HHZ06

Just in case you did not notice, the FGT prices are going North. Used is selling at more than original MSRP. BTW, my garage has GM, Ford and Chrysler. Like my children, they are all different and I like them all

C6USA

You're still trying to defend your Z06. A true enthusiast doesn't render a race insignificant because both cars aren't identical.. A real car enthusaist knows it's run what ya brung. This isn't magazine racing for comparsion reasons. ONCE AGAIN, YOUR Z06 IS BETTER THAN A GT500, happy?

A GT500 is NOT even close to the same league as a Z06 stock for stock. It wasn't designed to be, we all know that. However, you can't deny the fact that the GT500 comes supercharged, and a pulley swap is the first mod tons of people did to their GT500s. A pullied GT500 is capable of running mid 11s @ 125mph+, that is certainly in the realm of what a stock Z06 runs.

C6USA

I would think it definitely has a aftermarket clutch.

Exterminator

I'm not defending my Z06 - there is no need to defend it. As you say there is no comparison, they are in completely different classes. And in anything other than straight line acceleration a pulley swap (nor any other reasonable mod) is not going to bring the GT500 even close. And the bottom line here is that no one cares. The GT500 is nothing more than an obese, ponderous, top-heavy muscle car.
Period. You just don't get it and keep trying to defend the car and tacitly compare its straight line performance to the Z06. Give it up!

C6USA

Once again we all heard your opinion, still has nothing to do with two cars drag racing at a track. Regardless of what it is, this is how it performs in a straight-line. If you can't handle it then move on.

vetterlatethannever

Purvis

$30,000 C5 Z's can turn those numbers with less mods, CHEAPER, and go to the road course and kick *** as well there. I went 11.8@120 (2002C5Z) with just DR's, 3 weeks ago.
Oh, and by the way, the guy that drove that vert has been racing for a long time. Hes anexperienced drag racer. Probably the best driver over at the SVT forums.

Fuzzy Dice

I am surprised no one has mentioned this as long as this thread is...that is not a drag strip...a temporary make believe drag strip, maybe...no christmas tree, no water box I could see...no VHT I could see...I didn't see timers either...I did see a guy dropping his hands to start them...you call this a drag strip?...

For what it's worth, car guys have been fighting agout who is faster since the late 40's...chevy vs. ford and mopar, ford vs. chevy and mopar and mopar vs. chevy and ford...these battles have now moved to the internet, not surprisingly...I considered it fun back in the day and still do...

Lastly, the mustang guy says the Z06 ran a best of 12.99...that's laughable..there are boatloads of stock Z06's that run in the 11's all day long at drag strips, bone stock...we have C4's that run 12.99's stock for goodness sake...I find the whole post amusing...not factual but amusing...lol

RacerX70CC

My dad can beat up your dad!