Zl1 1LE at the Nurburgring
2009 MGM GT: VCM CAI, ARH LT headers (no cats), Vector Tune, MT drag radials
Procharger P1SC still powering the box it came in January 2010, hiding somewhere in the back of my man cave.
PB: 12.533 @ 111.45 w/ 1.951 60' CLAIMING THE INTAKE/LT/TUNE/DR RECORD UNLESS SOMEBODY GOT GAME
And nobody ever had game.
"There are but three true sports...mountain climbing, bull fighting, and motor racing. The rest are merely games." Ernest Hemmingway
"Racing is life. Everything before and after is just waiting." Steve McQueen in the movie LeMans
Only two things smell like fish...and one of them is fish. unknown
Assigned male at birth, I now identify as a lesbian, but with extra equipment.
Damn!
things are not what they appear to be.....
2009.5 Liquid Red,Onyx Red, Premium Package, e85 Surprise Package
Yeah, that's pretty badass. I was kinda suprised at how much all that downforce took away from the top speed.
'09 WH G8 GT
Premium/Sport
Red/Onyx
Rotofab CAI
Cortex 93 tune
20% tint
I just wanted one.
That's 14 seconds faster than the GT350R. If that is not impressive enough, the GT350R easily beat the 911-GT3's time!
2009 MGM GT: VCM CAI, ARH LT headers (no cats), Vector Tune, MT drag radials
Procharger P1SC still powering the box it came in January 2010, hiding somewhere in the back of my man cave.
PB: 12.533 @ 111.45 w/ 1.951 60' CLAIMING THE INTAKE/LT/TUNE/DR RECORD UNLESS SOMEBODY GOT GAME
And nobody ever had game.
"There are but three true sports...mountain climbing, bull fighting, and motor racing. The rest are merely games." Ernest Hemmingway
"Racing is life. Everything before and after is just waiting." Steve McQueen in the movie LeMans
Only two things smell like fish...and one of them is fish. unknown
Assigned male at birth, I now identify as a lesbian, but with extra equipment.
Holy shit, that's impressive!
I wonder what the tires look like cause they were screaming louder than the engine and if they were even street tires.
Last edited by WhatNext; 06-23-2017 at 11:31 AM.
Update: The driver of the ZL-1-1LE that day was not even a professional race car driver, or a race car driver at all. He was just one of GM's engineers that was at the track that day. http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos...ocid=DELLDHP17
While the time was impressive I took notice of how much he had to saw the wheel back and forth. I took it as a professional driver and that the vaunted 1LE suspension was not that good after all. WAY too much steering input by the driver. Turns out that the suspension is probably the best GM ever put in a production car and equal to or better than most race cars, and that the driver was marginal. Now..just how quick would it do a lap if they had Sabine Schmidtz drive it?
And the engineer later turned an unofficial lap of .....7:13!
No Corvette has ever run faster than either lap. ZL-1 1LE is the King of GM!
ME WANT!
Last edited by TonyKarter; 06-28-2017 at 08:28 AM.
2009 MGM GT: VCM CAI, ARH LT headers (no cats), Vector Tune, MT drag radials
Procharger P1SC still powering the box it came in January 2010, hiding somewhere in the back of my man cave.
PB: 12.533 @ 111.45 w/ 1.951 60' CLAIMING THE INTAKE/LT/TUNE/DR RECORD UNLESS SOMEBODY GOT GAME
And nobody ever had game.
"There are but three true sports...mountain climbing, bull fighting, and motor racing. The rest are merely games." Ernest Hemmingway
"Racing is life. Everything before and after is just waiting." Steve McQueen in the movie LeMans
Only two things smell like fish...and one of them is fish. unknown
Assigned male at birth, I now identify as a lesbian, but with extra equipment.
Holy shit is right ..that is really impressiveOriginally Posted by TonyKarter
2009 White Hot G8 GT w/ Onyx/Red Int. Sport/Premium, No Sunroof, Garage Queen
Borla Cat Back, VCM OTR Intake, DBA 4000 Slotted rotors and Hawk Ceramic pads, GXP Diffuser painted White, GXP Fascia, Crystal Clear side markers, Black Scoops, 20% Tint all around. 20" Camaro SS polished staggered, Shark Fin, Infinity 6032si front and Polk db651s rear
R.I.P. Charlie (Mr GRRRR8)
R.I.P. Chris (Panzer Leader)
"Mongo only pawn in game of life"
Some.of their engineers are former drivers or drive on their spare time. But you'll also note that nurburgring does require a lot of steering input due to how rough the track is, that's ones of the reasons that times are so tough to set there.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
2015 White Hot Chevy SS - Sunroof/Spare/Stick - BTR Stage 3 cam, headers, intake *Traded 11/11/2023*
2018 GMC Sierra Denali 1500 - 6.2L, Ultimate Pack *Turned in 4/13/2021*
2016 Jungle Green Metallic Chevy SS - Sunroof/Spare/Stick *Traded 2/1/18*
2011 Radiant Silver Metallic CTS-V Wagon - Corsa Axleback, AirAid Intake *Traded 7/7/16*
2008 Panther Black Metallic G8 GT * Sold 6/10/14*
IIRC, the driver was one of the engineers responsible for the ZL1-1LE and has experience driving the car. They've done the same thing with the Corvette. There's a specific engineer on the Corvette team that is usually behind the wheel for any track testing.
It would be interesting to see what it would time with one of Nurburgring's resident hot shoe drivers behind the wheel. Give them a day or two to run laps and then time them.
2009 MGM GT: VCM CAI, ARH LT headers (no cats), Vector Tune, MT drag radials
Procharger P1SC still powering the box it came in January 2010, hiding somewhere in the back of my man cave.
PB: 12.533 @ 111.45 w/ 1.951 60' CLAIMING THE INTAKE/LT/TUNE/DR RECORD UNLESS SOMEBODY GOT GAME
And nobody ever had game.
"There are but three true sports...mountain climbing, bull fighting, and motor racing. The rest are merely games." Ernest Hemmingway
"Racing is life. Everything before and after is just waiting." Steve McQueen in the movie LeMans
Only two things smell like fish...and one of them is fish. unknown
Assigned male at birth, I now identify as a lesbian, but with extra equipment.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote