Corvette ZR1 - 1,064HP
 

I haven't owned a Corvette since my 1999 FRC when I was a sophomore in college, and dabbled with a Viper and a bunch of motorcycles before getting into 911s five years ago, but rumor has it the new Corvette ZR1 is going to have 1,064HP, which is suppose to be verified this evening 7:30PM EST.

Any thoughts? It looks pretty aggressive from what I've seen. Curious what the price point will be.

If it's AWD and a computer transfers the power to the pavement then I guess a thousand horsepower is actually usable, but only on a race track or the Autoban

I drove a 2023 Turbo S at the Porsche Experience Center in LA and didn't think it could get any faster than that. Looking forward to the track times this thing puts out.

I recently rode in a modified 911 Turbo with 800hp. Outside of the track and bragging rights I just don't see the point of that much hp.

I'd be willing to give something like that a shot. The key to that sort of thing is being aware that it can bite you in the aß and being willing and able to slowly probe your boundaries in "safe" environments.

The most powerful car that I've ever driven was a 2001 911 tt. It didn't feel that fast.

I did get to ride in this, and it was thoroughly impressive. Didier Theys was driving. He goosed the gas at low speed and I felt the blood rush out of my feet.

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I'd love to ride in an impressively fast street car (not driven by a moron/mustang driver).

I thought my pal's 69 Chevelle with Cowl Induction and a 396 4 speed was the tits with five guys in it driving up to Michigan from Toledo to get beer-1973

Then my other pals 2008 GT3-RS with 415 hp when the instructor was yelling at me to not slow down so much before the corners at Motorsport Ranch.

Dixie can hook you up with a sweet motorcycle, that guys out looking for a passenger.

If it was a me a weekend at Spring Mtn and flog it on track.
ISO C6Z mag ride light silver. SmileWavy

My 650hp GT home is the track.
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Makes me think of my neighbor who goosed it in his viper straight into a bunch of trees. DOA.

My 80 sc with 172 hp was a joy. I guess I am not in the demographic for these.

GregPark just bought a '69 chevelle SS 396. I'm Jelly as the kids would say. Mmmm, GT3-RS. I had a neighbor for a bit that had a very new GT3-RS. Then he bought an AMG GT R. Both cars were spectacular. We chatted several times. I would have loved a ride, but we weren't that close.
LOL! I got a ride on the back of a small bike in HS once. A buddy gave me a ride home so I wouldn't have to walk. It wasn't a sport bike, and I think it may have been a 250. I didn't really want to then, and I want to even less now. My mother was an ER nurse, and my dad was a cop for several years until I was about 4. I've heard enough stories about having to scrub gravel out of body parts that looked like hamburger. I've also seen enough YT videos of girls getting dumped off of the back of bikes. Hell no.

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Was your neighbor's first name Chad?

Reminds me of this oldie but a badie.

One of the comments "why didn't someone stop her before she pulled out of the parking lot?"

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Sweet jesus that's a lot of power.
My C6Z goes from 0 to losing my license in less that 5 seconds

A whole new generation of brand-spankin-new Vettes about to get wrapped up around telephone poles, in lakes and dismembered on highways, coming up.

Seriously, that's great and all but, really? It's good for bench racing and flexing online. About it.

rjp

One of my friends had a Viper with a few modifications too the engine. It was over 800 HP. He said that with autocross sticky tires at 60 MPH in 3th gear he could smoke the rear tires at any time. He never got to floor the throttle as the tires just spun.

Unless the vette is 4 wheel drive, and serious traction control, it will be a tire burning monster going nowhere fast.

You guys seen the Viper run at Nurburgring video? Holy heck does that look like a huge amount of work to corral that thing. 1k hp in a rwd car....I wouldn't make it out of the driveway without body damage.

What I find funny is there are many modern motorcycles with a better HP to weight ratio.

I honestly don’t see the point. 400hp in a street car is plenty for me. My Cayman S has 325, suits me just fine.

There you go...getting practical about it...