viper or vette

[thinker]

which would u prefer...a corvette with ligenfelter upgrades or a viper with hennessey upgrades?

[Sweeney921]

vuh....vuh....vuh....VIPER

[SilverG35SportC]

ditto.

[MrVette83]

Corvette all the way(OF COURSE!!). But I'm not gonna just be a fanboy, I'll back my reasoning up:

2001 Lingenfelter Corvette StageIII
Price:$165,000
Engine:7.0L V8TT
Horsepower:802
0-60mph:2.0
Standing 1/4:9.2@150

Hennessey Venom 800TT
Price:$167,100
Engine:8.0L V10TT
Horsepower:833
0-60:3.1
Standing 1/4:10.3@140


The Corvette costs less(barely, I know) and out performs the Viper. So, yep, I gotta go with the Vette.

Results as tested by Motor Trend

[GT500]

vette, and the 1/4 mile is 8.95 @ 153 mph...

[MrVette83]

vette, and the 1/4 mile is 8.95 @ 153 mph...

Even better, my appologies for the slip-up, I merely looked at one of my old Motor Trends real quick to find the info.

[Quiggs]

Hennessey has a bad rep, so I've heard. Vette for the win.

[Doza]

The Corvette costs less(barely, I know) and out performs the Viper. So, yep, I gotta go with the Vette.

Results as tested by Motor Trend

Let's not forget to take handling into account.

[MrVette83]

Hennessey Viper Venom 800
Skidpad:1.05g

Lingenfelter Corvette StageIII
1.01g(I think)

I will consent that if I'm remembering correctly and that is right the Viper does handle a lil bit better than the Corvette. But with the $2,100 you save buying the Vette you could replace the Z51 suspension with some better.

[Matra et Alpine]

Hennessey Viper Venom 800
Skidpad:1.05g

Lingenfelter Corvette StageIII
1.01g(I think)

ROTFL !!!!

centrifugal g to 2 deciaml places.
Can't ........ stop ....... laughing .......... can't .............. breathe ............... beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
"Paddles nurse" ...... thump ...... thump ..... beep..beep..beep

We saved him !!

WHere was I ...
OK, 2 decimal places in g is more pressure than your breath. So I hoep the driver always had his mouth facing to the outside of the corner otherwise he/she was at a disadvantage.

I love numbers recorded and used inappropraitely

ohh, man, I got to go lie down

[MrVette83]

I love numbers recorded and used inappropraitely

My appologies if I used it inappropriately, I just found the numbers MT and wrote em down to show what they got as a difference.

[Matra et Alpine]

My appologies if I used it inappropriately, I just found the numbers MT and wrote em down to show what they got as a difference.

Sorry 'vette, it wasn't you I was having my heart attack over.
It's the journos and mags that print that kind of useless number.
So a car is .04g more on a corner than another. That could be some dust on the road !!
It's all in the noise floor of the million variables when you take a car out
When I said inappropriate I meant it is then used to justify the superiority or otherwise of a car. I dont' blame readers who my not know physics for not grasping the stupidity of it.
It's also a cultural thing, a near obsession with statistics - I love baseball averages. Then tried to apply it to soccer Not going to work

[MrVette83]

Good point in all aspects Matra, after thinking back to my physics class in high school I guess you're right such a small difference isn't a difference of seconds on the track.

[GT500]

i did a bit more searching on the 800TT, I found a 0-60 2.42 and a 1/4 9.99 @ 138.....rargle, can't everyone agree on the same thing? it's so confusing! Kinda like "y0 da Enzo got da 650 ponies" and "y0 da Enzo got da 660 ponies"

[MrVette83]

I can kind of see where you're coming from. Everyone tests different numbers or hears different things on these cars and many ppl like to apply the one that sounds the best to their favorite.