Dodge Viper VS Chevrolet Corvette?
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I'd have to go with the Z06 myself. I really like the way the Viper looks.. and damn does it sound like pure sex, but having ridden in several different year models I would quickly get sick of the lack of comfort.
Oh, and looking at that list on Wheel talk, I find it rather interesting that a 320HP and 360HP car, both from the same maker, got the top two spots.
Oh, and looking at that list on Wheel talk, I find it rather interesting that a 320HP and 360HP car, both from the same maker, got the top two spots.
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Originally Posted by 4drssmikekc
Theres a reason dodge is redoing the engine in the 07 viper which wont be out for about 6 months. It cant keep up with the vette. There was a time when the viper could beet the vette, those days are gone.
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Originally Posted by InfinityzeN
I'd have to go with the Z06 myself. I really like the way the Viper looks.. and damn does it sound like pure sex, but having ridden in several different year models I would quickly get sick of the lack of comfort.
Oh, and looking at that list on Wheel talk, I find it rather interesting that a 320HP and 360HP car, both from the same maker, got the top two spots.
Oh, and looking at that list on Wheel talk, I find it rather interesting that a 320HP and 360HP car, both from the same maker, got the top two spots.
you, good sir, need to see the power to weight ratio on those vehicles. A google image search of a, oh, Radical SR3 Turbo will also show you WHY it is on top. Check it out. 320hp, psh thats nothin! only 500kg! psh, now that literally IS nothing.
Originally Posted by Apex
Sex appeal (hotness of exterior) = Viper
In a Drag race = id say viper, though it is mostly a drivers race
Interior hawtness and comfort = z06
Handeling overall = z06
and most importantly:
HP per $$$ = z06
honestly id get the z06 cause thats more affordable.
But if i had the choice of the 2 and money wasnt an issue, id probably go viper. I see more corvettes in my end of town then i do cobalt ss/sc's lol
In a Drag race = id say viper, though it is mostly a drivers race
Interior hawtness and comfort = z06
Handeling overall = z06
and most importantly:
HP per $$$ = z06
honestly id get the z06 cause thats more affordable.
But if i had the choice of the 2 and money wasnt an issue, id probably go viper. I see more corvettes in my end of town then i do cobalt ss/sc's lol
as for which is faster...sounds like fans of each are both claiming theirs is faster....at the top of the thread, everyone says vette, and at the bottom, most say its just the driver
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Originally Posted by SilverSS/SC
And gee , 2008 happens to be the year the vette , including the Z06 are supossed to get their new LS engines . Sorry Dodge again , but the LS9 is comming
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In a few ways, the corvette/viper rivalry is a lot like the ss-sc/srt-4 rivalry. Both the chevies are the "underdogs" and both have smaller motors. But the bowties keep surprising the mopars on the street and at the strip.
Anyway, im biased. My father had a C6 and Im in love with the C6 Z06 body and the LS7 is just a bad ass motor, period. But, I'll never be able to have either, so it doesn't matter.
Anyway, im biased. My father had a C6 and Im in love with the C6 Z06 body and the LS7 is just a bad ass motor, period. But, I'll never be able to have either, so it doesn't matter.
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Originally Posted by Vette Jr.
Here is the full "NORDSCHLEIFE HALL OF FAME";
Porche Carrera GT.............7;32
Corvette Z06-Blue Devil.....7;42
Porche 996 GT2.................7;42
Pagani Zonda S.................7;44
Lamborghini Murcielago......7;50
Lamborghini Gallardo.........7;52
McLaren SLR.....................7;52
Corvette C6......................7;59
Porche 911........................8;07
Dodge Viper......................8;10
Porche Carrera GT.............7;32
Corvette Z06-Blue Devil.....7;42
Porche 996 GT2.................7;42
Pagani Zonda S.................7;44
Lamborghini Murcielago......7;50
Lamborghini Gallardo.........7;52
McLaren SLR.....................7;52
Corvette C6......................7;59
Porche 911........................8;07
Dodge Viper......................8;10
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its not "dodge vs chevy" its the fact that the Z06 is a better race car.....
ALSO.... It wont even be close once they release the Z07.... 650HP aka the LS7 w/ Supercharger..... the ******* supercharger adds 145 HP lol... thats the HP the 2.2 puts out haha but ONYL from a super charger. and YES I am serious. A guy brought in this magazine with all the new bentleys and aston martins and lambos and porsches and It had the new vette. They are gonna have a ******* 9 second car from the factory......
mmmmmm hawtness
ALSO.... It wont even be close once they release the Z07.... 650HP aka the LS7 w/ Supercharger..... the ******* supercharger adds 145 HP lol... thats the HP the 2.2 puts out haha but ONYL from a super charger. and YES I am serious. A guy brought in this magazine with all the new bentleys and aston martins and lambos and porsches and It had the new vette. They are gonna have a ******* 9 second car from the factory......
mmmmmm hawtness
Originally Posted by HickOverLOrd
Pfft i run those times on my bicycle
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Originally Posted by Zivnuska
That's insane to go 200mph in 5th gear and still have an extra gear to go. /me thinks this car can go well over 200mph
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I like to know the engineering that went into any vehicle I purchase, and the Dodge V10 is a lumbering monstrousity of an engine, whereas you get the feeling that an LS7 is much more refined, with some actual thought given to squeezing more horsepower out of it.
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i would pick a viper over a vette any day. performance numbers be damned. the vette just doesnt have the looks for me. id really like a first gen side piped viper.
the viper is not a 40k sum of parts or they would sell it for much less regardless of what you think they would do. and the lingenfelter is 45,000 just for the engine, not the rest of the mods done to the car. you cant just throw a monster motor in an otherwise stock car or you ='s dead because the rest of the pieces will fail trying to keep up with that motor.
and the z06 could do 199 with the mirrors folded and the seams taped. and there is no blue devil corvette z06 time for the ring because there is no blue devil. you dont even have the donkervoort up there. stop making things up. just like the ls9. the next lvl vettes using a ls6 with an SC. you cannot FI the ls7 without lots of work because the cylinder walls are too thin, which is why even using the 15,000 engine you already brought them its another 45,000 to get a TT z06 from lingenfelter then you need an AT rebuild and 3000 in fuel system work on top of that 45k, power costs lots of money. http://www.lingenfelter.com/05Corvette427tt1038hp.htm like so
the viper is not a 40k sum of parts or they would sell it for much less regardless of what you think they would do. and the lingenfelter is 45,000 just for the engine, not the rest of the mods done to the car. you cant just throw a monster motor in an otherwise stock car or you ='s dead because the rest of the pieces will fail trying to keep up with that motor.
and the z06 could do 199 with the mirrors folded and the seams taped. and there is no blue devil corvette z06 time for the ring because there is no blue devil. you dont even have the donkervoort up there. stop making things up. just like the ls9. the next lvl vettes using a ls6 with an SC. you cannot FI the ls7 without lots of work because the cylinder walls are too thin, which is why even using the 15,000 engine you already brought them its another 45,000 to get a TT z06 from lingenfelter then you need an AT rebuild and 3000 in fuel system work on top of that 45k, power costs lots of money. http://www.lingenfelter.com/05Corvette427tt1038hp.htm like so
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Originally Posted by Kahless
stop making things up. just like the ls9. the next lvl vettes using a ls6 with an SC. you cannot FI the ls7 without lots of work because the cylinder walls are too thin,
Its a LS7
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The Viper's motor is a total POS, stock they run lean on the 10th cylinder and like to burn holes in that piston. The motor has a terrible horsepower/displacement ratio for what it is. It's a freaken POS Dodge motor just like their wannabe retarded Hemi.
The LS7 is an awesome motor from any angle, the only thing the V10 has going for it is it's size.
The LS7 is an awesome motor from any angle, the only thing the V10 has going for it is it's size.
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Originally Posted by Kahless
i would pick a viper over a vette any day. performance numbers be damned. the vette just doesnt have the looks for me. id really like a first gen side piped viper.
the viper is not a 40k sum of parts or they would sell it for much less regardless of what you think they would do. and the lingenfelter is 45,000 just for the engine, not the rest of the mods done to the car. you cant just throw a monster motor in an otherwise stock car or you ='s dead because the rest of the pieces will fail trying to keep up with that motor.
and the z06 could do 199 with the mirrors folded and the seams taped. and there is no blue devil corvette z06 time for the ring because there is no blue devil. you dont even have the donkervoort up there. stop making things up. just like the ls9. the next lvl vettes using a ls6 with an SC. you cannot FI the ls7 without lots of work because the cylinder walls are too thin, which is why even using the 15,000 engine you already brought them its another 45,000 to get a TT z06 from lingenfelter then you need an AT rebuild and 3000 in fuel system work on top of that 45k, power costs lots of money. http://www.lingenfelter.com/05Corvette427tt1038hp.htm like so
the viper is not a 40k sum of parts or they would sell it for much less regardless of what you think they would do. and the lingenfelter is 45,000 just for the engine, not the rest of the mods done to the car. you cant just throw a monster motor in an otherwise stock car or you ='s dead because the rest of the pieces will fail trying to keep up with that motor.
and the z06 could do 199 with the mirrors folded and the seams taped. and there is no blue devil corvette z06 time for the ring because there is no blue devil. you dont even have the donkervoort up there. stop making things up. just like the ls9. the next lvl vettes using a ls6 with an SC. you cannot FI the ls7 without lots of work because the cylinder walls are too thin, which is why even using the 15,000 engine you already brought them its another 45,000 to get a TT z06 from lingenfelter then you need an AT rebuild and 3000 in fuel system work on top of that 45k, power costs lots of money. http://www.lingenfelter.com/05Corvette427tt1038hp.htm like so
Look, the Z06 is lighter, faster, nimbler, has a more comfortable, higher quality interior, and possesses a much better hp/weight ratio. Plus it's cheaper. So yes, I guess the only argument anyone has at this point is whether they like the looks of the viper better.
random fact: the Z06 is the only American vehicle developing 500+ hp that is not penalized the gas guzzler tax.
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Originally Posted by sneaky
They didn't even use 6th gear. Most lucky ran out of run way. That's insane to go 200mph in 5th gear and still have an extra gear to go.
/me thinks this car can go well over 200mph
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That's insane to go 200mph in 5th gear and still have an extra gear to go. /me thinks this car can go well over 200mph
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Originally Posted by contraststriker
I like to know the engineering that went into any vehicle I purchase, and the Dodge V10 is a lumbering monstrousity of an engine, whereas you get the feeling that an LS7 is much more refined, with some actual thought given to squeezing more horsepower out of it.
it was never designed to be a realcar, just a car t boost bragging rights
