first and foremost let me say the lightnig is an awesome truck.i know of no truck made that runs 14 let alone 13's. that being said i see so many remarks that a lighting can hang with or beat a vette. so i am thinking vettes run around 13.3 at around 107 or 108. well mabye the vette guy dosent know how to drive or the lightning is modified, ok i buy it. now i see people saying bring on the zo6 and i think someone is smoking a crack pipe. z06 run 12.5 to 12.8 at around 112. thats around a second quicker than most Ls. a second is a but whoppen. go race a lexus ls 400 they run 14.8,and see how bad you bet it. lightning are a good second quicker. i know there are some ls that are running 12 but not a lot. bring on the mustang gt, cobra and camaros but i think the zo6 is stretching it.

 

It really comes down to traction and the torque. The L, if it hooks up, will leap away like nothing else. The problem lies in the huge aerodynamic inefficiency of the L at higher velocities, which is where the vette comes on strong, especially the Z06. I used to drive a 98 vette, but with a chip and intake it was up to Z06 specs, and I can tell you that in the 1/8 with traction, the L(with chip and intake) will definately be there first. After that, the vette would pull.

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Good hunting and check six

2000 Blk Lightning
-superchip R9
-Downs intake
1995 MBZ C36
-Schikora chip
1996 VMAX
-Kerker
-rejets
-cams

 

the z06 is almost 1000 lbs lighter, 25 more h.p. and in november motor trend goes 0-60 in 4.34 , 12.59 @112.38 in the quarter.goes 0-60 in the mid 5 second rand and 1/4 in the high 13's. @ around 100 mph. i know the L makes a boat load of torque but dont forget that extra 1000 lbs, 6 speed, extra 25 h.p., 295mm wide back tire and i am not sure but dosent the vette have some kind of traction control to keep it from spinning so 0-60 involves no spinning?

 

The Traction Control on the Camaros and Vettes or A.S.R.= Accelerated Skip Reduction doesn't help in racing at all. What that does is it cuts the power to the rear wheels, and when that still doesn't solve the problem, it cuts power to the engine. It's designed as a safety thing for when you're driving on snow or when it's pouring. But when racing it's turned off
-Marcus.

 

I'm with BrotherDave on this one. Not trying to be a smartass, but if one car runs 12.5 @ 112 and another runs 13.5 @ 102, and both guys leave at the SAME time...the difference will be ~164'. This is an estimate, but I'm basing this on the fact that the 12.5 car is traveling at 164' per second if he's going 112mph. The distance will only increase from there.

As BrotherDave said...that is a butt whipping. No contest. The disparity only gets larger as the vehicles get faster, too, since they are traveling at a greater rate of speed.

If the L runs 13.0, then you're still talking over 80'. And while I believe my Lightnig hooks very well on F1s (consistent 1.95-1.98 60's), it will not run 0-60 in 4.34 seconds. Maybe mid 5s. So, its not going to win an 1/8mile race vs. a Z06, either. And from even a 10mph rolling punch...forget it.

Not bashing my own truck, but I know its limits. Many of the faster trucks here are running ET Streets or the like. Put a drag radial of any type (make it the narrowest sidewall one you can find to handicap it even more)on the Z06 and it will run 12.3s easily...bone stock.

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Wes Tarbox
90 LX 5.0 (10.69 @ 134.7)--597rwhp/590rwtq
96 Cobra (12.34 @ 115.8)--392rwhp/433rwtq
99 Lightning (13.20 @ 103.8)--364rwhp/444rwtq
00 Expedition XLT 5.4
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First any driver would have to get lucky to beat a car that is a second quicker, but it can happen. Second, GM has a habit of sending the mags "ringers" when it comes to testing. I've never seen a stock Vette pull times like the mags do. Yes, the Z06 should put a whippin on a Lightning. Then again, so should LS1 Z's, T/A's, and Vettes. On a preped track my Cobra can kick (most)Lightning butt, but on the street it can't hook well enough to do it all the time. Anyway I would expect to lose to a Z06, but that won't stop me from trying. And if I win......

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99 Lightning black, cd,tow package,bed rug,roll-n-lock
(13.73 @ 99.74 stock)
98 Cobra coupe laser red w/ 3.55 gears
(13.26 @ 104)
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72 SS454 11.6 @ 116 (slicks open headers)
68 Camaro 12.2 @ 116 (street tires closed exhast)
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WA 2 FST, do you spin a wheel or something to deside which one to drive to work? with a street car that et's @ 134 do you ever mess with motorcycles? i would love to see the looks on their face.

 

BrotherDave,

I'm chuckling at your "spin a wheel" remark. Actually, you're not the first one to say that. Others have said "flip a 3-sided coin", etc.

Yes, when I'm out in my LX I will mess with motorcycles. Obviously, from a standing start on the tires I run around on (drag radials) I have no chance, but I don't pick on them then. From a 20mph roll to basically whenever I decide to shut it down, its a hoot. Most of them just pull up after the "encounter" and give a thumbs up or just stare. I haven't won against every bike. I mean the drag radials spin deep into 3rd gear, but anything 900cc or below is meat...unless its modded significantly. As you're well aware of I'm sure, a bike that runs mid-10s doesn't have nearly the trap speed...they ET _so_ well b/c they hook awesome off the line. So, in a war of horsepower (running from a roll where wheelspin isn't as much of an issue) my car has a huge advantage.

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Wes Tarbox
90 LX 5.0 (10.69 @ 134.7)--597rwhp/590rwtq
96 Cobra (12.34 @ 115.8)--392rwhp/433rwtq
99 Lightning (13.20 @ 103.8)--364rwhp/444rwtq
00 Expedition XLT 5.4
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These times for the Z06 are magazine times compared to real times some of these trucks can run. I bought a 93 Z28 years ago that was suppose to run 14.0's but mine and several others ran 14.6's stock. Don't believe everything you read.

I helped a coworker put a supercharger on a Civic SI but before we did it I told him he needed to baseline it. He said no need they turn 15.7's according to the magazines. I said let's go to the track. It turned a 16.4. Now it turns a 15.2 with no exhaust work. You could imagine how he would have felt if he thought there was only a .5 second gain.

My point being I would like to see what a Z06 really runs.

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Later,

Chuck
Black 00
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the z06 @ 3200 lbs and 385 h.p is definitley a 12 second ride.
Never will forget in 1986 I had a mustang gt (magazines said it would run 14.8) that ran 14.9. buick grand nationals were running any where from 13.9 to 14.4. I being young and stupid thought hell, we are within a second of each other it should be close, i got smoked. anything 1/2 second or more faster than you is a but whippen.
the same magazine ran a lightning, 14.0 at 100 mph.