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Old 09-27-2008, 12:46 AM   #50 (permalink)
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Re: GM Dominates "Lightning Lap" 2008

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Originally Posted by kain01 View Post
Heh GM's dominated all the lightning laps. It's almost taken top honors in the last two and they had to throw in a mosler and a lightweight race ready ferrari to show that there is SOMETHING out there faster than the Corvette. At least until they test the ZR1 next year.
Well the Mosler is powered by an LS7 tuned to 550hp and only weighs 2500lbs. Much of Corvette's awesome comes from the small block. Mosler can just buy LS9's from GM and get 700hp with just an ECU tune

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Originally Posted by red_rider View Post
All 4 cylinders and most 6 cylinders sound like crap at WOT imo. It's not a v8. And I haven't sat it in, but the SS interior looks a good bit better than the standard one. You won't get a 350z for $22k and a MS3 doesn't get 22/30.

My ideal ride would be a Z51 LS3 vette, but for its price range, the Cobalt SS is pretty much the best out there.
Nissan's VQ sounds like nails on a chalkboard to me. The only 6's I can think of that sound good at WOT are the Vortec 4300, 3800 S/C, and Supra 2JZ-GTE.
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