Could your Camaro take the new ZL1?
 

hypothetical question: could you or another driver in your car beat the 7.41 second lap time the 2012 ZL1 Camaro just ran at the Nurburgring?

How many spinouts do I get?:rofl:

haha

fine print- "this is a form of publicity to let everyone know that the new zr1 camaro did a lap at nurburgring of 7.41"

It's possible, just not as easy as many would think. Modern performance cars like the ZR1 and ZL1 work very well.

The next question would be, if so, how many laps in a row without overheating the oil, brake fluid, coolant, diff, ps fluid, etc.?

Just as soon as I get my 2013 1LE game on. :unibrow: :yes: :cheers:

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=179027

Yup. find it kind of funny that they only have one post and this is it?

Is GM that desperate?:_paranoid

I think the answer is yes..... The only one qualified to answer that question is Mark.

I do love these hypotheticals....I ask them all the time.

I think that 7:41 is a bit of a ringer time...a cage & racing seats really do wonders. But it's also VERY impressive that it pushed over 4000lbs around in that time. The MR suspension can really shine on a course like the 'ring.

With properly tuned spring/shock rates, I have no doubt there are cars on here that are more capable on track than a ZL1.

he's from Hot Rod magazine. ;)

yep, he has hundreds of laps on that track and has driven the ZL1 on a road course.

When I modeled Red Devil at the Nürburgring it was a touch faster than the ZL-1 but I don't think I would want to try it. The Nürburgring separates the men from the boys that place is very fast and very dangerous. I've crashed a car there and it was scary. I have driven the ZL-1 and it is a very well integrated car that most people can drive very fast. Our home built stuff is no were close to being as well sorted as a stock ZL-1 :thumbsup:

Stielow

so even with a lot more power, less weight, and functioning ABS it would be close? That's amazing that these new cars work so well.

7.41 minutes around a 26 kilometer track -- avg speed is 130+ MPH....

Yeah -- that's scary!

Super fun like Halloween is to little kids -- but one wrong "BOO"! and they're balling like babies.... Crashes on a track where you are AVERAGING 130 MPH... OMG.

When the manufacturers state their best times I think they only use the old Nordschleife as a reference, not the Nordschleife and the GP track together, the total lenght is then 20,8km.

Anyhow the place is great fun but as you say, very scary, especially on the tourist laps. The guardrails are close and there is always one sucker crazier or stipidier than you so there is a possibility to crash :wow:

7.41 for a full lap is VERY quick

Not with me driving :)

If my car had the 1000"s of hours in engineering, and $$$$ that went into ZL1 I would say yes. I'm sure with that kind of time, It wasn't your every day driver either.

Just my 2 cents

I'm not sure that was the original question.

First, welcome Mike Finnegan!

To answer, not only no, hell no. IRS and traction assist are really allowed to shine in a place like that.

That said, I can think of a few camaros that would smoke that thing.

Not only no but heck no.

I stand corrected -- thanks for the info Andre!

So the 20.8 KM track - covered in 7.41 minutes - equals an average speed of 104.65 MPH....

Still -- a very high average!