What would win Kiki's Charger or 2005 corvette

Mithrandir · Post by **Mithrandir** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 7:47 am

A guy a know got a new vette, he said it tops out at about 260 is that true. I also heard it only has 400 hp. I was wondering what would win in a race, kikis charger or that vette hehehe.

Jszar · Post by **Jszar** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 9:34 am

heck no. the fastest car out there is only in the 240-250 range, and its definetly not a Chevy corvette. Don't get me wrong, its a nice car, but i think it tops out at around 200 or less.

Scarrell · Post by **Scarrell** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:11 am

theres no way a Corvette topped out at that... my best friend has a 72 Nova and he whipped all over a new Corvette, beat him by a car and a half.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:35 pm

Depends on what you're talking about. In a straight line, Kikis Charger would hand a Corvette's ass to it. On a racetrack, Corvette since the Charger is set up more for drag racing and unibodies need modifications to the chassis to handle good. It's a tradeoff between if you want straight line fast or fast on a track, one takes away from the other to an extent. Corvette tops out closer to 180 (don't know exact number). For the money in it's class though, it's the best value car out there and has a lot of potential. But 400hp, 400 lb ft of torque, 28 mpg highway and 20s in the city, can't beat that for a daily driver :)

Post by **GlassWolf** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 4:45 pm

straight line, quarter mile, eighth mile, 0-60, 60' I'd destroy a C6 vette. Even a Z06, which have 400 and 500BHP respectively.
Any turns, and the Corvette is the better car, since my suspension and motor are set up for street/strip. Different purposes between the two cars.
with overdrive I have a 3.20:1 final gear ratio so I do have a decent top end, even topping out at ~6500rpm, since I have 6 forward gears.. (split 3 speed) but the vette will probably have a higher top end just due to the drag coefficient and gearing the car has.

top end for a z06 is "190+MPH"
the stock C6 is 186MPH with a 0.98g skidpad score

keep in mind though for strip, my car has over 800BHP and that's at 5500RPM, with more torque than it's peak HP, at 4000RPM. That's pretty much twice the power as the C6, with an added weight of about 600lbs on my car which isn't enough to slow the car by half. If I ever wanted a car that was a lot faster, I'd use a '71 'Cuda body and replace the entire front and, doors, and trunk lid with fiberglass, then transfer my suspension and drivetrain from the Charger into that. I just like the '66 interior and the space it has. I didn't plan to have the fastest thing in town. As it stands, with an ideal holeshot, a 3800lbs car with 800HP can do a quarter mile in 10 flat. Since I'm using a lot of rubber, a prostreet transmission with a transbrake, and a suspension set up for dragracing, I'm about as close to a lossless launch as that car is going to get. No tire spin, no clutch slippage, and very consistant.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 4:54 pm

"...according to our performance predictions, ratings of 0 to 60 in 3.8 seconds and a quarter-mile score of 11.7 seconds at 127 mph. The only other domestic-built sports car to put up similar qualifications is the $143,345 Ford GT, which hits 60 in 3.3 seconds and the quarter in 11.6 at 128. With just a vague grasp of arithmetic, one can deduce that the new Z06 offers substantially more bang for the buck."

-Car and Driver magazine

the Ford GT can do a quarter mile pretty fast, but that's still over a second slower than mine. Not bad considering I paid probably less than $35,000 to buy my car, a second one for parts, and fully restore and build the one I drive.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:15 pm

$143,345? thats a nice joke right there.

I'd rather get another $150,000 saved up and buy a ferarri or something

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:33 pm

KikiTheCat wrote:" Not bad considering I paid probably less than $35,000 to buy my car, a second one for parts, and fully restore and build the one I drive.

Plus the older chargers are way cooler than a new corvettes!

Post by **GlassWolf** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:58 pm

well, the Ford GT is on par with the Ferrari Enzo, Saleen S7, Pagati Zonda, Koenig Zeg, Lamborghini Mercielago, or a McLaren F1 in terms of performance.
Considering the prices of the competition versus the miniscule differences in performance, $143,000 isn't a bad deal.

yeah personally I'd rather have the Lamborghini or a Ferrari 360CS myself, but that's me.. I like the heritage there.

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 7:01 pm

you running that gear vendors setup on your trans?