It was most likely a GTR with slicks and up'ed boost. We'll see if Nissan has anything to say about it

 

I think the GTR is a pretty nice car, and quick.... but some of the times they are posting a bit unrealistic. I'm going to agree with Eric, at the minimum, there GTR record holder had some stickier tires.

 

I'm going to bet Porchse is correct on calling bs to the 7.29 claim. I doubt it would go 25 seconds slower but that aside it isn't that far fetched.

I started wondering when this would happen when I watched the synced laps of the zr1 and the gtr. There is no fucking way that the gtr is going to hang in the straight with that vette. Yet watching the video they were nearly identical. Considering the weight and power advantage along with the stance and aero of the vette that just doesn't make sense.

I'm curious to know what Nissan has to say about this if anything. This is definately a big league call out by the germans and doubt it would come without testing. Hence why it took awhile.

 

You're the one that needs to do more research.

Splitters are absolutely street legal. The car couldn't leave Detroit if they weren't.

All ACRs come with air conditioning. The cost of re-certifying the Viper engine makes removing the AC cost prohibitive.

Only the ACR Hardcore version doesn't have a radio. The standard ACR comes with radio, speakers, hood pad, trunk carpet and a couple other useless things.

The ACR Hardcore is entirely street legal and weighs in at about 3,365lbs. The ZR1 weighs in at 3,350lbs.

As for "no frills" all Vipers are no frills.

 

That was the part I was talking about it, which is removable and its not street legal.

The hard core is the one I was talking about, sorry I didnt specify, even the 'standard' ACR is a pretty much track only car targeted at people who want a track car they can drive home.

I will admit I was wrong on the A/C weight, but I never said how much the difference was, and 15lbs could be the difference between two drivers. I was in the mindset in my previous post that the cars were of similar weight but I thought the viper was the slightly lighter of the two.

 

Wow. When I said not designed for the track, I meant not designed for the Ring.

 

hmm should be interesting. I always thought that the GTR's times at first were BS . I just dont mean the ring either. I also noticed the 11.3 @122 mph turn into 12.2 at 114 in the last 3/4 tests i have glanced upon. I have a sneaking suspicion that the GTR that nissan has been parading to the press/running tracks on, is not your off the showroom floor gtr. I am also sure that i am not the only one who feels this way. Cudos to Porsche for trying to get to the bottom of this, and if it is true........wow!

 

Fair enough. I'm in the mindset that a sportscar should be designed for tracking first and foremost and anything else is just to keep it street legal. I guess that's why there are Viper guys and then there is everyone else.

 

I would absolutely LOVE to have the viper for sure. If I had to choose one though I'd probably choose the zr1/z06 over the acr/srt10 just because of the few extra ammenities it has and the fact that it wouldn't be a full time track car for me. I would want the Navi and stuff like that just to have the luxury and performance all in one. For a track/weekend car the viper for sure though. ANYWAY back on topic....Porsche owns Nissan

 

Its basically a slightly more comfotable race car. It can be configured to run any track. Thats the point in everything being adjustable. Obviously there is more than one track so thats a pointless statment.

If you read any track tests on the ACR Dodge sends out its engineers to every one to set the car up for best performance. Seriously its one of the closest things you can buy from the factory floor that is a race car besides a GT3 Cup (which isnt street legal).

And I see where your coming from Chuck and I agree on the sports car part, thats why I love the RS version of the GT3 and the Scuda 430 and the ACR all are top choices in my book. My car is also pretty hard edged when it comes to street driving. Its no ACR viper in terms of power/speed but its not your average import anymore either. I've never been in a viper before but I cant see it being much worse than my car for a daily in terms of harsh ride and everything else magazines critique. Just more fun to drive.