Originally Posted by
burgy240
Still not sold on the LS1 being the best option....I only say this because when I used to go to the track w/ the Viper guys, of course the Vette guys would always want to be out on the track at the same time and they became friendly rivals...then sitting around at lunch one of the Vette guys asked Chuck how often he has had to rebuild the motor on his almost decade old motor and he laughed (because he NEVER had to) and 3 different Vette guys got pissed because they were all on their 2nd and third motors ( 1 of them only had a 1.5 year old ZO6)
and these were experienced race car guys, not weekend idiots or young punks...??
well in this situation burgy there are a few variables that make a difference. The vette, even Z06 is designed to be a top notch sports car for the street. where as the viper was designed as a full blown race car with smog stuff on it. also what are the racing habits of the vette guys vs the viper owners. If the vette guys are going for ranking in a competative series racing every weekend and the viper guys are out there on open track days for fun, they are going to have very different levels of abuse on them. Also are the vette guys running box stock motors or are they modified motors that are failing them? and are they maintaining it like a full blown race car or like an abused street car? all things that clearly make a vast difference.
Unfortunatly the majority of the corvette racing experience i have been exposed to is primarily vintage so i cant say for sure what the LS-X's do in these instances.