03'55AMG

And I am sure you guessed correctly, he SLAUGHTERED me... I knew I was going to get spanked, but man... Having never seen one in person, I was not expecting the force it really had.

I was at a local farm and fleet to get some tires balanced, and I noticed a black ZR1 on the alignment rack a few bays down. So I went over and the owner and I were talking about his Vette, Very nice guy BTW. So hes going over the details of his car to me then we start talking about worthless stuff like gas mileage and tire costs.

So were talking and then the SA comes over and tells him his car is ready, so they pull his car out of the bay, and mines already finished. Then we take care of our service costs, and he says he has to run some more errands and that it was nice chatting. Then he gets in his car and starts pulling away towards the exit, me following casually. Then it happens. Red light, and I'm right next to him. All of a sudden, he revs it, and I'm thinking, Holy Hell, that sounds amazing. I knew he was going to go for it, and i knew i was getting spanked, but it was worth a shot.

So the light turns green and the weirdest thing happens. Nothing. for a good two seconds were both just sitting there, waiting for the other to go. So I floor it, as does he, and man did he almost kill it... I thought i had him. then it pulls out of its stumble and all I hear is WAHHHHHHH WAHHHHHHHH and then he shoots past me (while I'm still going WOT) like I'm sitting still... I was amazed, and embarrassed for even trying...

Lesson learned. Don't F**k with the ZR1's....

FT-Performance

Add some mods to that Sig and this story could have been reversed

03'55AMG

hahaha, I would guess that 'some' mods wouldnt do it.. This thing hauled like a friggen freight train.. What kind of mods would it take to kill a stock ZR1 anyways?

JuanMR

HAHA, damn! At least you had the guts to do so. They are indeed brutal cars.

FT-Performance

Just ask Craig a stage 3 e55 will do it he has videos of beating one at the 1/4 mile

03'55AMG

I guess now I have an idea of how fast a stage 3 55k is...

tbal

stock e55 vs stock zr1... what did you expect? lmao

GT-ER

Beating a ZR-1 won't be easy on the street, those suckers trap 130+ stock which gives you a good idea how quick they really are. As a matter of fact, a stock ZR-1 with drag radials would give a good run to the fastest any E55 has been able to run.

Blk04e55

I dont know guys.. that thing sounds aweful pist

chawkins2001

Meh, I got him for you brotha


If you watch the vid closely, he was not catching me on the top end. They are fast no doubt, and I believe the one I ran was stock. A pulley and tune on those things would change the game for sure, but then again, you have to be a pretty good driver to get the max out of the ZR1.

We have a local one that has a pulley and tune only, and is making around 610rwhp, I will see if he is interested in going down to Mexico for some friendly runs.

outrun

Am I the only one wondering why anyone with a car that they care about would bring it to a Farm and Fleet? That's like taking your car to Walmart. Those tards have been known to: Mount directional tires wrong and scratch wheels.

NO.

cij911

No way Steve....

OP - Finally someone posts about getting spanked ...bravo...The ZR1 and even the new Z06 are very fast from the factory and can be made even faster for just a few $$.

blackbenzz

The fastest stock Zr1 is faster than any E55 has run the 1/4. Driver is very important

chawkins2001

You hit the nail on the head brotha, your average ZR1 driver cannot pull out the max potential from those cars. There is very little driver error in our cars, drags outback, and just mash the gas and the car will do the rest. On the street it would have been even worse as they would be spinning all over the place.

Samething with the other snake I love, the dodge viper. They are extremely fast, but very hard to control and extract the max potemtial out of them. Case and point, I ran one in my old E55 which was a stage 2, his car been an SRT10 roadster with exhaust and tune. I would only go from a dig, low and behold he could not get his car out the hole, fish tailing eveywhere.

For true speed comparison, and 2nd gear roll on would be best up to say 160mph

hyperion667

good story OP....thanx for sharing.....been admiring the ZL1 for a while.....

nice vid Chawkins..........

03'55AMG

Funny you should bring that up. As a matter of fact, the tards over at the real tire place in town, specializing in UHP vehicles, were the ones to mis-balance one of my tires, AND mount one backwards... farm and fleet corrected the problem without scratching a rim, and for cheap
I literally did not know the earth of spanking I received would be from a chevy... Good stuff.
I kinda want one now... lol

RedBullJnky

I race a ZR1 before. We were both stock at the time. I got out in front and he was behind me and couldn't get around me due to some other cars. Once we hit 150mph I looked in the rear and saw his wife beating on him then he slowed down to 70mph and never moved.lol If he could have gotten around me he would have killed me.

Here is Frank's car with nitrous against a modded ZR1...........

cij911

The Z06 and ZR1 have wonderful powertrains and are very cheap to own and make faster (compared to European exotics)....

BBBSS

The Driver Mod is HUGE on the ZR1.

Here's a stock one on a radial running 10.33

blackbenzz

Yup that's my friend Kyle, he's a cool car guy. That was at one of my track rentals at MIR. My other friend has been 10.2

03'55AMG

Holy ****.... This Guy def. knew how to drive besides almost killing it, other than that, the second video is almost spot on to the *** wooping he gave me

sneakyneon

Even the ZO6 is fast, I barley pulled one on a 40 to 140 run.

bobafett

Kudos to OP for respecting another marque rather than the typical nonsense. I'm sure you two both had fun doing it, which is really all that matters.

That said, to all the Ricer Hoopty crew (I'm looking @ you, blackbenzzzz) who can make their cars "competitive" (driver differences aside) to such a great platform - kudos again. ZR1 is a force to be reckoned with, no way around it.

--Dan

03'55AMG

Yea, If I knew how to drive stick I would definitively be interested in driving or even owning one some day. I just hate how it doesn't have the grocery getter look to it. Thats one of my biggest turn ons with the E55.

jpohl402

yeah they are frickin fast cars.
and I HATE vettes but love those cars....

but yes it does depend on driver 100% !!