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Dodge Viper ACR Unofficially Laps Nurburgring in 7min 22.1secs
September 2, 2008
Xanavi. My comment was not an attempt to ridicule the Viper for what it has. My point is that the ACR IS a race car. You cannot drive it to your local shopping center and pick up the groceries without extreme difficulty given it's ride height and that massive rear spoiler. It was designed exclusively for the track. So considering it is only 4 to 7 seconds faster than cars which were designed to be used as daily drivers the time is quite unimpressive. On equal terms, In equal road going specification, the Viper is 1/2 a minute slower than both the GT-R and ZR1.
Additionally your statement that the GT-R needs TCS and ASM to run a fast lap time is false. The GT-R has one TCS/ASM program called VDC. The record lap time was set with VDC turned completely off. Millen's 1:56.9 around BW13 was set with VDC off. Kurosawa's Sendai lap time was 4 seconds faster with VDC turned completely off than it was with the VDC in R mode. The car induces excessive under-steer with the VDC on as a safety measure, so race driver's turn the VDC off when trying to set lap times.
Dodge Viper ACR Unofficially Laps Nurburgring in 7min 22.1secs
August 31, 2008
Considering the Viper SRT-10 ACR is essentially a Le-Mans race car for the road, this time is actually not that impressive. The car has an aero kit taken straight from their Le-Mans experience and makes about 1000lbs of down-force at 150mph. Add fully, independently adjustable suspension, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup Semi Slicks and we have an all out race car. The ZR1 and GT-R's times are much more impressive for cars that are essentially daily drivers. The normal Viper SRT-10's lap time is a measly 8 minutes, which is rather poor in comparison to the ZR1 and GT-R.
Official, Nissan Announced GT-R Laps Nurburgring in 7m 29s
May 2, 2008
Xanavi23, what do you base your claims on.
Edmunds has tested a customer car and achieved 0-60mph in 3.3 and 1/4 mile in 11.6, both times faster than the manufacturer claim and that was on a crap surface. Autocar UK tested a customer GT-R(grey import) against the GT3 and the GT-R won. Same with CAR magazine. GM claimed that the C6 z06 can run the nurb in 7:42.9 for a standing start full 20.8k lap and yet when Sportauto magazine ran their Supertest for the c6 Z06 the best they could achieve was 7:49 for a FLYING START 20.6k lap(It's on youtube). Physics are physics! So what happened to the 505hp 1450kg z06. Wait for the Sportauto Supertest lap in the GT-R, early 2009, (when the GT-R goes on sale in Germany). It will blow your mind.