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Old 09-03-2008, 09:29 PM   #1
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Default ZR1 vmax - 210 mph, or 215 if you are sneaky

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=7005


Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter, there is an electronic limiter set for 210 mph. Yet if one disabled the limiter and managed to turn up the boost beyond 10.5 psi, the ZR1 runs out of gear at 215 mph.
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Old 09-03-2008, 09:42 PM   #2
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So it's not officially "certified" at 210mph yet?
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Old 09-04-2008, 12:15 AM   #3
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the zr1 is in the league
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Old 09-04-2008, 12:27 AM   #4
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That's sick!!!
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Old 09-04-2008, 12:34 AM   #5
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Top speed for these types of cars is really just a number game.
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Old 09-04-2008, 01:04 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by 5vz-fe View Post
Top speed for these types of cars is really just a number game.
yeah...it does give bragging rights tho

either way i think track times are more relevant IMO
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Old 09-04-2008, 01:05 AM   #7
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I have to laugh everytime I read magazine reviews of the "latest/greatest" Corvette.

When the car is still new and the magazines have to suckup to GM to get invites they literally worship the "still new Vette"....

Fast forward 12 months and the very same magazines rip it apart every chance they get
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