For the past 5-6(?) years now the FBI gang has participated in a local 1/4 mile all Corvette Shootout. Stock to stock the C5s will jump the ZR-1s at the line - grab a car length or so, but the Z's always run 'em down at the big end. Those Zs with the renown "500" package have nothing to fear from stock LS3s, and nibble on the C6 ZO6s (except for Pete's car that annihilates C6s, ZR1s included!!)
Cubic inch for cubic inch, the big inch LT5s run low middle 10s at over 130 mph - good enough to win 2 of the last 3 team trophy shootouts! (We only missed out on 3 in a row because the host changed the rules to incorporate bracket racing (and if you broke out of your bracket, your time slip was disallowed).
IMO, it's "peak horsepower" that fools a lot of people. HP is derived by calculation, but the rear wheels turn/accelerate based on the torque applied to them over the entire course. The ol' power under the curve gets 'em every time.
