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KILLSHOTS · 10-27-2014

Yep, Motor Trend tested that car - or one in the identical color combo - in August 1995. That's the issue from which that overhead pic of the car sideways in our banner originally came. Cool quote from that issue...

"Running in sixth at 70 mph, the engine is barely off idle, sounding more like a fishing trawler than the heart of one of the world's fastest cars. But haul that ZF transmission into third, and the ZR-1's 32-valve DOHC, all-aluminum 5.7-liter LT5 V-8 rages with the promise of its 405 horsepower. Then, stomp on the throttle, and the car twists as the rear tires break traction. This last ZR-1 does 70-mph burnouts. Yeow!"

Does anyone actually have a STOCK car that is capable of smoking the tires at 70 MPH in 3rd?

10-27-2014	#2
KILLSHOTS Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: AZ Posts: 857	Re: Heart of the Beast cover car for sale Yep, Motor Trend tested that car - or one in the identical color combo - in August 1995. That's the issue from which that overhead pic of the car sideways in our banner originally came. Cool quote from that issue... "Running in sixth at 70 mph, the engine is barely off idle, sounding more like a fishing trawler than the heart of one of the world's fastest cars. But haul that ZF transmission into third, and the ZR-1's 32-valve DOHC, all-aluminum 5.7-liter LT5 V-8 rages with the promise of its 405 horsepower. Then, stomp on the throttle, and the car twists as the rear tires break traction. This last ZR-1 does 70-mph burnouts. Yeow!" Does anyone actually have a STOCK car that is capable of smoking the tires at 70 MPH in 3rd?