Funny as I'm considering a ZR1 as well...I am actively shopping for a Gallardo but after running into John Hennessey at the gym this weekend, he sang the ZR1's praises. Says for a few grand you can have 650 RELIABLE RWHP and trap 140 mph all day long.
Peter

 

A few grand as in a full exhaust and tune? LOL

 

Exhaust, pulley and tune....if you had a few more grand, plus a few more grand you could twin turbo it and be over 800 rwhp.

 

Hennessey's been known to over-charge people for mods that may or may not actually be on the car, as well as sell parts off your car, so it wouldn't surprise me at all if he charged a few grand for a pulley and tune!

 

I didn't ask for details as I don't even have a ZR1 yet...I trust John 100% so I'm not worried one bit about that.
Peter

 

A lot of people have trusted John 100% and gotten 100% screwed. If you dont believe me, do some reading over on Viper Alley or VCA! Let's just say he doesn't have such a good rep in the Viper world... It's amazing he's still in business!

 

Wasn't that mainly in the past?

 

Another ZR1 owner checking in... if you're an andrenalin junkie you will love a ZR1.

 

I'm curious... How is the ZR-1 on track?

 

ZR1 track impressions

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...mit-point.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...track-day.html

 

It's good to hear that it has all of the driver aids that I'm used to... I think I'd prefer to use this 'PTM', it sounds exactly like my VDC-'R'.

I'm all of the sudden considering this... We'll see what happens to the prices. I don't expect them to come down too quickly, just based on it's low production numbers. Anybody have any insight on this?

 

There are discounts out there on new ones, and cars available for MSRP but from what I have seen this car is on a different depreciation curve than a car like the C6 Z06.

 

^ Unfortunately, that's what I expected. Second cars in my new price range:

#1 '09 GT-R
#2 '07 Vantage
#3 '07 - '08 Z06

etc...

Cars outside of my range = ZR-1. lol!

 

If you like to run the tracks, a Z06 is probably more of the track biased car...its the GT3 of the Corvette line up.

 

I've got a friend over at CF that had a Z06 and moved to a ZR1. I rode with him just 30 days ago in his ZR1 at Summit Point and I asked him specifically the difference in his lap times and he said they were nearly identical (within 1 second)...the ride quality difference in the two cars is pretty substantial though with the ZR1 being a good bit better. I've owned a Z06 and agree with him 100%. Aside from the most impressive pulling power of the ZR1, the thing that amazed me about the car was the brakes. Hands down, the best brakes i have ever experienced -- bar none. The seats continue to be the weak point. You will almost certainly need a pair of seats to track, although my buddy Jas is using the stockers. I wallowed all over the damn car in the passenger seat.