Yesterday, a local guy and I met up and ran the two cars that the entire auto enthusiast world has anticipated seeing run. The newly available 2015 Corvette Z06 vs the Viper TA. Both cars are incredible machines in their own right, extremely capable on the highways and on the roadcourse. No two American sportscars have received more fanfare and praise from the media. As the Z06's first appeared in public driveways this past Wednesday, we now had the perfect opportunity to line them up for some spirited testing. Both cars are 100% stock. The Viper has 1,700 miles on it, and the Z06 has 700 miles on it. Both manual transmissions. It was 57F today, and the pavement was dry. My Viper IAT temps never went over 79F. We ran a series of runs, from different starting and finishing mph, as we wanted a full suite of testing to be shown.

At the end of the day, there were 7 clean passes made, where we started nearly even, and neither of us missed a gear. The Viper won every race, no matter what the starting speed was. The cars were typically dead even through 3rd gear, but once the Viper reached 4th gear, it would begin to pull away from the Z06. Once in 5th, there was no catching the snake. Going into this match, neither of us knew what to expect. I actually figured the Z06 would edge me out, based on his dynos of 579 rwhp SAE, which is higher than what Vipers put down.

Enjoy the video. Both cars speak for themselves, as you'll see.


Tony

 

I'm surprised. Nice run with the Viper. It was clearly pulling each race.

 

Heat soak is a *****....

Nice runs Niner

 

They better fix that ecu issue. I for one was thinking about getting one, but as of now i am passing on it.

 

Ecu issue doesnt bother me. Even if it is pulling timing back to the point it is only making 550hp i bet it is still fun. Im actually more interested in the total package (fit and finish and handling) comparing it to my c6 z06. Besides cant remember who but one company already got 75whp from a tune pulley and intake. So while not good from the factory the ecu seems easily fixable.

I will own one someday im sure.

 

Great video...

 

Great video, thank you! I like the fact that many runs were shown from different speeds and the last one had a good jump out by the Z06 but was reeled in pretty handily by the Viper. The new Viper is very fast, wow. The Z06 is a great car, but the magazines got a little excited and ahead of themselves in just how great it would be.
The fun continues...
What does the new Viper trap, btw ?

 

Congrats Tony on your new toy
Robert

 

Nice video. The Viper is incredibly fast. The chase car C6 seemed to keep up with the Viper in the last clip.

 

In good weather 50 degrees (-1,050' DA) the new Vipers were trapping 131 at a track rental event. There was one that trapped 134.