Goodness Stangness! Mustang GT350R runs 12.0s quartermile, 23.3s standing km

[WhatTheHellSVT]

In Top Gear's recent all-American comparison test, the one-year-old Chevy Corvette Z06 is the quarter-mile king, and the recent Dodge Viper ACR is so track-king fantastic! But the classical-yet-revived Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R becomes king in this 1/4-to-5/8-mile gap: between 113 and 156 mph is done in 11.3 seconds (which equals to 3.8 mph/sec or 0.17 g). The Viper needs 9.9 seconds but from 124 to 157 mph (3.3 mph/sec or 0.15 g), and the Corvette has equal acceleration rate to the Viper with a gap between 130 and 161 mph in 9.4 seconds.

The best way to find out which car is faster is to use a quarter-to-5/8th-mile (or 400-1000m) roll and add two of these trap speeds along with how many seconds a car takes to acomplish this (see my estimations above). Quarter-mile and top speed are literally nothing compared to these such gaps. This is the tool I was using: MeasureSpeed.com.

From Top Gear 2/16


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[IamRacerX]

The only thing flawed with your thinking is it does not take into effect the areo effect on the Viper and Z06. That wing on the Viper slows it big time above 100... True the 350R has a bigger rear spoiler too, but it's down force (drag) is much less than the Viper and still less then the Z06 too. Without those spoilers and splitters the Viper and Z06 would surely run away from the R.

On another note, holly crap that Z06 ran some fast acceleration numbers!!!!!

 

[Kevin P]

Its not until over 140mph that the GT350R starts competing, based on the data above. Look at the times from 100-140. 6.5 and 6.7 seconds for the Vette and Viper. 8.1 seconds for the 350R.

This is not surprising, both of those cars have a lot more power than the 350R. Its only the huge aero drag that kills them at very high speed. The same aero drag that gives them such great downforce.

 

[Serpent]

Wow TG drivers were able to wring out 10.6 in the 1/4 out of the c7z, in a manual!

It's weird that the viper ran a 3.9 0-60. It took over 1 sec to go from 50mph to 60mph.

I hope they filmed an episode. Curious to find out who the hosts are.

 

[DSG2003SVT]

350R owners, do all your roll races from a 113-156 roll.

 

[hognutz]

its funny how the internet can turn basically meaningless data into some kind of hollow victory for a car.


So at speed that the car it's lack of downforce gives it some kind of small advantage that it will never make up because of it huge disadvantage on the other end. look at the 0-100 times for the Z06 and the GT350r. the z06 would be in the next zipcode before the the advantage in that tiny window ever kicked it ha ha.

I like the R but trying to give it any advantage other cost (at MSRP not marked up) or that it has a place to put a back seat against those two cars is nuts.

 

[brad65ford]

350R owners, do all your roll races from a 113-156 roll.

LOL good one

 

[dsp]

Curious to find out who the hosts are.

http://www.topgear.com/car-news/top-gear-tv/meet-your-new-top-gear-presenters

 

[WhatTheHellSVT]

The weirdest thing is that the Porsche 911 Turbo S with all wheel drive does the quarter in the same exact time at the same exact speed, but it needs a much quicker 0-30, a quicker 0-60, and a slightly quicker 0-100. I guess Top Gear's pre-100 numbers are rated pretty conservative considering no Z06 driver ever got 2.5 seconds in their car to 60. Except maybe professional Corvette drivers at dragstrips getting their very best quarter times.

 

[brad65ford]

http://www.topgear.com/car-news/top-gear-tv/meet-your-new-top-gear-presenters

Matt LeBlanc no shit lol

 

[BrunotheBoxer]

350R owners, do all your roll races from a 113-156 roll.

Hahahahaha.

 

[GT Premi]

... True the 350R has a bigger rear spoiler too, but it's down force (drag) is much less than the Viper and still less then the Z06 too. ...

I'd like to see the numbers. I'd bet the GT350R makes as much or more down force than the Z07 package.

 

[Snorman]

This whole thing sounds like a farce. No way a stock M7 Z06 ran 10.6 at 130 mph on an unprepped surface for a magazine/TV show test.
S.

 

[AustinSN]

This whole thing sounds like a farce. No way a stock M7 Z06 ran 10.6 at 130 mph on an unprepped surface for a magazine/TV show test.
S.

The R only traps 113 lol.

 

[Kevin P]

Not even close. The Z07 has a tremendous amount of downforce.

 

[GT Premi]

Well the GT350R has a stupendous amount of down force.

 

[tt335ci03cobra]

If a z06 is trapping 130, a gt350r should trap 123+, possibly a typo.

119 vs 126 motortrend

It's also possibly just a bad set of coincidences like a hurt 350r, an overly healthy z06, and so on.

With how hard these cars get flogged, motortrend got a car for drivers car testing that had been reconstructed after an accident and had not been properly calibrated so it wasn't boosting. (Z06)

I wouldn't be surprised if someone has cooked some power out of a voodoo or two by doing a 3-2 up shift once or twice at 7500+ rpms...

113 is the lowest anyone has ran in one by 5+ mph. With how unenthusiastic they seemed about the car in their review, it wouldn't surprise me if the car they had was down on power. 113mph cars are fun, but 121mph cars feel a whole lot more fun.

 

[tt335ci03cobra]

Well the GT350R has a stupendous amount of down force.

The z06 z07 pack (aero whatever pack) has more than twice the down force of a 911 gt3, a gt350r has more about 15% more downforce than a gt3.

Iirc from various articles. Don't quote meZ