An OHV guy finally gets it

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Lingenfelters 415 ZR-1 produced 685 hp and ran 218MPH; beats the new ZR1 to 150 and back down to 0. ZR-1 Snakeskinner was the first to beat
the Shelby Cobras 0-100-0......they forget there are not any off the shelf heads you can buy for the LT-5, no cam phasing, weight advantages of a rear differential all things that would come with progression. Christ not to mention advancements in tire compounds!!!

I think the funniest part is no one recognizes that ZR1 was chosen because the LT-5 was a revolutionary venture for GM....notes from Tom Wallace below:


WHY ZR1? "Deciding on a name turned out to be one of the hardest parts of the project," Tom Wallace admits. ZL1 was considered, in recognition of the ultrarare 1969 aluminum big-block package (just two were sold). Z07 was postulated, but then, this car is more than "one better than a Z06," so that was rejected. Saint Zora himself said that "all Corvettes are Super Sports," so SS never got much traction. Blue Devil is fraught with meaning inside GM, not out-but it served as great inspiration for all the blue trim accents. Which left ZR1 as the most sensible choice. This is, after all, a spiritual successor to the C4 ZR1 of 1990. That car sold for the equivalent of $91,000 2007 dollars and represented the state of the automaking art at General Motors in its day. So does this one.