Ford GT vs Corvette ZR1

There has been much sperging over the Corvette ZR1 not being "street legal" when it beat the Ford GT's time at VIR.
But as it turns out the Ford GT was likewise not street legal.

The Ford GT ran VIR with pic related on the windshield, which is NOT STREET LEGAL in the great state of Virginia:
>§ 46.2-1054. Suspension of objects or alteration of vehicle so as to obstruct driver's view.
>It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle on a highway in the Commonwealth with any object or objects, other than a rear view mirror, sun visor, or other equipment of the motor vehicle approved by the Superintendent, suspended from any part of the motor vehicle in such a manner as to obstruct the driver's clear view of the highway through the windshield (...)
law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter10/section46.2-1054/

Other urls found in this thread:

motorauthority.com/news/1115105_2019-chevy-corvette-zr1-destroys-ford-gts-vir-lap-record
twitter.com/NSFWRedditImage

And Ford still got bounced by an amateur driver.

motorauthority.com/news/1115105_2019-chevy-corvette-zr1-destroys-ford-gts-vir-lap-record

For the background.

ford btfo

>temporarily add a measuring instrument to provide accurate results
>HURR NOW IT'S NOT STREET LEGAL
surely this has to be bait
or GM fangays are seriously this retarded
honestly either way sounds just as believable

>NOW IT'S NOT STREET LEGAL
Well that's literally the case.
Problem?

Said this in a different thread, but i still dont understand why the legality matters...

The competition between these two cars is on the track, therefore the legality of either car is irrelevant

okay thanks so it's the second option
enjoy your clearly awful life

Are you saying it is legal?

OP here, an aftermarket seatbelt or dash display don't matter when the actual car is stock.
There has just been way too much sperging over the fact that the Corvette ZR1 wasn't """technically""" street legal at VIR because of a seat and seatbelt.

Exactly. Either both should be considered nonstreet legal by the faggots who sperg over it, or both should be considered street legal (how the rest of the world sees it).

That's it.

Sorry, the measuring instrument used is not in the production model, and is therefor not part of the production package, and therefor the Ford GT was not a production stock car and was not street legal.

Sperg more Ford fanboy.

S/o/viet BTFO WORSE THAN FORD.

No one is legitimately sperging about this, it's just one or two shitposters looking for an excuse to spam threads and farm (you)s
Both cars are great at going around the track really fast

>No one is legitimately sperging about this
Well not anymore, lol.

well theres street legal and then theres "street legal"

both the cars fall under the latter.

No one but trolling europoors are complaining about the street legality. Stop replying to obvious bait dumb shits.

>neither should be considered
yup pretty much, let's instead compare racecars then

>inb4 GM cucks sperg out of control

... and a non-street legal ZR1 beat a non-street legal GT.

>non street legal
but that's irrelevant to anyone since they are not related to the actual products the consumer can buy

we don't know what the actual production street legal cars can achieve so your point is moot

>irrelevant
Of course it's relevant.

>11th
>Win
Ford fan bois are desperate.

a non-street legal ZR1 broke a lap record a 'non-street legal' Ford GT set on accident.

>a non-street legal ZR1 broke a lap record a 'non-street legal' Ford GT set on accident.
>ZR1 driven by amateur engineer
>GT driven by professional driver
If anything, the ZR1 laptime was an accident. Better luck next time user!


Also the ZR1 is still street legal since they didn't remove the original seatbelt

Meant for

the car is street legal, but the drivers are implementing unlawful practices. there's a difference.

anyways what sort of people compare a zr1 to a gt

reminder gm lost to a base model f150 lool

Ford gt was set in track mode which isn't street legal. Sad

...

ford gt is still faster than the zr1. the lap time was set in the non competition pack

The ZR1 went to VIR to break the record, the Ford GT was there for testing and happened to finish a lap in a time quicker than the previous record.

>2:37
>122k vs 400k
>Set by an engineer who could've easily shaved off more seconds

Oh the butthurt! So good

>The ZR1 went to VIR to break the record
Says you.

Yeah, you're so right man. Chevy just happened to be at VIR testing a week after the GT was there and just happened to turn a lap in a quicker time and then their marketing staff just happened to release the details, lap video, and let the world know an engineer was driving and not a pro driver (because that has nothing to do with the GTs lap, right?). And it definitely wasn't Chevy's marketing team that contacted road and track to publish the article about the time (as opposed to an innocuous Instagram post from the GT driver getting picked up as a story).

Chevy isn't known for manufacturer lap times, right? I mean, that's not a thing they're into.

Oh wait...

>Set by an engineer who could've easily shaved off more seconds
exactly the gt was a base model yet raped gms best lel.

the competition pack would have raped gm harder

Stop talking out your ass.

You're so right dude, what a coincidence lol!!!!

so butthurt

If they were aiming to break a record, don't you think they would have brought a pro driver?
If an engineer beats the GT by 1.4 seconds, a pro is going to absolutely BTFO the GT
>Raped
>lost
????

>pls believe me, an anonymous poster on Veeky Forums

See

An engineer quoted as "an expert at the hurrdurr-ring" and "if anyone was going to break the record, it was him:" Sure.

I don't care if you believe me. Just watch a god damn Chevy commercial and you can obviously tell they are butt hurt by the new GT and wanted to stick it to Ford.

Believe it's a coincidence if you want, but it's very, very obviously not.

not street legal

>I don't care if you believe me
Clearly.

> look guys the GT isn’t street legal either
>s-see guys the zr1 won fair and square
>r-right?
Gm fangirls are fucking stupid

>all Ferdfags had to dismiss the Vette's time was a technicality
>now they don't even have that

I am laff

Good one bro, got me with that one. How will I ever recover? It's almost like that time Nissan was quicker around the 'ring, I just got BTFO so hard.

Track mode isn't street legal, retard

>400k base model
>Record set by Ford race driver
>Lost to 120k chebby
>Set by rando

Clutch at those straws my man

I've never seen so much autism before
Is this the new Mustang vs M3 but involving even more retarded shitposters?

What the fuck does that even mean? Track mode? What about it isn't?

>b-but im poor
>record set in a base model accidentally during testing
lol
>lost
nope. it wasn't street legal
>b-but it was an engineer
nope. they were testing for 24 hours getting the best lap time.
i know. gm fangirls can't deal. they're going to keep sperging lele
It is though. the gt is street legal at the touch of a button

Im talking about you ford clowns. Even more retarded than the GTR and z06 shitposting and that was the worst i've ever seen.

Ford GT has a track mode (like many other sports cars/hyper cars) that makes the suspension lower and changes other electronic bits. You can't have track mode on the street ever. So getting all butthurt over a seatbelt (lol) when the GT can only be raced on track mode is ridiculous

>2:37

Chebby>>Slow gt

nope it can be raced on any mode. and it will be faster. the zr1 remains illegal on the street

not street legal

I know you're 16 (or an old neet) but since your reading comprehension is terrible so let me explain. Once you put it in track mode, it's not street legal. And that's the only way these Ford GT test have been recorded, on track mode. So even on this half a million dollar track toy, it loses to a 100k chebby with a seatbelt mod, set by an engineer. Lmao

The Gt is faster regardless of its mode, cuckold.

The Gt tested was a base model, cuckold.

The Gt is faster and the zr1 is not street legal, cuckold.

Accept this. gm lost. sperg if you wish

>Slower
Lol

see

Nop it was tested on track mode with a racecar driver. Still lost to a fraction priced chebby set by a nerd. Get good lmao

>The Gt is faster regardless of its mode, cuckold.
Then why is it slower around VIR?

see

The GT at VIR wasn't street legal either.
And it was slower than the ZR1.
Ouch.

>2:37

Still faster

>You can't have track mode on the street ever
This doesn't explain what is illegal about the track mode.

My Chevy SS has a track mode and it's street legal

?

if the corvette had to be modified to compete then it should be disqualified, there is no reason to consider a modified car, "production"

The engineer also probably was instrumental in designing the ride quality and handling behavior of the ZR1, which in my mind is pretty badass.

Protip: the GT was also "modified".
And neither got "disqualified" from VIR's production car leaderboard.

I think the point is that USING track mode is illegal on public roads.
No idea if that's actually the case, though.

>the measuring instrument used is not in the production model
This is what we've come too.

It's about as bad as "this specific type of bucket seat is different from the bucket seat used in the production model".

...

>the great state of Virginia:

Commonwealth of Virginia. Get it right.

bucket seats are lighter than the stock ones and they increase the performance of the driver

The Ford also ran in track mode which is not street legal.

so that means this comparison is irrelevant?

Thanks Veeky Forums for reminding me why I never come here; I’m going for a walk.

If anything it levels the playing field.