Ford GT v Corvette Z06: DRAG RACE

What will you win in a

drag

race

between a Corvette Z06 and a third-generation GT? Well, let's find out because I'm going to

race

them in the quarter mile. I'm Matt Watson and you're now watching Carwow. let me tell you about this Corvette Z06 that was kindly loaned to me by Jesse uji, who is a NASCAR driver. I actually reviewed this car in another video. There's a link to that in the description, so thanks Jesse for letting me

drag

you along. race this car, it has a 5.5L naturally aspirated V8 sitting right behind me, it makes 670 horsepower and 625 Newt M of torque, this car weighs 1,585 kilos which is dry weight, I think it's wet with fluids and everything you're looking at around you. an additional price for 100kg of these things, well they start at £83,000, while the dollar equivalent in the US, this is £137,000 with all the options included, although if you're trying to buy one in the US, usually distributors will do this.

I charge extra over the recommended retail price because they are in such high demand. It's a lovely car. I like it a lot, but not as much as that car over there, so let's talk to its owner and driver, who by the way is the guy who designed the second generation 4D GT his name is camoo pra hello Camilo how are you ready? you ready to go well no white Camilo because we need some stats on your rather nice Ford GT we have 650 horsepower in an aluminum V6 with twin turbos okay yeah I think it's a 3.5L isn't it ?

You actually have a little less horsepower than me. I have an extra 20, but I know your car has more torque, right? It has good torque. Don't know. what is the vehicles weight so I think your car is lighter than this one I think it weighs 1,385 kilos but again that is dry weight so with the fluids it will add an extra 100 kilos in terms of torque , that thing makes 750. that's the difference between having twin turbos and naturally aspirated, which is why there's more talk about me having less weight, are you sure? So I have to ask you this question: you designed the second generation Ford GT, now you have a third. generation, which car do you think looks better?

Just talking about design as a designer and the guy who designs the Mark. To be honest, it's like saying which of your children you like the most. It's a difficult choice and the best answer to that. I just want you both to be okay then, but you're in a burning building? You can only rescue one of your children. Which child do you rescue? He is one or none. I guess I'd have to take the second generation. I bet I am. I'm not going to tell you on the radio, but I prefer not to be told. Let's talk about values.

I think the new one in the UK was £430,000 but its value has gone up like a standard one is about a million in the UK at the moment, what was the price of that new one? This one here, I think, was £550,000 and that was the base model with no options, but you've done a few things to that car now so the paint isn't original, right? You've had it painted. Oh, this vehicle is like number 11 in our exclusive series for GTS. It is one of three from the third generation that we have made. It has been completely disassembled and painted with ExAlta paint, very OEM-like. uh execution so the vehicle when it's put back together looks like a production vehicle and there's also some other special things about the paint scheme or what's on the body so tell us now this one has been signed by a couple of my friends. uh, Peter Brock, who is the designer of the Daytona Coupe for Carol Shelby, among many other Shelby items, and it's also signed by Bob Bandant, who is no longer with us.

He drove the four GTS to many victories in the '60s and is also signed by Mario Andred. which he also drove for GTS uh in the 60's so it's a unique car and all that increases the value so you need to take special care of it today certainly how much would I have to pay you to buy that car from you? Now I think if they offered me 1.5 I would think about it, but that was the goal when I finished it because I rotated a lot of Ford GTs after doing an exclusive series, but we had a lot of fun with this at Laguna sea, you know, I was sitting there looking at it and I didn't I'm gonna sell.

I just have to find another way to do a second-generation car right, but we're going to have some fun with it right now. running, so let's get on with the race, but before we do, I just want to say a big thank you to the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles for helping set this all up. You can probably see the flags there now. I actually put a link to your CH. I can't hear you anymore, it's okay. I was just talking to the camera so you didn't need to hear it and my finger was getting a little cramp from holding down the button so I'm going to continue so yeah, big thanks to the Peterson Museum.

Follow that link and check out some of the crazy car drag racing like this on his channel. Okay it will really help us and we will say Matt sent you his Go to the channel and comment properly and as always if he is thinking of selling his car he can do it through carw. It's very easy, all you have to do is upload a few photos of your car, provide a brief description and then dealers across the country will bid. at an online auction, it's very simple and completely free to check it out now, click on the pop-up banner there or the link in the description below, alternatively just search on Google, help me and we will help you sell your car, let's move on. with this race, oh, before we have to remember where the sound check was held.

I'm going to rev this flat crank V8. It looks like I have a soft limiter, let's see if we can get rid of that. What's going on? No, I do not like. That motherfucker to be able to put it on the non-soft limiter, you have to hold it down, you have to put it in gear and then hold down both pedals and then it turns blue as you'll see on the screen and then you can start accelerating it. right, that was Jesse on the radio, here we go, let's do it properly, thanks for that Jesse, that was much better, what do you think of that?

So camouflage sounds good, guys, ready for this, okay, let's be honest, Camilo, this sounded better, right? It's music to the ears, yeah, right now we can finally compete, let's do this, who's so sad? R, come on, he's coming now, come on, let's go for GM, come on, GM, GM, no, oh, um, I think you won, it seemed like I crawled in the In the end, it was an amazing race. I took you off the line, my car went a little to the side and then you were right behind me and you slowly dragged me and I think you finally caught me, that was awesome, I mean I had a little bit of a turn to get past, but once I got hooked I was on my way, so that's a win for the striker against GM.

It's a good way to spend the afternoon. It's not over yet, buddy, it's not over yet. So what exactly happened? Well, it was very close to the line, but slow-motion replay of the action reveals that it was the Ford that was only narrowly ahead of the Chevrolet; However, both cars cross the line with a quarter mile time of 11.2 seconds, now we are on a rolling race from 50. m hour about the half mile I'm going to call in 3 2 once oh turbo lag my friend is already done done done how are you that yes, I missed your queue to go no, you can't say that, I thought I won, okay, I had fun trying to catch you.

I'll give you the benefit of the Dow. I'll give you another chance, but it's still for now. try it again, yeah, let's do it again, good and camouflage, this is your second chance, this time no excuses, my friend, wait a minute, come on, then level up, here we go, are you ready, well, let me go up level, lower the level a little. go back back tiger easy no yet no not yet no no no no no no no no no I said go no come back let's go again let's go then camoo you have to wait for me to leave 3 2 1 go so come on let's go are we doing this now ?

Well I'll be back, wait there, wait there, we'll get there eventually. Is he just playing with me? Part of me thinks he is. Hello, hello, right? Hello, everyone. right now I'm just going to try to follow you but it's hard to predict when you're going to say go there's a clue before I say go I give you 3 2 1 and then I say go I'll be listening to you Okay here we go and I'll talk out loud so you can hear me . Let me go drive. Okay, come on, stay on my level then. Camilo. I'll set the pace, so in third gear, get into third gear.

Nice and level. We'll increase it, we'll get to about 50 and then wait, wait, wait, okay then there you go buddy here we go three 3 2 1 come on oh come on no no no what happened you definitely beat me or were beating me , but I think. You may have hit the brakes a little before the half-mile mark. If I were a good Spore, I'd let you do it again, but I may not be and then we'll use a final photo to find out if you really did it. to beat me on the line I think I broke a little early Would you like one last try?

Yeah, I think we're getting better at that. You're good at throwing, which is the tough thing the rolling race is struggling with. Yeah because I can't hear you over the noise of the engine, oh fool, okay, I'll catch you, I'll catch you. Is it worth checking if the 4 GT's radio is one of the quiet ones and seeing if we can get a better one? one there just in case there's a problem, don't worry, there you go, I think it might sound better now, okay, let's turn it up, I'm sorry I gave you a D kiss, buddy, all those problems were our fault, so we'll wipe the slate clean and this is the rolling race that matters, okay, that sounds good to me, let's go up to third gear, okay, here we go 3 2 1, come on, here we are, where is he?

No, he hasn't had a chance. I think that after that process you lost, yes. I was definitely behind you the whole time, so what was it that you put on the floor as soon as I said, "go ahead," was your response? Well, was it the car that had a little turbo lag? What was it? I think it's turbo lag. It takes me a minute to get a good boost and that's the beauty of naturally aspirated cars, isn't it that they just respond like that? Yes, I think it would be better with a supercharger. Yes, I think most of us would be actually.

Prefer. superchargers than turbochargers if I'm brutally honest anyway there's one last challenge and that's the brake test so it's all up for grabs for now one every drag race for you rolling race for me let's do the brake test , let's decide who wins the GM now. we're going to have a brake test from 100 mph when we get to the cones we're going to do a full emergency stop, the car that stops in the shortest distance wins, come on, camoo, level up buddy, stay level, here we go , here come the cones now. break I think you won that uh that almost seemed to work out well so it's 21 for Ford.

What I mean is that you won the drag race, which is what matters most. I was very surprised at how this performed on the rolling course. I did a great job. on the brakes, although I assume your car is lighter, more track focused, even more so than this. He did the job well done, thank you very much, it was great. Now I just want to thank Camilo for coming and lending me his car. movie with and Jesse for letting me drive this car and of course the Peterson Automotive Museum for fixing this whole drag race for us anyway.

I hope you enjoyed the video, if you gave it a like let me know which of these two cars. no, actually, let me know if you're a Ford or a GM person in the comments still there Matt no, we're, I'm just talking to the camera, you can stay there for a moment. I'm like finishing. I'm finishing the video, let me know which one do you prefer Ford or GM in the comments below, click on those windows to see more videos and on that box to go to car and sell your car the easy way, all you have to do.

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