2016 GT350 vs 2016 Stingray

I have one simple answer: I passed a couple of them on track at NCM; and none passed me in my 16 Tech package with aftermarket tranny cooler.

btw, mine is the white with blue stripe tech package just as shown above...love this beasty beauty!

Stingray is no problem. A well driven Grand Sport can be hard to beat in the twisty parts. A well driven Z06 is a rocket. The key term is "well driven". The posers in Vettes, Vipers, Ferraris, etc. are easy. The track has a way of sorting them out.

BTW, mine is white with blue stripes like the photo above. It's the first white car I've owned and I love it.

I considered the Stingray when looking at the Shelby. I decided I wouldn’t be happy with a standard model (slightly more $$ than Shelby), the power in the Stingray didn’t empress me, the Z01 was closest to my desire in its too much.

I think you made a better choice. The 5.2L sounds the best out of all manufactures currently developing cars except for the Aston Martin Vulcan.

The base Stingray will stick with the GT350 no problem, the R will give it trouble in the braking zones. The Grand Sport and Z06 will blow the GT350R out of the water driver for driver, just different class vehicles. I would like the Shelby 550 for that fight.

As some of the previous posts noted, the Stingray/GS models are not difficult to keep ahead of. The only ones I can't keep up with are the Z06's. I typically track at Sebring, and have no issues staying ahead of the vettes. I just have a baseline GT350 but plan on throwing a set of the R wheels when I get the money saved up. Starting to wonder if the GT500 is gonna be the Z06 eater. Time will tell.

Throw something like a Roush supercharger or twin turbo's on a GT350 you will be waving goodbye to the Corvette owner as you pull away.

BigblockCobra said:

Throw something like a Roush supercharger or twin turbo's on a GT350 you will be waving goodbye to the Corvette owner as you pull away.

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My neighbor has a Callaway and it's faster than my 350.

BigblockCobra said:

Throw something like a Roush supercharger or twin turbo's on a GT350 you will be waving goodbye to the Corvette owner as you pull away.

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Yea considering a GT350 and ZL1 driven by Randy Pobst only had a difference of 1.5 secs in lap times, I'd say it's a good guess throwing a supercharger or twin turbos on a 350 will allow you to leave corvettes in the rear mirror. You might have an argument with the Z06, but that's it. And yes I know the ZL1 is a Camaro, but it runs the same 650 HP engine as the Z06, so I would say it's at least similar in comparison.

This is also why I am curious about how the GT500 is going to turn out. Exciting times.

DewmsEleanor said:

As some of the previous posts noted, the Stingray/GS models are not difficult to keep ahead of. The only ones I can't keep up with are the Z06's. I typically track at Sebring, and have no issues staying ahead of the vettes. I just have a baseline GT350 but plan on throwing a set of the R wheels when I get the money saved up. Starting to wonder if the GT500 is gonna be the Z06 eater. Time will tell.

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I'm no pro but I am SCCA licensed. If you look at the lateral G specs and braking of the two, the stingray GS/Z06 will reel the GT350R in, in the corners and braking zones. If the Stingray GS beats the Z/28 and the Z is a handful to say the least for the GT350R, then you must have seen bad drivers on the track, which are numerous compared to good ones. I am a Ford and Chevy fan, but let's be realistic when we compare the two. The big boy Shelby competes with the Non base stingray.

Although I own Mustangs, but I am also a huge Chevy fan. Back in the days, if you owned a Corvette, you were the king and if you owned Camaros, Mustangs, Firebirds, etc... you owned a poor man's Corvette. Nowadays, Some of these Camaros out gun the Corvette. Having said that, there is nothing that even remotely comes close to the music of the Voodoo engines.

17snake said:

Although I own Mustangs, but I am also a huge Chevy fan. Back in the days, if you owned a Corvette, you were the king and if you owned Camaros, Mustangs, Firebirds, etc... you owned a poor man's Corvette. Nowadays, Some of these Camaros out gun the Corvette. Having said that, there is nothing that even remotely comes close to the music of the Voodoo engines.

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I love that flat plan crank, it makes all the sound difference. Do you think they skipped to cross plan crank on the new GT500 for boost reasons? I think it takes away from that voodoo magic.

Last I checked the next model that will be making 700 hp is a 5.2L engine with a supercharger on it.

Golf clubs in back of GT350. Try that with a Corvette!

GT350: competitive at the track, fabulous daily driver, sounds amazing, lots of groceries in the back, and I can pick up the kids from school in an emergency. Shelby all day.