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RR4 said:
Ok, let's HONESTLY and INTELLECTUALY put both cars on identical tires. Done.
BUT lets ALSO even up the field by putting 85 more HP in the RS OR dropping the Z06's HP down by 85HP.
This arguement leads me to simply say 'so what?'
Why is it important how much power the car has? If Someone could drop a VTEC Hinda Civic engine into a chassis and have it lap the same times, would that make it the better car? (If so, its called the Ariel Atom - actually the Atom is probably "better" because it would likely lap the track in less time than both cars)
If the lap time is the measure, then they are all equal, and they would accomplish the same task but with different overall designs. You may like one design, or enjoy driving one more than the other, but when talking about lap times, they are equal.
Is a Veyron less than a GT3 because it produces much more power but only provides a marginal improvement in acceleration and top speed? There is a law of diminishing returns at the upper stratosphere of cars.
The only thing that matters is how the car performs, and as long as we are talking about lap times to compare, you can't say that one car is better or less equal just because its designers & engineers have chosen to use an engine that creates less power and torque, or a more efficient eficient way of implementing the engine power. All you can say is that one car is more efficient than the other.
Sportscars are hardly an arena to praise efficiency . . .
When a Z06 smokes a GT3, or a Vette wins at Sebring time after time, I'm sure the losers aren't very much consoled by the fact that their car might have less hp. . .