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I'm not into the maths of physics anywhere near as much as swamp or bruce but the variation between the different results lead me to consider that some of the early examples were ringers.
The transmission offering a reason for it incredible times, don't buy that either because look at the recent M-DCT times, the improvement on trap speed and times are usually quite small compared to the manual cars. The awd system will allow the car to get those first dozen meters off the line perfectly but after that it holds no advantage what so ever. The only thing I see possible is that a Corvette has a very slow gearbox compared to an M3 and if the vette was given a similar transmission it would be even better again than the GTR.
The only example I have seen is by Autocar when they test the acceleration of the Z06 and found the gearbox extremely slow and awful to use, might have been a bad example and you guys will know better about this that me. But if an M3 can post 113mph then an extra 5mph or so would surely be possible from an extra 60hp/more ft/lbs and a superior traction system without resorting to the 550hp+ being suggested.
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