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Originally Posted by Sexy beast
Yeah, that's because it's a z06...the suspension is raced tuned. The suspension on the Murcielago is not entirely optimized. Race tune the suspension on the Murcielago...and it will run circles around the Z06. The tyres are also different, so this is a futile comparison.
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Actually the Z06 suspension is not entirly race tuned, because the Z51 package that comes as an option to the standard C5 equiped with Z06 wheels holds to the ground just as strong as the Z06 suspension package. It actually posted a better increasing/decreasing slalom than the Z06 and it was only .02g off the Z06. (Car and Driver 09/03). The Z51 suspension is stiffer than the equiped Z06 suspension, making it just as competitive as the Z06. The Lambo is just to heavy to be outhandling the Z06. Tires on the Lambo are just as good as on the Corvette, in fact the rear tires on the Murcielago are 13in. wide compared to a 10.5in. wide rear tire on the Z06, which in turn should give the Murcielago a marginal greater gripping surface.
Also I'm not getting into race tunning either of these cars. I'm making a stock comparison. Once you tune either of the two, their no longer being compared fairly.
And I am sure a racing tuned Murcielago would run circles around a Z06, and vise versa.