I finally got my GTR. I had one on order forever, Mercedes was holding them in a warehouse in Long Beach. I found this used one for $41K off MSRP with only 2K miles so I cancelled my order.
I've had it in my thread for awhile and got a lot of PM's about comparing the two, on the street and the track. I'm taking it to the track on Wednesday, but on street tires. In January I should have Forgelines for it and Michelin slicks and then I can see what she can really do.
On the street the GTR is MUCH faster and much more of a handful to drive. If any of you have driven a Benz with the Hot V turbo 4.0 you'll know what I'm talking about Never have I felt a car with so much off idle torque. The sound is incredible, like it shouldn't even be legal. The rear end of the car will step out with 3/4 throttle. The car NEEDS a much bigger wing I'm researching that now.
The car feels MASSIVE, even bigger than the Viper. The motor doesn't even start until over 4 feet back from the front bumper, which gives the car it's 53/47 rear bias.
My feeling is the GTR will annihilate the Viper on the straights, and going into slow turns the 4WS is crazy. You turn a corner and you don't really turn per se, the car rotates, like it's an ice skate. It feels freaky. The ACR will be faster coming out of slow turns because the wing will let me put power down faster. It's not really a fair compaison as the GTR is actually one class down in Nasa because of it's weight, but I think lap times will be very similar. I plan on tuning the GTR as well, and maybe do the turbo impeller upgrades which will put the car close to 800hp. I'm going to track it a few times a year, I don't want this car to get beat up obviously. I'll report back after my track day with my opinions on the two cars on the track.
Pics below. It's interesting to see how much lower the ACR is, the whole roofline/cockpit of the GTR is way bigger/taller. I think overall the Viper is way sexier, and the GTR looks meaner. Look at the wing envy in pick 4 LOL




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