does anyone know if the gt500 FR comes with a warranty? it comes right off the assembly line as a race car.

 

[QUOTE=JasonD;6786322]Really? Says who? GM? What data? Performance or reliability or...?? And that is data...not "parts". The C6R is not a production vehicle built or owned by GM. I think Pratt and Miller built that (the dude that did my blower and cam install now works for them, on that car), and it is a tube-frame race vehicle with at most, GM sponsorship and advertising on it.



that info was from the owner of the race team mr, mitchum during his little seminar about the race car. i know the c6r is a race car but gm sponsors them and they take information from the c6r and put it into the street cars. everyone knows that. and mr mitchum didnt say what info they gave to gm. im guessing alot opf it is hush hush for now.

 

assuming the wreck wasnt caused by a malfunction in the car.

 

this is why porsche is one of my favorite cars and probably the next car i will buy. ive heard nothing but great things about the service deptartment and warranty issues. not to mention the cars have so much history and testing done that translates from the race cars to the street cars. other companies like infiniti ans nissan i have heard horror stories from.

 

"Made for both the daily commute and the race track, the GT500FR 'Road and Track' is a SEMA show car meant to promote Shelby and the GT500."

Source: www.supercars.net/cars/3642.html

 

No, and technically, it isn't offered by the Ford Motor Company directly but a division of it, Ford Racing Performance Parts.
http://www.fordracingparts.com/competition/default.asp

Here is your warranty info...
http://www.fordracingparts.com/announcements/news47.asp

And from the complete sheet...
http://www.fordracingparts.com/warra...d_warranty.pdf
and on, and on, and on... At least they don't leave that one open to interpretation.

Another type like that is the Dodge Challenger Drag Pack.
http://www.mopar.com/performance/dragpak.html
(Note that it comes with an automatic transmission! )

Note that there is a huge distinction in how they are presented, who the target buyer is, etc.

Sponsorship is not ownership. Heinz Ketchup doesn't own the Family Guy TV show.

Information, sure...there are cars running around Detroit right now collecting information that makes it to production. That doesn't mean they are specifically taking parts (not data) off the Mitchum race car and putting them on the ZL1. This goes back to terms like "race-inspired".

I am no lawyer (and I don't even play one on TV), but something like that would probably go through the court system before GM would claim fault. Think about how much crap the Ford/Firestone tire issue went through. That was a nightmare.

 

sorry i meant the fr500

 

are you really trying to deny that gm does not take any information from the c6r race team and translate it into the corvette? and why would the owner of the team say that he transfers technical data to gm about the motor, when your claiming that gm has nothing to do with anything that they sponsor as far as the racing? because gm does take this information and put it in cars. this is where they get the best testing for their motors. which brings me back to the 5.5 in the c6r. why the hell would they have this in the c6r unless it were going to be in the production vehicle, which by the way the gt class the vette races in is a production based class.

challenger drag pack sounds liek a drag based car....weve all determined a auto is better in a drag car...the zr1 isnt a drag car....or even a race car...... its a factory warranty holding garage queen.

 

So anyway, I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned the manual trans car now comes with launch control and the car will also have performance traction management (PTM) as well.

Seems like if the launch control works as claimed it should somewhat equalize things on the street from a stop when compared with the automatic (assuming both cars are stock).

 

Nobody is trying to argue with you, we are just telling you your warranty will be voided if you take it to a track. If you don't care about your warranty on a $55k car then do whatever and don't warry about it, just don't whine if you take the car autocrossing and blow the motor or warp the brakes and expect GM to pick up the tab. I don't understand what is so hard to comprehend about this? Do you really think Mercedes Benz drives their cars in circles around lawyers or people are gonna take their toyota tundra up a fire engulfed tower? It's called advertising, 99% of the population seems to understand this.

 

guess im that 1% that doesnt understand a performance car not being covered when you drive it as intended...track or street..... maybe i should switch to porsche..they seem to understand.

 

No, and nor did I say that. I was going by what you said...

You said PARTS. Not INFORMATION. Which is why I asked which parts are they taking off the Mitchum race car and are putting on the ZL1.

I said sponsorship doesn't not equal ownership. I didn't say GM had nothing to do with it. And I DID say that data gets utilized on all levels, I mentioned it above about test cars in Detroit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrol...vette_C6.R_GT2
At this point, I am happy to let the conversation get back to the A6 in the ZL1. If anyone would like me to explain what I know about some things, feel free to ask me elsewhere at any time.

One last thing...Porsche's 2011 warranty...
http://files.porsche.com/filestore.a...ault&version=2

 

i understand the fact that a warranty doesnt cover me turning a car into a race car, but i dont understand why the warranty is void if you go to a drag strip even once or a track for a open track day on a bone stock brand new car......

 

sorry for the derailing....i was just caught off guard and confused.

 

Ok. FR500...

"The Ford Racing Mustang FR500 is a highly tuned race variant of the Ford Mustang, featuring V8 engine. These are turn key race cars not designed for public road use. Each FR500 model is built with a unique Ford Racing number, and not a DOT VIN. Each is built when ordered through Ford Racing. Each FR500 is built by the same plant, in Flat Rock (Michigan), as the standard Mustang."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang_FR500