Handling System, and ten-spoke aluminum wheels with Goodyear's Eagle F1 Tires. These all add up to better traction, improved handling, and more power to the ground, which could, we figured, offset the power advantage of the ZR-1 in our head-to-head drag strip showdown.
Finding a dead-stock ZR-1 for our shootout proved difficult. Seems like everyone who owns one of these rare beasts has performed some type of modifications, from mild to wild. We finally located Harry Mortner, a schoolteacher and owner of a mostly stock ZR-1. Even though Harry had made some mild aftermarket enhancements to his red 1991 ZR-1, like a custom chip from Doug Rippie Motorsports, Borla Challenger cat-back exhaust system, and dual K&N air filters, we felt it was close enough to stock to accept the car for our shootout, especially when we learned that our Z06 was also mildly modified.
Retired business owner Buzz Nielsen owns the Millennium Yellow 2001 Z06 used