the 1990-1995 Corvette ZR-1s LT-5 was naturally aspirated, un like todays 2009 Corvette ZR-1, to me its a factory car, no its not necessarily your standard Corvette, but it is a factory stock corvette none the less, and if it where supercharged, i think it would still be fair to compare it, it comes from the General motor factory, regardless of its tuning, it is stock, it is factory, it isn't even after market or experimental like the Corvette Sledgehammer. i personally think if the Farrari testerosa was also turbocharged everyone would still think it would be fair to compare it to the corvette ZR-1 like i said, Corvette has always offered different options to there customers on what performance to have, a corvette for a more affordable price, or a corvette that will tear up the road. also to say its in the same leage as a shelby cobra Mustang GT is not nessisarily true, beacuse that is a after market car, while the 1990-1995 Corvette ZR-1 comes from the factory, as is...
and to add, there are still more classic stock Corvettes that are even faster than the 1990 ZR-1, the 1969 Corvette ZL-1 with the ZL-1 Aluminum L-88 had 580hp at 6,600RPM and it was over 100 pounds lighter than its cast iron sister, the car came with semi racing tires, a low ration differential, and semi racing suspension, could do a quarter mile in the 11 second range. then you have the 1970 Corvette ZL-1 with the 600 HP LS-6 454, and im sure even the 1967 Corvette stingray, with the L-88 could give the testerosa a run for its money, the L-88 could crank out 560HP at 6,500RPM.
once again, i have nothing major agents farrari, i think they make nice cars, but i don't think there is "no substitute" for a farrari, there are plenty of cars that are just as good to me, Camaro, Chevell, Ect and thats my whole point i was trying to make, to me there is no such thing is "no substitue" for a farrari. i would also like to state that i am not angry or mad, this is a cool debate, and i have enjoyed debating 8)