OC_ said:All this hypothetical mumbo-jumbo!
Well, I think there is no real way to tell unless someone goes out there and drive it around the same track that an original one did. I can find some lap times on-line from back in the day, but I don’t know if an EXACT comparison is even possible since a lot of the tracks have changed over the years.
But for now; until we can race the old and the new side by side, we can compare specs. I think the most relevant specs to compare would be weight and power. Along with something a little more subjective like, what the car does at the limits.
I’m really interested in how these cars perform on the track; because if I get one, I want it to be a total track car.
Here’s something of interest: a Porsche 917/10 lapped the Nordschleife in 7:31:40 in 1973
While a new Z06 did a 7:42.9
But the tracks have changed over the years and the Z06 had a 2km shorter distance on the modern track…
I think back in 1973, Nurburgring had a full fledged jump…
Not only have the tracks changed but the Tires, brakes and shocks are exponentially better than they were back in the day..
Not sure you would ever get a valid comparison unless you were to get an original and a replica side by side on the same rubber and same brake compounds as well as shocks..