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After going out to eat with a few friends, (3 people in car total), I see a nice new Pontiac G8 GT sitting in the lot next to my Mustang. A man and his girlfriend are about to get in the car when I compliment him on it.. he kind of gave me a cold "thanks", and took a good look at my car. (For those of you who don't know, the G8 GTs are equipped with a 6.0L V8 producing 362hp and an automatic transmission.)
He leaves before me, but as I pull out of the lot to turn right, I notice he just left, and is cruising at a really slow speed. I proceed to pass him at light throttle, and then he guns it by me.
At this point I knew he wanted to race. I was pretty sure I was going to lose, my only mods being a Steeda Tr-Ax, balled tires, and a CAI (I've got LTs at home.. waiting for an install!). I wanted to try anyways, being an interesting comparison. We line up together starting at 40mph.. he gets a slight jump on the start.. we go up to about 95mph.. he has a steady 2 car length lead the whole time. Then we line up at a stoplight.. and this is where I thought I might have an advantage, my car being a manual trans. It was literally a dead heat when we had to stop for traffic around 75mph.
I was proud of my modest GT, given that it could stick with a car with nearly 100 more horsepower, and the fact that I had an extra passenger.
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Originally Posted by thunderhorse
After going out to eat with a few friends, (3 people in car total), I see a nice new Pontiac G8 GT sitting in the lot next to my Mustang. A man and his girlfriend are about to get in the car when I compliment him on it.. he kind of gave me a cold "thanks", and took a good look at my car. (For those of you who don't know, the G8 GTs are equipped with a 6.0L V8 producing 362hp and an automatic transmission.)
He leaves before me, but as I pull out of the lot to turn right, I notice he just left, and is cruising at a really slow speed. I proceed to pass him at light throttle, and then he guns it by me.
At this point I knew he wanted to race. I was pretty sure I was going to lose, my only mods being a Steeda Tr-Ax, balled tires, and a CAI (I've got LTs at home.. waiting for an install!). I wanted to try anyways, being an interesting comparison. We line up together starting at 40mph.. he gets a slight jump on the start.. we go up to about 95mph.. he has a steady 2 car length lead the whole time. Then we line up at a stoplight.. and this is where I thought I might have an advantage, my car being a manual trans. It was literally a dead heat when we had to stop for traffic around 75mph.
I was proud of my modest GT, given that it could stick with a car with nearly 100 more horsepower, and the fact that I had an extra passenger.
The guy most have really sucked at his launch if he's in a new car with new tires and getting out launched by someone with bald tires. Sounds like a good time.
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11.79@118.53
BEST 60=1.68
BEST TRAP SPEED=120.60
I've never actually raced but according to my dyno numbers. I should run 8s on street tires.
Nice race, I saw a G8 GXP the other day on the interstate. I we probably would have run except there was too much traffic around. I'm pretty sure I would have gotten smoked by the GXP though... I need to hurry up and put the blower on... lol
nothin wrong with a stock 13.7 1/4 mile time! ...nice runs tho!..i wish i could get some action out here...do people look at my car and think its a six or somthin? ?
nothin wrong with a stock 13.7 1/4 mile time! ...nice runs tho!..i wish i could get some action out here...do people look at my car and think its a six or somthin? ?
I thought it was a sixxer before I read you post and I went back and took a closer look at your signature and realized that was dark dark green and not black.
That shouldn't matter though. You read posts about people getting races in their 6 cylinder mustangs all the time.
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02 GT vs Pontiac G8 GT
,FRPP 4.10 gears, Steeda Tri-Ax shifter, 315/35/17 Nitto DRs --- Vortech V1 S-trim @ 10 psi --
...nice runs tho!..i wish i could get some action out here...do people look at my car and think its a six or somthin? ?
