Ian

Hopefully soon im going to be buying a 99-04 gt, mach 1, etc.. Anything of that style except a v6...Ok anyways i test drove an 03 gt and was pretty impressed with it but the problem is im getting people telling me a TPI 305 camaro or firebird is able to keep pace with a gt of this year, also that the 5 speeds in the 'stangs cant handle that much power. This i highly doubt because i own a 1990 formula firebird with a 305, i have never raced against a 4.6 but my 305 doesnt feel that fast, so maybe you guys could help me out with 1/4 mile times, peak power, things like that, anything technical so i could learn some more before i put myself into another loan and then realize i screwed up and cant do anything about it at that point. Any information you guys can give is greatly appreciated, thanks alot.

sickspeedgt

ummmmmm............ what year firebird are we talking about. weren't the early 90's TPI i think the gts are as fast if not faster than those. but smooth body style i hear are a little faster, don't know what what they are called, is it f-bodys, or is that just camaros.

Ian

No Firebirds are f bodies to, i would hope a 99-04 gt would be alot faster since there hasnt been a TPI car in 13 years.

jkm1987

i have raced one from a stop light and then again for a 2nd gear rolll raped him both times when i asked the dude if he wanted to run the first thing he said was "sure but your gonna smoke my ***" and he right cool guy though

Ian

was this when you had all the work done or was this stock for stock?

sandcracker21

well....as for sum stats, the 03GT has

260 hp

0-60 in 6 sec

5 speed

max speed 155

redlines at 5500

T1H5ON

dude the 305's suck total @$$, they have like 180-190 hp at the crank, there slooooooowwww!

blownstanger

Yeah , I used to beat those things in my V6 Camaro, with minor mods.

Acer2428

buy at least a Mach1, if not an 03-04 cobra... everything else you'll have to DUMP money into to make it fast.

04BlueGT

Is it 5500? I thought it was a little higher. I run mine up to the rev limiter, which I think is about 6250, mayble a little less.

Yeah, the Cobras are much faster and MUCH more $$$. I didn't get the impression that the guy has REALLY deep pockets for this purchase. Go with the late model GT.