Well it went down.. not like it was suppose to.. we werent goin to race til tomorrow when we could get into the private airport but it is goin to rain.. so my (buddy) with the mach 1 who (lied) to me. hooked us up and we decide to run them on I 70.. we meet in hardee's parking lot and i see the mach but no gto.. then wait from around the corner comes a bright red ls2 gto..wonder what happened to the 04..So i said i wasnt goin to run for money cause i new the out come.. so we just went out and messed around for a while.. on I 70 we went from a 20 mph roll.. its off i run 2nd hard redline bamb switch gears tires chirp.. and by the time i was shifting out of 3rd into 4th it seemed like he had a good 9 or so car length on me..good thing i didnt bet no money.. so gettin off the interstate we are going like 5 mph so we get the first red light.. we go from the dig and he hooked good on stock tire i didnt even go hard in 2nd just gave up and saved myself a ticket.. them gtos are fast... that made me doubt my car.. but i had some good runs with trans ams how well could i go against a ws6 not just a trans am...o well cant win them all !

 

Don't feel bad. Your car has a 4.6 and is rated at 260 hp, while the much more expensive LS2 GTO has a 6.0 rated at 400 hp. The Goat should easily hit 12.9 stock with a good driver.
As far as a Trans Am vs a WS6 Trans Am, there is no straight line performance difference. The WS6 has I believe a slightly upgraded suspension and a "ram air" hood. Ram air doesn't really do crap, it lets GM lie about hp ratings and charge more money, kinda like a Camaro Z28 and a Super Sport.

 

Also, your car is an '04 and that GTO is an '05, and as we all know it's only fair to compare cars of like model years (right, Cobra guys?). A 2005 Mustang GT vs a 2005 GTO or a 2004 Mustang vs a 2004 GTO would be more fair, even though the price comparison would still not be fair.

 

I didn't think 05 GTO's were anymore than $31,000-$32,000 which is about the same as a loaded 05 GT and a loaded 99/04 Convertible GT?

 

You can't really compare non-performance options packages in a bang-for-the-buck discussion. The '05 GT starts at ~$26k and the '05 GTO starts at ~$33k, I think. Something like that. My car was probably ~$22k-$23k new, compared to a convertible Camaro SS, which woulda been at least $10k higher but not faster at all.

 

Thats pretty funny! Orange04gt, you arent going to have any fun against an LS1(i didnt mean for that to rhyme). Those cars a pretty much going to smoke yours without extensive motor work. Good luck though and good job on not racing the 400hp LS2 for money.

 

no ricer flyby? that would have ensured your victory!

buy a bottle and go at him again.

 

Thats what i was thinking. A good 100 wet shot should put him ahead of one. Especially for how much the GTO weighs.

 

sux that you lost, but, yeah.....LS2's are NO joke. bada$$ cars !!! i love the "nostrils" on the '05 GTO's. sooo pretty.....*drools*

 

yea i love the look of the nostrils too... idk if its just me but they always seem to look 100 times better out of your rear view mirror....