Probe earned my respect

Couple weeks ago i met up with a kid that wanted to race me a while back. He drives a Probe GT 5 speed. It was a high way race that started at about 50-60 mph. first time i let him down shift and get the jump, second time i down shifted. needless to say it was the closest race i've ever had with another car. Both times he was at my door handle up til about 90 then i started to creep away. We both have about the same mods. So it was real exiting. GO DOMESTICS!!!!!:D

you mean MX6? :p

No it was a Ford probe GT

Unless you have quite a few mods, a Probe GT should beat you in a Cavalier every time if they are a decent driver.

So much for "go domestic" - all probes had mazda engines/transmissions and most internals (with the one exception of the 1st gen lx's in the years 1990-1992 which had taurus 3.0l V6's). Besides... it's cool having a mazda engine and parts.



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Doubtful. I can smoke a Stock z24 in my base Probe, I think this GT must've had some issues........

Does Anyone know how to replace the starter in a '93 GT V6. I'm in the process of buyin one and it needs a new starter and some rewiring. Thx:confused:

yea i beat many of cavys with intake exhaust and ect with eaz, the pgt driver must be shit

TRD hell yea!! thats tite to see a cavy owner actually knows what up

you're 13. you didn't beat any cavys.

you should really consider what you post when you put your birthday in your profile.

you note that you're 13 there, but you race cars?

remote control? hmm...


TRD...
tv was just jokin with you, the mx6 and probe are same car basically...

13? Damn i guess my birth certificate is wrong huh?

hey dude whats 2003 minus 1986????? 13? nah where u get that thirteen shit from?

and i thought i was bad at math

dude, fuck you.

i looked at it wrong.

i'm sick of young kids comin on here saying dumb shit.

you happen to follow the modus operandi of a certain dumb shit from minnesota who made similar posts.

my bad.

sorry.


did that sound sincere enough?

Man I lost all respect for cavaliers (which was very little to begin with) when I went with my friend out to lunch in his rental cavalier while his s10 is in the shop. This thing had only like 10k miles on it and sounded like it was going to fall apart any minute. It took us like 5 miles on a flat freeway just to hit 100

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85 ...
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95 ...
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Pretty much wouldnt go any faster
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lol whatever i just found it a way to make easy joke about me. We all mess up sometimes. I wasn't trying to me mean

I've ridden in a 95 Probe GT and in a 98 Cavalier Z24 and the probe would have beat the Cavalier easy.....Cavalier had intake and exhaust and Probe had exhaust and headers......I would say either the Probe driver couldnt drive, or you were the only one who knew you were racing

hey man its all good i just dont really like people tellen me how old i am

but what ever

I own a 94 Probe GT. It's all stock except for a K&N Filter and I have to say that stock for stock a Probe would kill a cavalier. I used to work for a tire shop so i've driven a lot of cars and a few Z24 Cavaliers and they were no match to the Probe at all. Even one with Intake,headers,exhaust against a stock Probe GT with even drivers would still loose. Maybe not as bad but he still would. Sorry but Probe GT's are fast cars.

There is nothing wrong with Minnesota, and There is no way a probe got beat by any cavy, just won't happen. Sorry.

i can vouch for that aint no way in hell a cavalier would beat a probeGt unless u boosting or seriously sparying. my only guess is that u did a ricer move and raced yourself and called it a kill.

Wasn't the Probe the illegitimate descendant to the Mustang?
and also When they gave the "Probe " its name, were they thinking of that tool that space aliens use to...ehem...you know...:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Probe-GTR
i can vouch for that aint no way in hell a cavalier would beat a probeGt unless u boosting or seriously sparying. my only guess is that u did a ricer move and raced yourself and called it a kill.

or pulled a fly by

Melt, if you're gonna take a rented domestic POS to 100 mph, please please please hold the steering wheel right. The cool one-hand-hanging-on-top look is great for chillin around town, but at high speeds we gotta keep our cars under full control at all times. ESPECIALLY, if you're gonna try to pass big black SUV's at 100+. Never know when some soccer mom in an SUV will change lanes without looking and then you're screwed. I'm no stranger to triple digits, but let's not be assholes on the roads.

Pffft.. its easy to beat a probe with a cavy! Just make sure you know something about sabotaging cars...!

hey guys....i was wondering...are probes pretty fast...??? i mean...0-60? with a 5speed GT? i was consider buying one and deckin it out.

0-60
93+pgt=7.5
93+pse=9.2
95+base cavy=11+
95+z24=8-9
Cavaliers are really slow compared to other cars with similar hp. The 93+ pse goes 0-60 in 9.2 seconds but it does that with only 118hp (compare to the 95+ base eclipse that does 0-60 in 9.0 with 140hp)

wow...thanks...probes are quick as hell

Originally posted by buymeabmwm3
Melt, if you're gonna take a rented domestic POS to 100 mph, please please please hold the steering wheel right. The cool one-hand-hanging-on-top look is great for chillin around town, but at high speeds we gotta keep our cars under full control at all times. ESPECIALLY, if you're gonna try to pass big black SUV's at 100+. Never know when some soccer mom in an SUV will change lanes without looking and then you're screwed. I'm no stranger to triple digits, but let's not be assholes on the roads.

I wasnt drivin :lol:

Alright first of all... A Z24 Cavalier has a 2.4 litre 4 cylinder. The Probe GT has a 2.5 Litre V6. In a race the Probe would demolish the cavalier, they had the same exact mods... the probe makes 175 horsepower and the Cavalier is like 150 I believe. Both the same about the same weight, you do the math. I beat a Z24 when I had a Eagle Talon with the NA 2.0 4 cylinder. And that has 140 horsepower. it was a 5 speed. Unless the drive of the Probe did not know how to drive, you without a doubt would have lost.

Wasn't the Probe the illegitimate descendant to the Mustang?


Actually, it was designed to replace the Mustang due to the "impending" gas shortage, which, as we all know, never happened... (where is that rolleyes smilie at now?)

It is rumored that the 4.6L DOCH v8 was origionally designed to fit under the Probe Bonnet.........

-Ironman

Actually the Probe/MX6 was designed by Mazda, not ford. It was never planned as a Mustang replacement, that was just speculation at the time. Maybe you are thinking of the Probe Concept car, but that wasnt going to be a Mustang replacement either. :screwy: :loser:

Actually the Probe/MX6 was designed by Mazda, not ford. It was never planned as a Mustang replacement, that was just speculation at the time. Maybe you are thinking of the Probe Concept car, but that wasnt going to be a Mustang replacement either. :screwy: :loser:
Actually this is wrong, kinda. Yes, ford thought about replacing the rear wheel drive Mustang with a front wheel drive Japanese designed car. One idea was to work with Mazda to create a similar platform that could be shared by both companies. The reason for this was Ford was concerned about getting caught in the middle of another fuel crisis, which made the consumer want economical cars, not muscle cars, at that time.

Once the public became aware of this, though many magazine articles,
the public quickly informed Ford that there was a demand for a rear wheel drive all American performance car. Ford quickly changed tack and gave their front wheel drive car the "Probe" badge. The probe was introduced in 89, and Mazda's version is know as the "MX6." So the "Probe" name itself was never designed to replace the Mustang, but the cars platform was to be the new Mustang. Only receiving the "probe" badge afterwards.

^^^ What he said.......

-Ironman

I do know ford was considering a more fuel effecient car as the succesor to the mustang and i also know that it was rumored to be the mx6/probe. However ive found no actual proof that the probe was ever actualy going to be badged as a mustang. If you look at the design of the probe then i think you will see cues from the many probe concepts that were being made long before the mx6 was designed. Why would ford make it look like the probe concepts and then call it a mustang? I agree it is possible that ford considered designing the next mustang on the MX6 platform but i highly doubt the production probe design was ever going to be badged as a mustang. Id like to see the source for your Info cause im interested in this topic.

standard catalog of Mustang 1964-2001
by Brad Bowling
2001 Krause Publications

could you maybe post the text that applies to this post?

could you maybe post the text that applies to this post?
I have tried three times, but this damn dial up connection keeps timing out before the file can be uploaded. I will try again later and see if it works then. Then maybe you'll believe me.

sounds good.
and btw, its not that i dont believe you cause im pretty open minded, but i just think there is some confusion over the same imformation.

Let's see if this works.

"I agree it is possible that ford considered designing the next mustang on the MX6 platform but i highly doubt the production probe design was ever going to be badged as a mustang." So yeah, I knew they were considering using that platform to make a mustang replacement but they never did, and the certainly werent planing on puting the v8 in there.

ummmmm

Did you read the same article as the rest of us???

Please re-read the top 2 paragraphs on the right hand side. It clearly states that Ford "quickly changed Tact and gave the front drive japanese engineered car a "Probe" nameplate"

All that was done AFTER the public was informed of this INTENDED move, and they then voiced their opinons........

As for the v8, Look at it REAL closely. It does fit nicely under a 2nd generation Probe hood.

-Ironman

yes i read that, but it doesnt mean that it was the same design.

I'm new to here and a base probe. In which is now a se. I worked for several weeks in doing a lot of mods to the car. Engine is bored, intake, custom 2 1/2 inches exhaust, j-spec cam, motorcraft performance plug wires(Costed enough),tranny shift kit,Yup thats right,perma-cool tranny aftermarket filter, run synethic oil in both tranny and engine. Not to mention the whole interior redone. For the cavalier running with the gt probe or mx6 BULL. do you know how bad I have ran off and left a cavalier behind. More than enough to make it look like the cavalier had nothing. I even out ran a z34 lumina with a 3.1. the race started on my way to school on morning. I was running about 60 and it passed me. I was wondering how fast it was funning. I got up to 80 mph. when i caught up with it. then i heard the guy kick it down. then i did to. well before I knew it, I was right on top of him. we both was runnig 90 mph at the time I pulled out to pass him. I passed him like he was setting still. he tried to catch up with me. but never could. I pulled about 2 car length's ahead of him before my radar starting going crazy. so I slowed down. A cop busted the guy for speeding. How do I know it was my cousin. Who had just bought the car.