96 3000GT VS. Mustang GT

Who would win between a 96 3000GT Base auto VS a Mustang GT auto? It was about 1am and had the munchies so went to the nearest gas station and there was a girl with ford mustang GT. I asked her if it was a GT and she said yes. I am sure it could since its a V8 and has 260 HP and puts out 302LB of torque. My GT is the base only and has about 230 hp. Would it even be a close race?

Depends what year the GT was. The newer ones run mid 14s I believe. But the older ones( for instance my friend's 98 GT) ran 15 flat as a manual. If it were an 'older' auto, it would come down to the driver.

yea, if it was a newer one, you would have got walked, especially from a stop. If it was a pre-99 stang, it would have been close.

Well I know for sure you it wasnt newer then 99 maybe like a 96 or 97 stang gt. Its an auto so you think it would be close?

it should be, just dont race him from a stop, N/A automatic 3/S trannies, stock, are dogs from a stop, which is why their 1/4 mile is considerately slower, now from a roll, it'll compete with the manual, so try and run him from a roll.

there both autos though.

I have a stealth ES and i raced my friends 2000 Mustang and it wasnt even a GT, but i started out about 30 feet in front of him an i seen him get closer then he went past me :(.. we are both autos

really? wow there only 190hp though mine is 230 about.

there both autos though.


it doesnt matter, domestic auto trannies will rape a stock N/A mitsu tranny off the line

this is why you see domestic autos beating a lot of the manuals off the line, and not our cars autos doing so

man that sucks why is that?

man that sucks why is that?


our transmissions weren't built nearly as good

My car is an ES .it has DOHC plus some other stuff.. it has about 240HP

a guy at a transmission shop was tellin me that 3s transmissions are just beefed up honda trans. and the engine is too big for the trans. to begin with

there's really nothing wrong with our transmissions, its the same style transmission as DSM cars which have proven horsepower.

I have thrown 350 FWHP at the tranny with just a tranny cooler, and it held the power fine, i only burned up one end clutch in a year. Now the tranny has every mod, and in a couple of weeks, i'm about to throw 450+ FWHP at it, and see what kind of pounding it can take.

is a transmission cooler easy to install?.. an another thing..do u know how an auto transmission is supposed to shift?

high stall tc's help our autos significantly off the line dont they?