I'm the new owner of a 2002 GTP... I also own an 87 Mustang GT that I bought brand new..
The Mustang, totally stock" would run 14.6's at 94 mph.. Does that sound like something a GTP can handle ?? After I mod'd my Mustang with a Kenne-Bell twin screw Whipplecharger, Edelbrock aluminum big valve heads, and a host of other go fast goodies.. It would run 11.6's at 120 mph on drag radials.. It dyno'd at the rear wheels, 400 rwhp at 5200 rpms.. And 486 ft lbs of rwtq at 2600 rpms.. It is a serious "torque monster" that takes very few prisoners on the street..
Unless you've put the pedal to over 500 lbs of torque, you really are guessing about how that feels.. My GTP is quick.. But my Mustang is awesome..Or was awesome.. I sold the whole supercharged 302 out of it.. I'm replacing it with a turbocharged 383 ci that should make close to 750 hp.. Now "THAT'S" gonna be fun
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It's probably nice having a modified GTP that can beat a stock Mustang.. But be warned.. There are Mustangs rolling the street with blowers "PLUS" nitrous oxide.. I know, cause my friend has one..