97+ GTP vs. 5.0L Mustang

[GTP Racer]

97+ GTP vs. 5.0L Stang... hmm.. no competition for GTP, ud think a 5.0 would win, well ur wrong. Ive raced 10 5.0's and have won everysingle time, except for 1 time, when it was a 89' saleen SSC, haha, i dont know y i raced him, i put up a good fight tho.. A 5.0L gets a GTP off the line almost everytime, because most of them r 5spd's.. and GTP is auto. But when u have the performance shifting on, you have no problem flying right past them... stock 5.0L has 225hp, mine has 240 stock... but with my Pulley Boys 3.75 pulley, and my Magnuson Nose Drive i have no problem with any 5.0L or Supercoupe. To tell the truth a car that puts up more of a fight is the 96' Taurus SHO, and 00' SVT Contour.. for some reason every car i race is either a 5.0 or a supercoupe, so if u ever go to a line wit one, dont worry ull winif u go pontiac...

[97grandprix]

true, i was at a test and tune type of drag night and i saw a few gtp beat out the stangs. needles to say it was a good night to own a gtp !

[TTLXStang]

I cant take anything from the GTP's. They are bad ass BUT come on guy, are you serious?? In my town, there are about a million Mustangs that would drop hammer on any GTP. I know they can be RELATIVELY quick but there are 10 second Stangs running around(mine being one of them) on the street that would rape you. Be careful of silly statements, there are some Mustang owners that browse here too.

[Mr. Cynical]

Originally Posted by TTLXStang

I cant take anything from the GTP's. They are bad ass BUT come on guy, are you serious?? In my town, there are about a million Mustangs that would drop hammer on any GTP. I know they can be RELATIVELY quick but there are 10 second Stangs running around(mine being one of them) on the street that would rape you. Be careful of silly statements, there are some Mustang owners that browse here too.

Yeah, if you're not careful, this guy will rape you! Yeek!

[gtp 2000]

lets not kid ouselves here, as a proud owner of a gtp, i can say that a mustang will twack a prix unless you have some knuckle head driving it. stick to beating up on honda's toyota's or nissans, they are more our speed

[Ripn12s]

Saying that "a mustang" will "twack a prix" is a blanket statement.

These 2 cars are great examples of not knowing what you are going to get.

I've beaten my share of Mustangs and been beaten by Mustangs. I'm not afraid to race a mustang, and it's a great feeling when you pull away from the mustang driver that was too cocky for his own good.

I'll say this though, since moving to Texas I've come across many more of the Fast Mustangs than the slow ones.

Later,

Tim

['00' GTP]

I agree with ripn I think that the half the time you will win. I think that it also has to do with your particular car.

I had a friend who had a T/A WS6, that car could beat any other WS6 out there. He even switched cars to see if it was skill. and his car still won. I think that it is in the luck of the draw

[carnutcass]

Originally Posted by TTLXStang

I cant take anything from the GTP's. They are bad ass BUT come on guy, are you serious?? In my town, there are about a million Mustangs that would drop hammer on any GTP. I know they can be RELATIVELY quick but there are 10 second Stangs running around(mine being one of them) on the street that would rape you. Be careful of silly statements, there are some Mustang owners that browse here too.

It's all relative fellas. Yeah, there are plenty of really fast Stangs that would EAT a heavily modded GTP. But many of us here have modded GTPs that will EAT stock GT's.

If I pull up to a light and the Mustang next to me is shaking because of it's high HP mods, I ain't racing. Simple as that.

[GTPgirl]

Relative is definitely the word for it. I've got a stock GTP, and I've outrun my share of stock Stangs and Camaros and Firebirds. I've outrun a 305 V8 Camaro (Although I think a goodly part of that was skill ) But I'm not about to say I could beat any Stang, any Camaro, any Firebird on the road.

You don't just have to wager on the car. You've also got the driver's skill as a factor.

[Shortbus]

Originally Posted by GTPgirl

Relative is definitely the word for it. I've got a stock GTP, and I've outrun my share of stock Stangs and Camaros and Firebirds. I've outrun a 305 V8 Camaro (Although I think a goodly part of that was skill ) But I'm not about to say I could beat any Stang, any Camaro, any Firebird on the road.

You don't just have to wager on the car. You've also got the driver's skill as a factor.

Tell me the kill story about the V8 camaro! I have yet to go up against one.

[GTPgirl]

Not much of a story...We haven't had a chance to line 'em up and me prove once and for all that I've got him beat, but we were flying down the road in the middle of the night once, he had his car pegged out, I was right on his tail, and I still had pedal and speedo. (It's my best friend, by the way. '92 Camaro RS.) Apparently, the V8's in the '92s only had about 195HP, and I've got 240HP stock. Granted, with the right skill his car might still outrun me, I think I've pretty well got him beat.

I can't wait til we get the chance to line 'em up and actually race 'em.

[ryuhito]

Originally Posted by gtp 2000

lets not kid ouselves here, as a proud owner of a gtp, i can say that a mustang will twack a prix unless you have some knuckle head driving it. stick to beating up on honda's toyota's or nissans, they are more our speed

Watch those 'honda's toyota's or nissan's'. Some of those things weigh quite a bit less than our big ass GPs. Though weight didn't help the Civic (with the coffee can muffler and the giant APC sticker on the windshield) that revved on me tonight. And was driving my stock GT (snicker). My girlie just got a Prelude though, I guess I'll have to do some 'research'.

Still, death to Ford and all that.

[El_Diablo_Latino]

Originally Posted by ryuhito

Watch those 'honda's toyota's or nissan's'. Some of those things weigh quite a bit less than our big ass GPs. Though weight didn't help the Civic (with the coffee can muffler and the giant APC sticker on the windshield) that revved on me tonight. And was driving my stock GT (snicker). My girlie just got a Prelude though, I guess I'll have to do some 'research'.

Still, death to Ford and all that.

Yeah you better watch out for those imports..... especially honda civics witht he V-tec engine,but still they are not match to my camaro Z28 6 speed 500 horses, but never underestimate those little imports
anyone live in wisconsin and want to race let me kno...havent raced anyone worth while racing for a long time

[LoW_KeY]

Good kill, but have to agree both cars can be highly modified, I've ran into a few modded stangs and still edged them out they had this look of disbelief afterwards The only reason I did it from them being so damn cocky.. I don't care what the drivers driving if he's cocky I'll try to put him in place.

this one guy recently told me he wasn't even getting on it on the freeway, after about 100 he started losing ground fast, must've had high gears and a few other mods. After wards he told me it was an 8 second stang (yeah it almost sounded like it to ) not to mention pump gas.

I know my brother had an 88 LX 5.0 thing ran low 13's, but as mentioned before if the thing is gargling at the line I'm not going to race it

I expect to lose a few, they'll have to be pretty heavily modded.. as next year I want to slap an intercooler on there

[Stang4.6]

i've read alot of stories about all these gtp's blowing out stangs. i personaly have only raced one because most of the usual gtp drivers, housewives, dont like to race. Most drivers of four door, automatic, full sized sedans usually dont try to mess with a sports car. i do like the front design of the gtp, because thats all i see in my rear view mirror.