Had a run in with a GTO.

beyondloadedSE · #1 03-06-2005, 07:14 PM

My friend from MI decided to spend a few days here since Im on spring break right now. She hasn't seen the contour since its gotten the 3.0L swap and turbo kit, so I decided to take her for a ride tonight. First run in was with a Hyundai Tuscani, which is the Asian model of the Tiberon. Not sure if it was the real deal or just a Tiberon badged as a Tuscani. Regardless, he did the fly by and I caught up and blew right past him. I slowed down and matched his speed and about 20 mph and hit it from there. Put a few cars lengths on him almost immediately. I shut it down around 80 mph.

Next run in was with a Pontaic GTO.

It was silver and some kid was driving it by himself. I again dropped it in second and we were both cruising at about 40 mph. We both hammered it at the same time and I jumped ahead a couple feet. By 3rd gear, he gained what i jumped on him and we were both even. Shifted to 4th and we were both doing about 110 mph and nobody was gaining. I figured it was time to shut it down considering it was a 45 mph zone. Not sure who would have won if we kept going, but it was a good race considering it has 350 hp and almost half the displacement. By the looks of how he shifted, it appeared to be a manual. Both runs were done on 4 psi as usual. I really need to put my boost controller back on.

pre98zetec · #2 03-06-2005, 07:38 PM

I would have loved to see the look on the GTO drivers face when a Contour was running side by side with him

Nice races..

dampachi · #3 03-06-2005, 07:42 PM

Some of those GTOs are real slouches. Well, the autos atleast. Good job though!

RACER D12 · #4 03-06-2005, 07:42 PM

Good kill. Hanging with a GTO from a roll is no easy task.

drewh4386 · #5 03-06-2005, 08:07 PM

good race but do you know which model/year it was?

nissanfanatic · #6 03-06-2005, 08:35 PM

Nice races. You were at 4psi eh? Thats defiantely a plus for hanging with a GTO. BTW what do you normally run with the boost controller installed?

2000LS1Z28 · #7 03-06-2005, 09:11 PM

Good kill. Your car is a real sleeper. I'd never guess that a contour would have as many mods as you do. Have you taken your car to the track, and if so, what were your times?

beyondloadedSE · #8 03-06-2005, 10:54 PM

I havent taken it to the track since it just got its final tune a couple weeks ago. I havent taken it above 8 pounds yet, but Ive built it for high amounts of boost. (i.e. 8.5:1 Ross Racing pistons, Pauter Rods, pnp heads, etc). I hope to take it up 15-17 psi this summer. Contour's with similar mods and turbo's are putting down ~400 whp, so I hope to do the same.

PS. A guy from over on contour.org posted a for sale in the forced induction branch on here a couple weeks ago. Hes got a 400 whp 2.5L svt contour.

-Jayson- · #9 03-06-2005, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by dampachi

Some of those GTOs are real slouches. Well, the autos atleast. Good job though!

apparently you havent seen the video of the 10 second GTO using N20. It was an auto.

-Josh- · #10 03-06-2005, 11:23 PM

Auto GTO's are slouches eh? That's a new one on me

dampachi · #11 03-06-2005, 11:27 PM

Yep, I saw stock autos running 14.2s, and 13.9s. But I saw a stock manual run a 13.1.

BTW: we're talking about the new GTOs, right?

2000LS1Z28 · #12 03-06-2005, 11:47 PM

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Yep, I saw stock autos running 14.2s, and 13.9s. But I saw a stock manual run a 13.1.

BTW: we're talking about the new GTOs, right?

The old automatic equipped GTO's stunk, but the new one's are definitely quick, and the automatic versions should be no different. To be honest I see almost all automatic equipped cars running better times then the manually different ones. This especially holds true when one has a torque converter and drag radials.

-Jayson- · #13 03-07-2005, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by 2000LS1Z28

The old automatic equipped GTO's stunk, but the new one's are definitely quick, and the automatic versions should be no different. To be honest I see almost all automatic equipped cars running better times then the manually different ones. This especially holds true when one has a torque converter and drag radials.

all automatic trans missions have torque converters. . . and no manuals are almost always faster than automatics.

DeViL · #14 03-07-2005, 12:48 AM

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all automatic trans missions have torque converters. . . and no manuals are almost always faster than automatics.

I believe he meant one that is upgraded from the stock converter, different stall and all that.

Auto vs Manual in the GTO I dunno if the stick is that much more faster. From what Pontiac says on their website it has a somewhat more performance oriented torque converter then what you see in the F-bodies so it comes close to the 6-speed. From what I understand that 6-speed isn't as good as the Hurst manual shift in the F-bodies either.

-The Stig- · #15 03-07-2005, 12:48 AM

he's talking about an aftermarket torque converter... something with a bit higher stall.

It's the same principal as saying you're going to get a header for your car. It's already got a header, just we don't call the stock header a 'header' it's the exhaust manifold... get it? Kewl.

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