finally, i had the chance to run side by side with one of them yesterday night. it was at an straight avenue, and the only 2 lights from the first to second are separated by at least 1 mile each. there is not construction at all from light to light.

it was a black one, stick shift, brand new dealer plates.
i was coming to the ligth and i saw it, right there, waiting for me
as soon as we made eyes contact, i revved up to let him know who was the boss. he replied me of course. we had nobody in front of us, only traffic behing us.

thanks god, i've been practicing my shifting technique at the tracks, for the last 4 weeks. we took off pretty even. i launched at 2200rpm, but by the end of first gear his front bumper was almost at my front door. we chirped second, both of us, by the time i hit third, i was at least half car ahead of him, we were even from there until the end of third, when i swear i had almost 3/4 of a car ahead, we were running at more than 100 mph, at least i was , but then we were approaching some traffic ahead of us, so we had to slow down. we got to the next light side by side
i gave him thumps up, he was like

he was revving at me, but he wasn't looking at me, we took off again, he was waiving trough the traffic to get ahead of everyone, i decided that it wasn't going to be safe, to keep on with the race and i was laughing my a***s so bad.

i made a left on the next light, home was waiting for me.
it was a pleasure to run with a goat GTO

Mach 1: 1, GTO: 0

 

Good Kill, sounds like 2 reasonably matched cars

 

Man, I feel bad for that guy. Just bought a brand new car, and he's already getting picked off by cars that have been around for a year or so.

Good race. I'm looking forward to seeing what the GTO's can do with a good driver. They aren't light, so I think that's going to hold them back. I think they run 13.8 in the 1/4. They aren't going to be any kind of freaky fast car though. I've read some things about "The Judge" GTO coming out. I wonder what kind of numbers it will put out. Either way, they are some pretty fast cars for a family sedan.

Good Kill though.

Dan

 

those GTO's are just pigs. weigh too much. I've seen a project GTO online where they had cut 400 lbs off the gto's weight. took out the rear seats, and safely gutted some of the inside of the doors. replaced the front seats with custom leather corbeau with blue accents (just like the stock appoulstry). got it down to f-body weight again, and ran almost 5tenths faster 1/4's and trapped like 4mph more. I'd love to see al gto's weigh this much

 

how much does it weigh?? my friends 99 TA 6spd weighed in at 3800 with a full tank of gas (he weighs 190-200).

 

3725 lbs. curb weight.

http://www.edmunds.com/new/2004/pont...h.0.3.Pontiac*

 

Nice kill.

 

Sounds like a good run!

I personally think there is something to be said for breaking in a motor. That GTO prolly had less than 1k miles on it. After some miles on it, it MIGHT have been a little closer.

Anyone seen the new concept Chevelle SS??? Basically the same body/motor/drivetrain as the GTO. Front end is a little different.

I sure think it would be AWSOME if they can roll that out. Last Chevelle was what, '74-75'???



Jon

 

Hate to say it guys, but if they roll that '05 Chevelle out....it's mine! Was waiting on the new Camaro..............but that chevelle is so sweeeeet!!

 

Not to burst your bubble, but I bet that GTO wasn't broken in yet, and the guy probably couldnt drive as well as you. The LS1's are kinda known for being alot slower until they're fully broken in, and I bet it would have been an almost dead heat, possibly him coming out on top past 100 maybe. Either way, good kill, and I about like those Mach1's as well as the Cobras.

Jason

 

Just wait until it gets broken in a little. bye bye rustang!

 

Don't forget the 100lbs. of sand in the trunk, the bald tires, the malfunctioning torque management system and the requisite shop rag that GM stuffs in the throttle body before the GTO's roll off the assembly line.

S.

 

breaking in = over-rated.
also i dont remember reading anything about a chevelle comin out in any other magazine the CHP,coincidentally its in the April issue (april fools maybe??). I didnt read the whole article but those pictures looked fake as ***e!you guys didnt think the pics were real did you?look at the one where they take the pic from the back. If in the article they say it was photoshopped or whatever,please disregard the last few sentences!: p

 

i would be waiting for them

by the way my car has only 4000 miles. so i guess you could apply the broken in excuse to my car also

 

Only reason I bring up the breaking thing is from a 40k test of an Escalade in the form of an Avalanche in Car and Driver. The truck had the 345hp 6.0 and was close to a full second faster to 60 at 40k miles then with a few hundred on it. I also recall seeing similar stuff about tight LS1's when new.

Either way, that was a good race, and I remember seeing MM@FF's running a best of 13.1@106 on a stock Mach1 with slicks.

Jason