Well i was coming home on I355 and i saw a white talon w/ work done to it, i had just seen it kill a modded gsx from a dig a few mins. ago and we were all on our way back home, anyways....so i get next to him and we go from bout a 60 roll and first run we were bout even or i was inchin on him slowly but we caught up to traffic and we had to slow down. So second run comes, 60 roll again, and i instanly pull bout 1/2 car on him and continue to pull on him till bout 115 when i shut down w/ him bout 1 1/2-2 cars back. Then a friend who was w/ in his auto 2002 GT go next to me and we went from a 50 and i just kept pullin him and by the time i was at bout 105 i had bout 3-4 cars on him still pullin pretty good, he said he wanted to go again and the same results happened if not a little in my favor more. All in all, i was pretty happy that my LT1 has pretty good ***** up top. Well that wraps up my story

 

Is the GT stock? I am thinking of racing my friends GT once I get all my mods that are comming in on my car.

 

the GT had dynomax cat-back, but had the exhaust disconnected before the cat-back anyways, so basically straight pipes runnin through cats and he has a K&N intake...and thats bout it

 

Off subject...What kind of tires do you run on the street? I have 3.73's comming in and am thinking of nitto dr's. Have any advice? And was the talon awd?

 

I would suggest Nitto Drag radials if you plan on racing alot, or it just doesnt rain much where you live. I have Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3's on my car. They use to hook great with the 2.73's , but with 3.42's its a crap shoot--then again its been winter here. I love the GS-D3's cause i can drive in the rain, without slipping and slidding around, they make a huge difference. If it rains alot, i would suggest the GS-D3's.

What other mods do you have on the way? If you got gears and tires you could rape a newer GT off the line. But if you run a manual GT from a roll it will be alot closer than you think...traction, and gears will not help you much unless its a first gear roll. ANd normally manuals get a pretty big jump on autos. Go from a dig, get the win, come back and tell us about it

 

on the CHP test,there couldve been a bunch of variables since they didnt do the test on the same day. Going from 3.23's to 3.73's should net an LT1 about 1MPH and 1 tenth if you put down the same 60' times.Now since traction will be theoreticallly harder BUT you ALSO have better gear multiplication,the launch will be at least as good as a 3.23 car.

 

i would do long tubes on my LT1 if they were legal,my mustang isnt too bad when it comes to working on it so it aint such a big deal on that car but the LT1 aint no fun.also i dont think ill see a 50RWHP gain from the considering ive already got a cutout and cai,ill still gain a good 30 or so. Also i said 1 tenth and 1 MPH given the same 60' time,we all know the better gears will help out the launch a bit more and get those 60's down at least another tenth (which = .15-.2 in the 1/4). 1Mph aint that much but its still a little difference

 

If you have 2.73's, then go with gears. There are alot less "dead spots" with my 3.42's. I have yet to figure out the sweet spots though.

 

The talon was a tsi, so it was awd

 

Actually I have a bunch of little mods comming in right now. Nothing that makes that big of a difference but I don't know, I wanted to do the little things first. I have a msd coil, 160 stat, k&n cai, and the gears comming in. No longtubes here , I live in southern cali and want to keep it street legal. The only reason I got the gears right now is because I got a very good deal on them. But I am 18 and am going to start a job in like 2 weeks or so and live at home...So basically I can put the money I make into my car and not have to worry about bills or anything. By the end of the year I hope to have a full exhaust, and hot cam too. Thanks for everyones imput.

 

Dang I bet the outcome would have been a lot diff. from a dig. But he went at you from a roll, Good Kill

 

Yes, I am aware of that, I am not doing it myself. I am going to get a stronger backing plate and new crush sleve and all that good stuff too. I don't plan on having them in very soon. Probably sometime in the summer. But I got a good deal and figured they could sit around for two months until they go in. No I don't plan to stop modding my car after gears so they will be worth it once I get the real modding going. I plan on having full exhaust, nitto dr's, stall (not sure which yet), tranny cooler, and maybe shocks and springs by the summer of 2005. That is my goal and like I have said before basically all my money will be going into this car so if something major doesn't go wrong I think it is a real possibility.