Encounter with GTO?
Encounter with GTO?
From a stop light I take off and out of the corner of my eye, on the right, I see a black car
pull away pretty quick so I decide to floor it and I can see he's trying to keep up.... but fading..I still can't get a good view until he's behind me and gives up. The car had hood scoops and looked a LOT like this car:
I got a better look when he passed me as I turned..had a wing on the back too.
Pontiac GTO? It was pretty fast..but definitely could not keep up. I'm tuned SS/TC.
pull away pretty quick so I decide to floor it and I can see he's trying to keep up.... but fading..I still can't get a good view until he's behind me and gives up. The car had hood scoops and looked a LOT like this car:
I got a better look when he passed me as I turned..had a wing on the back too.
Pontiac GTO? It was pretty fast..but definitely could not keep up. I'm tuned SS/TC.
Last edited by ronn; Jul 14, 2010 at 08:02 PM.
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That's kind of surprising actually. Those GTOs really are no joke. Doesn't really matter if it's an LS1 or LS2, generally in stock form they can still keep up, if not edge out a tuned SS/TC. If it's modded then forget about it, a TC just can not hang especially up top. Either way, good kill man! 
That's kind of surprising actually. Those GTOs really are no joke. Doesn't really matter if it's an LS1 or LS2, generally in stock form they can still keep up, if not edge out a tuned SS/TC. If it's modded then forget about it, a TC just can not hang especially up top. Either way, good kill man!
Well I just checked the specs...it was definitely a 2005 UP..they didn't have hood scoops on earlier (say 2004 with less HP).
Performance
Acceleration (0-60 mph): 5.8 sec. Braking Distance (60-0 mph): 128.96 ft.
Base Number of Cylinders: 8 Base Engine Size: 6 liters
Base Engine Type: V8 Horsepower: 400 hp
Max Horsepower: 5200 rpm Torque: 400 ft-lbs
OK, the CURB weight is 3700LBs..a full 700 lbs heavier than my SS/TC. As a *rule* you give up about 10-15 HP for every 100lbs..so the GTO *acts* like a 300HP car when compared to a 3000lb car. I know my crank HP is at least 300HP with a ton of low end torque. So...yeah it would be a close race, but you can see it's rated at 5.8sec 0-60 and my car has *about* a 5.0 sec potential with the tune.
Advantage SS/TC.
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Well I just checked the specs...it was definitely a 2005 UP..they didn't have hood scoops on earlier (say 2004 with less HP).
Performance
Acceleration (0-60 mph): 5.8 sec. Braking Distance (60-0 mph): 128.96 ft.
Base Number of Cylinders: 8 Base Engine Size: 6 liters
Base Engine Type: V8 Horsepower: 400 hp
Max Horsepower: 5200 rpm Torque: 400 ft-lbs
OK, the CURB weight is 3700LBs..a full 700 lbs heavier than my SS/TC. As a *rule* you give up about 10-15 HP for every 100lbs..so the GTO *acts* like a 300HP car when compared to a 3000lb car. I know my crank HP is at least 300HP with a ton of low end torque. So...yeah it would be a close race, but you can see it's rated at 5.8sec 0-60 and my car has *about* a 5.0 sec potential with the tune.
Advantage SS/TC.
Performance
Acceleration (0-60 mph): 5.8 sec. Braking Distance (60-0 mph): 128.96 ft.
Base Number of Cylinders: 8 Base Engine Size: 6 liters
Base Engine Type: V8 Horsepower: 400 hp
Max Horsepower: 5200 rpm Torque: 400 ft-lbs
OK, the CURB weight is 3700LBs..a full 700 lbs heavier than my SS/TC. As a *rule* you give up about 10-15 HP for every 100lbs..so the GTO *acts* like a 300HP car when compared to a 3000lb car. I know my crank HP is at least 300HP with a ton of low end torque. So...yeah it would be a close race, but you can see it's rated at 5.8sec 0-60 and my car has *about* a 5.0 sec potential with the tune.
Advantage SS/TC.
A stock LS2 GTO goes 0-60 in 4.8 and traps around 108. There have been member on LS1/LS2GTO to run 12.8-13.0 consistently in a stock LS2 GTO. A cammed LS2 GTO would murder a Cobalt even making 350WHP. If the GTO just has bolt ons then I believe the kill.
A stock GTO vs a stock Cobalt Turbo the LS2 GTO will walk all day.
there is no way in hell you beat a gto. And ls1/ls2 gto's with the hood scoops doesn't matter. People swap hoods. From a former gto owner, you would have been eaten alive. My guess is, if it was a gto, he wasn't racing you 
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In my head i keep thinking to the OP, "and your point is...."
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Wow, guy claims a kill on a fatass V8 and you jump all over him. When I only had a tune, and a ic on my 09 SS I ran a bolted up LS1 GTO (making a tad bit more power then a stock LS2) and I pulled about 3-4 cars on him from a 45 roll (his pick) and held it to 140 when I let off. Tuned Cobalt SS's easily trap over what stock GTO's do. Minor bolt on GTO's (Catback or intake) aren't really any quicker. Once you throw a good header or tune in though the Cobalt will start having trouble.
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Wow, guy claims a kill on a fatass V8 and you jump all over him. When I only had a tune, and a ic on my 09 SS I ran a bolted up LS1 GTO (making a tad bit more power then a stock LS2) and I pulled about 3-4 cars on him from a 45 roll (his pick) and held it to 140 when I let off. Tuned Cobalt SS's easily trap over what stock GTO's do. Minor bolt on GTO's (Catback or intake) aren't really any quicker. Once you throw a good header or tune in though the Cobalt will start having trouble.
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Yea I wouldn't see a GMS1 car beating a stock 6.0 but an HP Tuned Balt could easily hand a stock 6.0 a surprise.
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AND NOW SOMEONE ASKED HIM HIS SPECS...uugggghhhhhh..10 TO 1 THIS GUY POSTS HIS DYNO SHEETS AGAIN (for the third time in a different thread yet again)!!!
I'VE SAID IT BEFORE RONN....GIVE US ALL A BREAK ON HOW BAD A$$ YOUR CAR IS...WE ALL KNOW...it can beat ANY mystery car, on ANY mystery public road, on ANY mystery day of the week
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^^^AGREED!!!! this guy has been full of himself and his car since joining...says he used to race "his" porsche (prolly the crappy 924/944) in track events, but now he's an old guy who's street racing mystery cars....
AND NOW SOMEONE ASKED HIM HIS SPECS...uugggghhhhhh..10 TO 1 THIS GUY POSTS HIS DYNO SHEETS AGAIN (for the third time in a different thread yet again)!!!
I'VE SAID IT BEFORE RONN....GIVE US ALL A BREAK ON HOW BAD A$$ YOUR CAR IS...WE ALL KNOW...it can beat ANY mystery car, on ANY mystery public road, on ANY mystery day of the week
AND NOW SOMEONE ASKED HIM HIS SPECS...uugggghhhhhh..10 TO 1 THIS GUY POSTS HIS DYNO SHEETS AGAIN (for the third time in a different thread yet again)!!!
I'VE SAID IT BEFORE RONN....GIVE US ALL A BREAK ON HOW BAD A$$ YOUR CAR IS...WE ALL KNOW...it can beat ANY mystery car, on ANY mystery public road, on ANY mystery day of the week
^^^^^
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