Trans Am vs Mustang....who will win this race??

[TraceZ]

Especially those high output V6 cars like the picture. LOL

Yeah, but did you see the stickers? You cannot mess with the stickers! He would kick your rear!!

Maybe if you went and got some stickers you'd have a chance, but no way stock.

[Z Ya Later]

Yeah, but did you see the stickers? You cannot mess with the stickers! He would kick your rear!!

Maybe if you went and got some stickers you'd have a chance, but no way stock.

rotflmao So, go for the windshield banner, racing stripes, flames...and a huge set of tips for the rear!! rotflmao

[Craig 94 TA GT]

Just for reference, here are a couple timeslips of 5.0 Mustangs:
1990 stock 5 spd hardtop
60': 2.508 // wow what kind of tires did he have??
660: 10.098 @ 70.98 mph
990: 13.065
ET: 15.578@89.475

1984 5 spd k&n filter, exhaust
60': 2.434
330: 6.709
660: 10.214
990: 13.197
ET: 15.75@88.2

1992 5 spd exhaust
60: 2.567 // another poor launch
330: 6.834
660: 10.301@70.674
990: 13.271
ET: 15.757@91.623

Then the Vortech 5.0...my first race at the strip ever
60: 2.030
330: 5.525
660: 8.326@88.431
990: 10.735
ET: 12.768@111.854

[Jay 02 TA ws6]

The one that jumps out and grabs me the most is
2003 Ford SVT Mustang Cobra 4.6 12.90

Jeff... 12.90 is a pretty average time for that car. I believe 12.7-12.8 is more what a good driver should be running, and I know of a couple times a 12.6 has been hit. Those things make massive power and torque... they just need a good driver to put that power to the ground.

[95TransAm]

I don't have any positive numbers off the top of my head cuz i really don't care about ford...but i do know this. I know someone who not too long ago got a '95 5.0 automatic.....can't even chirp the tires no matter how hard he tries

I raced him once, by the time i was at the end of second (i have an a4 as well ) he must have been at least 4 cars behind me.

[redbird94]

there is no question that the mustang would be the slug in this race. I have had my share of racing the 5.0's and the 4.6 even the new gts. i have smoked many 5.0 with exhaust, one even had headers, it was nt even close, the new gts are like 1.5-2 car minium i have lost to two new body style cobras, one on the street and one a tthe strip, it ran a 12.9 i ran a 13.8.

[thomas]

I have seen factory fox bodys run low 15's and maybe a high 14 with a good driver. But I also have seen some factory freaks run low to mid 14's stock. A budy of mine hade a 89 gt 5sp and it had 190k on the clock and he ran mid 14's on it and I beleive it was all sock but he bought it like 4rth hand or something like that. My 96 and 97 lt1's would crush most stock and lightly modified mustangs. I would actually play with them and before shifting to 2nd let off the throttle and jump on it a couple time till they caught up and then struck 2nd and see-ya! My $ is on your car as long as you run it right. He may get you out of the hole(as we all know its easier to get lucky with a supermodel than it is to launch a f-body ) but you will pass him a little later and go on to win.

[RocKin1967]

man ford blows lol.... so when is this race going down??? i wanna hear indebt details so i can show my ford lovin friend wut f-bodys r about . good luck man.

[Nightrage]

I got it from this page.
http://www.ssmoparmuscle.com/speedcomp.htm

That site said that a 94 Probe GT only runs .2 slower in the 1/4 mile than a 94 Mustang GT. How does that work out? It also said that a 427 Vette is only as fast as my car. I thought the 427 Vette's were running high 12's


EDIT: Just noticed this-

1995 Pontiac Firebird Formula 6.7 15.10
1995 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 5.6 14.00

[Joe 1320]

Reminds me of a race from a light I had once with a 12 second mustang while driving my GN. He was next to me rowing through the gears, barking every gear change while under the spray. I was accelerating at about half throttle, just kind of looking over to his direction casually checking out his ride. I quickly got bored and brought the hammer down. Walked him but good. The look on his face was priceless once he realized that during my first couple of gears, he was being toyed with.

[Jeff_in_Atl]

Reminds me of a race from a light I had once with a 12 second mustang while driving my GN. He was next to me rowing through the gears, barking every gear change while under the spray. I was accelerating at about half throttle, just kind of looking over to his direction casually checking out his ride. I quickly got bored and brought the hammer down. Walked him but good. The look on his face was priceless once he realized that during my first couple of gears, he was being toyed with.

I remember a race I had with a grand national in my 85 Mustang GT. I was behind him when the light turned green. We were both turning left onto a 4 lane road. I punched it first and pulled up to his door. He nailed it when he saw me trying to pass him. It was a dead heat race up to about 70 when we both let off of it. I don't know what year it was. I don't know anything about them except it was black.

[Z Ya Later]

I remember a race I had with a grand national in my 85 Mustang GT. I was behind him when the light turned green. We were both turning left onto a 4 lane road. I punched it first and pulled up to his door. He nailed it when he saw me trying to pass him. It was a dead heat race up to about 70 when we both let off of it. I don't know what year it was. I don't know anything about them except it was black.

How new was your 85 GT and what work did you do to it? Any times? Because that almost sounds like an 84-85 GN...they weren't all that fast. 86-87s were 13-second cars outta the box (low 14s depending on who you ask, but I stick by high 13s). Fly out here in a couple months, I'll let ya give her one good rip...you'll fall in love

[Jeff_in_Atl]

How new was your 85 GT and what work did you do to it? Any times? Because that almost sounds like an 84-85 GN...they weren't all that fast. 86-87s were 13-second cars outta the box (low 14s depending on who you ask, but I stick by high 13s). Fly out here in a couple months, I'll let ya give her one good rip...you'll fall in love

It could have been an 84-85. I have no idea. I remember a funny badge on it that looked like a turbo or something.

No times except a stop watch and a marked off quarter mile. Very low tech and inacurate. The times that were measured were between 14.2 and 14.5. 0-60 times around 5.5 seconds.

The mod list was extensive. Talk about that disease. Tremec 3550, ram clutch, 3.55 gears, the heads were mildly ported by me with a hand dremel. The cam was a B303B I think. 480 lift 280 duration 111 centerline. Stock 1.6 rockers. true duals (85s had a single cat and dual mufflers) with Accel converters and 3 chamber flowmasters. I had a 1" rear sway bar which seamed to help the off-the-line a lot. It had all 6 Konis off an SVO and all the SVO brakes. It had the stock Holley 600 carb that had a lot of tinkering in it.

My 85 Mustang would eat my 95 Camaro by at least a car length up to about 35-40. After that the Camaro was faster. I say was because I think with the 6 speed and the 3.42 gears and the BMR stuff the Camaro is faster off the line.

[Joe 1320]

I don't know what year it was. I don't know anything about them except it was black.

That's the cool thing about them. In a plain wrapper, you can have anything from mild to wild and the unsuspecting never know until it's too late. They all look pretty much the same to the observer. The first ones weren't intercooled, the later ones were.


Did you happen to see the cover car on this month's GM High tech perfromance?

8's with a streeter. That's what I'm sayin'.

[Joe 1320]

. 86-87s were 13-second cars outta the box (low 14s depending on who you ask, but I stick by high 13s).

Back when mine was close to stock and with an old school Kenne Bell chip went a traction limited 4.7 second 0-60 on radials (measured with a g-tech pro). Just thought I would throw that in there as a comparison. Don't know what ET that would equate to. I'm sure someone must know the formula.