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J.C · 10-12-2005, 10:44 PM

Well it was bound to happen... All the races I have had so far I have come out on top... Well my streak is over... Coming home from work tonight I ended up next to a new GTO at a light on a nice straight road. Now I know what youâ€™ll are thinking â€œThe GTO runs a ~13.3 Â¼ mileâ€ and your right but I was feeling cockyâ€¦

So we are staged at the light, I glance over, he acknowledges me with a nod and a rev of the engine and it was on. I got a great launch which yield me a roughly a Â½ car length in first. He pulled really hard on me in second and was even with me when I shifted into 3rd. We had to get out of it just as I shifted into 4th because of another light, with him being about a car length in front.

At the light I told him nice run, he in turn said â€œI didnâ€™t think those cars where that fastâ€, and I responded by saying â€œnot bad for a six banger huhâ€, he nodded in agreement and turned on to another road. I proceed to dive home, a little dejected at the lose, but still very proud of my baby

I know I got beat but I think I earned his respect, so maybe next time a G pulls up next to him he will not think it is such a push over.

JC

NJG35 · 10-13-2005, 12:35 AM

Nice run man. Those things have 400hp so I guess you're a good driver.

Infiniti514 · 10-13-2005, 07:24 AM

Nice job. A 400 hp 6.0 V8 Corvette engine vs. a 298 hp 3.5 V6 is not a matchup that the G should mess with but its nice to know it can hang with the big boys. I wonder how the G would do agaisn't the 350 hp 5.7 liter GTO?

alexn103 · 10-13-2005, 02:47 PM

try 280 hp... JC has an 04'

Infiniti514 · 10-13-2005, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by alexn103

try 280 hp... JC has an 04'

either way...the 05 G will perform roughly the same

buddy6mt · 10-13-2005, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Infiniti514

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Originally Posted by alexn103

try 280 hp... JC has an 04'

either way...the 05 G will perform roughly the same

EXACTLY!!!

don't forget that the '05 has less torque

buddy6mt · 10-13-2005, 04:37 PM

Good Job J.C!!!

Keep representin

Hexxum001 · 10-13-2005, 04:45 PM

There's no shame in losing to a Goat J.C. Those are some powerful ass cars. You should be happy about the way that you hung with him. That's impressive!

buddy6mt · 10-13-2005, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Infiniti514

I wonder how the G would do agaisn't the 350 hp 5.7 liter GTO?

I only had one encounter with the 350hp GTO. It was about two weeks ago. I was at a light and there was a vette next to me and the GTO was behind me. A guy in the vette was 50+ so when it turned green we both took off normally but when I noticed that he tried to get in front of me cause there was a car in front of him 10 blocks away, I didn't let him

(he pulled, but not enough to get in front

). The GTO was driving behind us the whole time, anxious. When the vette turned, the GTO switched lanes and got in front of me. It turned out that we were both goin to the highway

I was with my girl and she knew I was gonna hit it as soon as the ramp ended and she said "don't even think about it"

cause she didn't feel so good (she felt like throwin up and didn't want the car to make sudden moves) Since she was SICK, I let it go at that moment, but as I thought, the GTO punched it

I slowly caught up to him and got in front. As I noticed that he started following me and there were no cars in front, I looked at her like this

and she was like "OK" :P At that point we were goin about 70mph and the GTO was about 5 cars behind (waiting). I downshifted 2 gears and it was on

. I noticed the GTO went WOT too cause his front lights slightly lifted

I took my two girls to about 130mph with the GTO behind. For the record, it is really hard to notice any distance change if the other car is 5 cars behind. But from what I could see, he was still about the same length behind at 130mph when we shut off.

So the conclusion of this long post is that even though there might be a slight difference between a 350hp GTO and a G35 cpe 6MT from 70 to 130, it was not noticeable (by very sharp set of eyes might I add

) with a 5 car gap.

SmokeG305 · 10-13-2005, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Hexxum001

There's no shame in losing to a Goat J.C. Those are some powerful ass cars. You should be happy about the way that you hung with him. That's impressive!

+ 1

quikcls · 10-14-2005, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Infiniti514

Nice job. A 400 hp 6.0 V8 Corvette engine vs. a 298 hp 3.5 V6 is not a matchup that the G should mess with but its nice to know it can hang with the big boys. I wonder how the G would do agaisn't the 350 hp 5.7 liter GTO?

i was wondering the same thing

Infiniti514 · 10-14-2005, 11:20 AM

nice one buddy6mt