96 Corvette 6sp vs 02 GT 5sp

Dan04COBRA · 09-17-2003, 08:01 PM

<IMG src=smileys/smiley3.gif border="0"> On my way to work!!!

It was cool, it made my morning! The set of lights where I always race from were up ahead of me when this 96 Corvette 6sp with a louddddddddd ass exhaust and huge ass wheels (had to be 18's) with a respectable looking spoiler pulls up, it had a dealer plate & writing on the corner of the windshield..

Here I am, thinking ahhhh I wish I could race this guy, but it's got dealer plates...yadda yadda its someone test driving it...and bam! The light turned green and we take off at normal driving speed, dropping it into 2nd he takes off on me, I mashed it into 2nd and went from a couple feet behind his bumper, all the way to his front bumper by 3rd, shifted into 3rd and started pulling him ata quick rate and we both shut down...

Anyways, he's a big guy, all smiles and laughing, we pull up to the next set of lights and he does the <IMG src=smileys/smiley3.gif border="0">Didn't expect that! I asked him if he knows what's done to the vette, he said CAI, headers & Corsa (sp...) exhaust. I asked him where he was headed, he said off to his dealership, I said so wait, the owner is out beating on the nice cars on the lot?? He crakced up laughing and said next time he will bring something faster. LOL

Well, that made my morning! It was fun...and I was expecting to have my ass handed to me!!

I hope the topic edit works <IMG src=smileys/smiley11.gif border="0"><edited><editID>Dan02GT</editID><editDate>37881.7942476852</editDate></edited>

allblack · 09-17-2003, 09:47 PM

you must have some seriouse mods to pull on a vette.

Dan04COBRA · 09-17-2003, 09:59 PM

No, a 96 Vette....

Not that unbelievable.

BTW, That was a typo for the topic. 97 was the first year for the new C5's I believe, which isn't what I raced. 

**LT1 (not an LT4, otherwise I would of gotten hurt) is 300hp 340tq.

It's not that much of a shocker that I was able to catch up and pull away from a nearly stock LT1.<edited><editID>Dan02GT</editID><editDate>37881.8134606481</editDate></edited>

gdear66 · 09-19-2003, 12:13 PM

Not surprising at all. 

Vettes aren't as fast as everyone thinks. Some of the more high end ones are, but a stock vette isn't gonna be that much faster than a 99-03 GT.

Great job giving that dealer a little taste of your exhaust!<IMG src=smileys/smiley32.gif border="0">

mdvaldosta · 09-19-2003, 12:29 PM

Made me <IMG src=smileys/smiley14.gif border="0">

Mysterious · 09-19-2003, 05:04 PM

A vette is entirely dependent on what year it is, whats under the hood, and who is driving it. I enjoy showing taillights to them as much as anything else.

Dan04COBRA · 09-19-2003, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Mysterious

A vette is entirely dependent on what year it is, whats under the hood, and who is driving it. I enjoy showing taillights to them as much as anything else.

That's very true, I'm going to figure it was the LT1 and not the LT4. I have enough power STOCK to beat a M6 LT1 Z28 or TA, and with my mods I figured I'd be able to atleast hang with a LT1 Corvette with 300hp.

TreCool626 · 09-20-2003, 01:42 AM

My dad has an 85 Vette with the TPI 350 and the 4+3 manual transmission. We ran it at the strip with a best run of 14.7 in the quarter. My best in my Mustang before the gears and on crappy tires was 14.6.

95Stealth302 · 09-20-2003, 02:12 AM

"A vette is entirely dependent on what year it is, whats under the hood, and who is driving it."

This the case with any car, not just vettes.

Dan04COBRA · 09-20-2003, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by TreCool626

My dad has an 85 Vette with the TPI 350 and the 4+3 manual transmission. We ran it at the strip with a best run of 14.7 in the quarter. My best in my Mustang before the gears and on crappy tires was 14.6.

That suckssssssss! I don't think it was in proper tunethen..