Underestimated?

GTP99whine · 10-29-2003, 08:01 AM

Hey, I'm not here to troll and cause trouble, I don't have a Mustang, I have a '99 Grand Prix GTP,but I was just curious as to what kind experiences you Mustang guys have had with racing GTP's?(Stock and modded) The other day I came up along side a Mustang GT and reved up next to him, he looks at me then down at my car, then up at me agian as if to say "I'm too fast for you buddy". I know most stang guys arn't that arrogant, lol.There are many 13 second GTP's out there (even quite a few 12's and 11's) and this guy just got me thinking.... are GP's generally underestimated by stang owners?

mdvaldosta · 10-29-2003, 10:02 AM

For a car thats a full 1 second slower (stock) in the 1/4 mile, I wouldnt be concerned if one pulled up next to me... but being supercharged already it is pretty easy to make them go much faster. You have alot of mods done to your car, but even so I don't see you running quicker than high 13's, which makes you fair game for any mildly modified mustang. Those cars are definately quick though when modified.

vfast · 10-29-2003, 11:55 AM

next time show a 50 and you want hear that.....never know until ya race..right? cause sh!t happens

horatio102 · 10-29-2003, 12:34 PM

My Dad's actually got a Regal GS that I've been itching to start toying with. iirc the 3.4" pulley is the biggest (least gain) of the commonly available pullies, good for ~25hp right? Was it noticeable?

vfast · 10-29-2003, 12:38 PM

gs??? you mean the turbo'd one like the "t" type?
or like a 71 gs455

br93lx · 10-29-2003, 03:10 PM

Um, don't give them much thought. Most guys around here don't mess with them so you don't see them unless they're driven by old people.

horatio102 · 10-29-2003, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by vfast

gs??? you mean the turbo'd one like the "t" type?
or like a 71 gs455

No, I mean a 1999 (or was it 98?) Regal GS with the supercharged 3800 that the GTP, Park Avenue Ultra, and Bonneville (sp) whatever trim has in it.

Sean · 10-29-2003, 03:37 PM

My mom has a 99 GTP, the 3800II is a respectable engine IMO.

Dan04COBRA · 10-29-2003, 07:56 PM

Once you get those GTP's going, they haul some ass!!</P>

I've never ran across one in my 02 GT, but in my 88 Iroc-z with a 312, I was violating LS1's off the line, and the couple GTP's I came across got it handed to them, maybe if we had raced from a 50-60mph roll it would have been different, but my torque output was so much higher than the GTP's it didn't put up a fight.</P>

95Stealth302 · 10-29-2003, 08:37 PM

I dont consider them any threat at all, mostly because I only see older guys driving them, and they are never modded. Never considered them anything more than a supercharged family four door from Pontiac no less.