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: C5 Vette and Stang


brad02ss
01-04-2009, 10:45 PM
I've had the car almost 9 months and no races until...
I'm crusing down the interstate at aboout 70, 3 lanes wide, a little traffic, I notice a Mustang GT weaving through traffic behind me and he gets right behind me. I notice the right lane clear so I give it a little gas and pass the cars and a huge stretch of pavement opens ahead, I get to 80 passing the traffic, Mustang follows, I get over to the center lane, the Mustang is in the right lane and punches it right beside me, I knock it over the sport mode, floor it, and start pulling away like its nothing, leaving the Stang in my mirror.:)Finally a race and an easy win, I'm loving my car and call up my counsin's fiance, a Stang GT owner, and rub it in his face.
No races in 9 months and just a week later I'm again crusing along down the interstate at 70-75, minding my own business, when a C5 Vette gets beside me and starts pacing me, enticing me. I'm thinking I'm about to lose but should be close enough to be fun, we punch it and I start pulling, having about a car length on him getting close to the speed limiter so I let off, very happy.
My car is absolutely bone stock.
These cars are incredible!!! :)
My cousin's fiance has an 05 Stang GT, 5spd manual, intake, headers, exhaust, gears, computer reprogrammed...all the bolt-ons...said he lost to a G8 and wants a good race with me...if it happens I'll post up.

Art708
01-05-2009, 06:28 AM
I've had the car almost 9 months and no races until...
I'm crusing down the interstate at aboout 70, 3 lanes wide, a little traffic, I notice a Mustang GT weaving through traffic behind me and he gets right behind me. I notice the right lane clear so I give it a little gas and pass the cars and a huge stretch of pavement opens ahead, I get to 80 passing the traffic, Mustang follows, I get over to the center lane, the Mustang is in the right lane and punches it right beside me, I knock it over the sport mode, floor it, and start pulling away like its nothing, leaving the Stang in my mirror.:)Finally a race and an easy win, I'm loving my car and call up my counsin's fiance, a Stang GT owner, and rub it in his face.
No races in 9 months and just a week later I'm again crusing along down the interstate at 70-75, minding my own business, when a C5 Vette gets beside me and starts pacing me, enticing me. I'm thinking I'm about to lose but should be close enough to be fun, we punch it and I start pulling, having about a car length on him getting close to the speed limiter so I let off, very happy.
My car is absolutely bone stock.
These cars are incredible!!! :)
My cousin's fiance has an 05 Stang GT, 5spd manual, intake, headers, exhaust, gears, computer reprogrammed...all the bolt-ons...said he lost to a G8 and wants a good race with me...if it happens I'll post up.

I took a C5 a few days ago on I95. We ran from 70 to about 130 and I had him by about a car length. He had a surprised look on his face when I slowed back down to turn off at my exit.

TheTugBoat
01-05-2009, 01:51 PM
watch out you dont come across a meaner vette, c5's go back to 98 and earlier, 10 year old cars of any kind in stock form should net a close race one way or the other...just dont go thinking all vettes are ls1 c5's...

good kills OP, mustang gt's are turds :D

Deuuuce
01-05-2009, 01:59 PM
OP: nice runs/kills. What year GT Mustang was it? Automatic?

watch out you dont come across a meaner vette, c5's go back to 98 and earlier, 10 year old cars of any kind in stock form should net a close race one way or the other...just dont go thinking all vettes are ls2 c5's...

good kills OP, mustang gt's are turds :D

C5s are LS1s or the LS6 Z-06. LS2 showed up in the C6.

Art708
01-05-2009, 03:06 PM
watch out you dont come across a meaner vette, c5's go back to 98 and earlier, 10 year old cars of any kind in stock form should net a close race one way or the other...just dont go thinking all vettes are ls2 c5's...

good kills OP, mustang gt's are turds :D

I traded an '06 vette for this G8.... I know how they run. No way would I expect to outrun a C6 with this car.

p71
01-05-2009, 03:47 PM
watch out you dont come across a meaner vette, c5's go back to 98 and earlier, 10 year old cars of any kind in stock form should net a close race one way or the other...just dont go thinking all vettes are ls2 c5's...

good kills OP, mustang gt's are turds :D

do not know ANY ls2 C5s... all the ones that I have seen had either an LS1 or LS6

TheTugBoat
01-05-2009, 04:29 PM
wow everyone jumped on the chance to flame me for a typo...i fixed it guys...you know what i meant

Deuuuce
01-05-2009, 05:57 PM
wow everyone jumped on the chance to flame me for a typo...i fixed it guys...you know what i meant

No flaming, just a correction. No harm, no foul.

brad02ss
01-06-2009, 12:47 PM
Both cars sounded stock although the Vette looked like it had different exhaust and I didn't get a chance to talk to either driver so I don't have any more details. Believe me- I know what mods can do to a car. Forget the LS1 v LS6 or LS2 question- what about C5's with a cam, heads, etc. I could have been smoked.
I'm just happy to get some races under my belt with the G8, hey it's undefeated :)
Like I said, I'll let y'all know if I get a race with one with some mods.