theirs a linear relationship between the amount of gas a person has and his or hers age.so in effect you are an"old fart" if you have chronic gas.theirs also a inverse relationship between the number freinds you have and the amount of gas you pass......................


sorry i think this may be off topic

 

My car is bone stock. Base with runflats. His car appeared to be stock. I doubt he had a tune. From what my friend that watched him said he was getting great reaction times which usually indicates an experienced driver. His times improved through the night, also indicating some level of experience.

As far as trapping 8-10 miles an hour faster than stock with just a tune, I'd have to see it to believe it. That would indicate that someone found an additional 75-100hp that Ford forgot to put on the table. My guess is the tune also included a pulley change.

The main thing is, talking stock for stock the GT500 is slower, has a cheaper interior, doesn't handle or brake as well, doesn't get as good gas mileage, isn't as nice looking and doesn't carry the status of a Vette. When you factor in the dealer markup on the GT500 it's more money than a C6. I can't think of any reason, other than to be different, that you would want a GT500. Heck I'd take a GTO over that. Almost identical performance for about half the price.

 

He also didn't know that you are a former trooper!

 

I have way too much to lose and a good laywer can always turn you into the reckless agressor regardless of who picked the race. Besides, as someone else said here a long time ago, "once you open your wallet all bets are off". Any car can be made fast enough to take a vette-many can be made fast very cheap. I may be an "old fart" at 49 but this old fart teaches martial arts and fights on a regular basis. But, I do so legally and at no risk to my assets (well, maybe my bone structure). Racing is for the track just as fighting is for the dojo.

 

 

Congrats for not taking the bait. There was a time I loved to street race, but these days there is too much to lose. Where I live, Lafayette, LA there was a streetrace about 4-5 weeks ago with a mustang gt and honda civic. Mustang lost control and hit a vehicle in opposite lane head on. Killed 4 people in that car. I personally stopped street racing several years ago after I had a very close call and my wife was with me. Not a good feeling when your going over 100mph and your life flashes before you. All I have to say is..Take it to the track. Bust those pesty mustangs there. lol

 

Hey...you're no old fart at 49...Especially if you're in shape (which you must be for martial arts).

I was in my prime while in my 40's...Many younger folks won't believe it, but 40's can be the best years of your life. Off topic, but I couldn't resist.

 

Also..thanks to corvette forum for not condoning streetracing

 

Again, what were your times and his? That will tell a lot.


Well, it is the net but there are guys with GT500's who document their passes just as some Vette guys do, like Ranger. Who said the mph is 8-10 mph faster? It seems to have been more like 5-6 mph faster. For example, (a guy who I tried to run while in SoCal) ran a best of 11.89@119.7 with only DR's and a tune. He went 12.7@120.4 on street tires. He recenty ran 11.410@125.71 on DR's with a 2.6" pulley, 3.73 gears, cat-back and tune. On street tires, 11.863@125.26. There's video of the runs if you would like to see it. Believe what you want but the GT500 are no joke in the quarter, C&D be damned.

Do you have a GT500? If not, how do you know the interior is cheaper? Owning a Vette gives someone status? Kind of like the status of having to be old, balding or gray and wear gold chains? If it's a money thing, well, the GT500 costs more with the ridiculous mark-up than a C6 so the owners who have them could probably afford a new C6. I've never raced my Vette around corners but would agree the C6 has the heavy GT500 in the curves, only from what I've read. The GT500 is a straightline shooter. However, on this site is a racer who runs his GT500 in the twisties...his video is in the C5Z06 section I belive. If you believe the GTO to have almost the performance of the GT500, hey, ignorance is bliss I suppose. The GT500 is a simple tune away from putting a stock C6, even a C6 with simple mods, in its rearview mirror. I love Vettes, especially the C6 but have to give credit where it's due.

 

I ran a 500 the other day about 7 times, well my friend did with me in the car....... both cars bone stock..... vette had the 500 1/2 a car through 3rd then slowly walked away from from him until at 130 we were 2 -3 cars ahead of him......EVERY TIME

 

 

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Somebody sounds like they're upset because their supercharged 500hp GT500 isn't as quick as a stock naturally aspirated c6. The only thing ford got somewhat right is the Ford GT..and that costs around $150,000+. All the mustangs are overweight and don't handle that well.

 

How did being an old, graying bald person that wears gold chains get into this ? I resemble that remark. In fact, how can a bald person be graying ? Eyebrows ?

 

Hey, I'm bald, getting old but will never wear gold chains . It seems to be the standard that we vette guys are often compared to.

 

[QUOTE=bunk22]Again, what were your times and his? That will tell a lot.

Again, I beat him by a 1/2 second and 1-2 mph.

 

Uh huh ..................... Judging from my g/f, it's the gold standard.

 

[QUOTE=bunk22]
Well, it is the net but there are guys with GT500's who document their passes just as some Vette guys do, like Ranger. Who said the mph is 8-10 mph faster? It seems to have been more like 5-6 mph faster. For example, (a guy who I tried to run while in SoCal) ran a best of 11.89@119.7 with only DR's and a tune. He went 12.7@120.4 on street tires. He recenty ran 11.410@125.71 on DR's with a 2.6" pulley, 3.73 gears, cat-back and tune. On street tires, 11.863@125.26. There's video of the runs if you would like to see it. Believe what you want but the GT500 are no joke in the quarter, C&D be damned.

No need to see a video of a modified GT500 going fast. I know they have some potential. I'd bet the car has more than a tune.

C&D had the highest mph for the GT500 of any of the magazines, it was 113 mph. Most of the magazines had 112mph and the guy I saw run at Gainesville ran 108-109 mph versus my 111. I gues I should have said 7-12 mph faster.

Sorry but you need to accept the fact that the GT500 is a overweight. Because of that it is slower than you would expect from a 500 hp car. Yes I know all the guys are tuning them and magically finding 100 hp.

 

Do you have a GT500? If not, how do you know the interior is cheaper? Owning a Vette gives someone status? Kind of like the status of having to be old, balding or gray and wear gold chains? If it's a money thing, well, the GT500 costs more with the ridiculous mark-up than a C6 so the owners who have them could probably afford a new C6. I've never raced my Vette around corners but would agree the C6 has the heavy GT500 in the curves, only from what I've read. The GT500 is a straightline shooter. However, on this site is a racer who runs his GT500 in the twisties...his video is in the C5Z06 section I belive. If you believe the GTO to have almost the performance of the GT500, hey, ignorance is bliss I suppose. The GT500 is a simple tune away from putting a stock C6, even a C6 with simple mods, in its rearview mirror. I love Vettes, especially the C6 but have to give credit where it's due.[/QUOTE]

You don't have to own a car to know what it's interior looks like. I sat in one at a dealer. I looked at the one that was at the drag strip. It looks like the interior of a $20-25,000 car not a $60,000 car which is what it costs with the dealer mark-up.

Lets see the GTO runs the 1/4 in 13.2 at 109. I got my GTO to run a 12.895 at 110. Most of the time it ran 13.1-13.3. Saturday at Gainesville there was a stock 05 GTO that ran a real consistant 13.5. The Shelby I saw ran a 13.5, a 13.4 and a 13.2. I'd say the GTO was within spitting distance of the GT500. For half the price how could you not take the GTO over the Ford. Lets use your tuned versus stock and put a GTO with DR's and a tune versus a stock GT500, the GTO would kill the GT500.

The only people I've seen in a GT500 so far have been, well, they looked like they would be at home in a Vette too. What that means is, for most people, a Corvette or a car like the Shelby, make sense once you have the kids graduated from college and enough income to afford a toy. I'm not sure where the gold chains part comes from, I'd think that would be the Mercedes with the gold package crowd.