Lost to a Grand Am and going F/I

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Jan 13, 2006 | 05:52 AM

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No see, I dont want to be hearing things like is, losing to a Grand Am,are you sure it wasnt a Pontiac GTO, it was definataley a Grand Am? Did it seem like it was worked or something? Not to offend you, but maybe he just had better driving ability, is your car manual? Did you race from a stop or was this a punch at speed? These are all very important questions.

Could also be a Grand Prix GTP. Those can easily be made to run 12s.

Jan 13, 2006 | 11:00 AM

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Are you sure it wasnt a Trans Am with Ram Air. Those are pretty quick. And have that bird emblem. Which would explain.

Jan 13, 2006 | 05:36 PM

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i dont know for sure what it was. I spent most of my time trying to decide to do it or not since i dont want to get busted street racing due to my carer in aviation. I hate street racing and to be honest dont do it at all. I just had a lapse of a few seconds were i wanted to with this guy since he was such a jerk but oh well.

Jan 15, 2006 | 01:09 AM

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found out it was a trams am

Jan 15, 2006 | 03:56 AM

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A grand am, you would smoke with any F/I on the market,A GTO would be a close race for a sub 400hp Z..

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I thought the GTO's were 310hp stock? That's like 258 to the wheels right? How would that beat a FI Z with 400whp?

Jan 15, 2006 | 06:55 AM

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I thought the GTO's were 310hp stock? That's like 258 to the wheels right? How would that beat a FI Z with 400whp?

I'm pretty sure the 05's HP was bumped up to 400 hp. I do however think that's crank hp and a 350+ hp Z would/should beat it.
Edit: quick google http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2005-Pontiac-GTO.htm

Jan 15, 2006 | 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by jason333

I'm pretty sure the 05's HP was bumped up to 400 hp. I do however think that's crank hp and a 350+ hp Z would/should beat it.
Edit: quick google http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2005-Pontiac-GTO.htm

The new LS2 GTOs will put down 330 whp on a dynojet. They take well to parts like exhaust and intake, so most would run maybe 360 whp or more with a couple bolt ons. With a 400 whp Z, you should still eat 'em up depending on your driving stills

Jan 15, 2006 | 10:52 AM

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Thanks for all the info!

Jan 15, 2006 | 12:09 PM

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is it possible it could have been the supercharged grand am??

I drove one of those a few years back with traction control of and gave it half gas and nothing but white smoke from the front tires.