A buddy of mine just purchased an 04 a4 GTO. Not sure what all has been done to this ride, but it has been lowered, CAI, Magnaflow cat back, and a few visual mods is what we do know. We had been running at the local track, his best pass was a 13.6. On the way home I was feeling a little froggy, so I jumped. I started around him, I heard him open it up. That was all she wrote, I got up to his drivers door with my L, then he started to walk me. We ran up to about a buck twenty with him about a car length ahead before I gave it up. My L only had CAI, and at the time, some rusted out, hacked up, exhaust leaking Flowmaster system on it. Just purchased the truck myself, already starting to fix on it. My best pass for the day was a 14.09. Yea I know that sux, but it was enough to beat up on a 94-96 cobra and an LTD!:rockon: (LOL) Anyhow, I feel no shame in losing to a GTO.
A Goat bit me on the ass!
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I think you did good, it is a truck, after all.
I own a Lightning myself, and have driven 3 GTO's, they were all LS2's but I feel that they would pull on my Lightning, especially from a roll and higher speeds.
I own a Lightning myself, and have driven 3 GTO's, they were all LS2's but I feel that they would pull on my Lightning, especially from a roll and higher speeds.
With just a car length, that's not bad. Pulley and tune should be your next mod.
What track did you run at?
I hope you mean depending on mods. I know my car was a real dog when I bought it. If it was running right, it would have been close but some of our cars are getting up there in milage. I think I could inch out my buddy's A4 LS1 goat now, but before gears and DRs there's no way, IMO.
Anyway, not to get off topic, good runs. Get a pulley and tune on the L and go run him again.
x2.. it seems like the older these cars get the faster they were stock. :beer: I thank you for keeping it real!!!!
We were running at Mokan Dragway, Asbury Mo. just outside of Joplin.
Not a bad loss. His times sound accurate, too. My dad's 04 GTO M6 went a best of 13.7 at 104 bone stock (well, he technically had a shifter because he hated the stock one, just to add that in). What did he trap?
also agree, not a bad loss.
Get that pulley and tune on there man, or run him from a dig. should be a better race from a dig or a very low roll, BTW I like GTO's.
its all good;-)
I'm not sure what he was trapping, but I was a consistent 97.xx out of 3 runs. Don't care to post the rest of the numbers, they are a little embarrassing. But with some seat time I will do better.
Yea, it takes some time to get used to how to launch these trucks to get a good run, especially when you are on street tires. With the torque these things make, it's not as easy as it seems for an automatic vehicle.
Can't be as bad as running low 14's with a best of 13.70 when I ran my catback cobra.:lol1: Fast truck to hang with a goat.:rockon:
not a bad death.
sent you a pm. our local car club goes to mo-kan quite a bit. i didn't hit it to many times this year but plan on it next year. maybe i'll see you there.
we also hit main in joplin looking for some races every weekend.
sent you a pm. our local car club goes to mo-kan quite a bit. i didn't hit it to many times this year but plan on it next year. maybe i'll see you there.
we also hit main in joplin looking for some races every weekend.
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