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Originally Posted by Sleestack
Here is a more detailed test where the 500 ran 12.7 sec @ 118.1 mph*
*Traction limited by low ambient and track temperatures.
The true power is noted in the Trap speed of 118mph, which is CTS-V territory. High 11's with drag radials only is a given.
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...est/specs.html |
No offense man, but every time this same discussion comes up someone quotes this exact track test were the GT500 trapped 118 (Most tests suggest a trap of 114-115)...you realize what you say within your own quote..."traction limited by low ambient temps" ie cold weather, the kind of weather that makes more hp...we have yet really to see alot of tests of broken in SS's in cold weather to see what ET/mph's they will trap. You saw in the video what it traps compared to the camaro in hot weather...4mph difference...when the mustang GT was tested vs the camaro on same days the trap difference was greater...104-111...ie 7mph yet the quoted power differences like 114 hp (approx) is the same between the cars...
don't get me wrong, I like the GT500...I just am a chevy guy...Mustang guys begged for this comparison, and they got it, but they didn't get the blow out they wanted, the GT500 was a clear winner on paper but just like a talented superstar, in this comparison, it just didn't produce results up to its potential. Sure with DR and a prepared surface the margin would have been greater, but most encounters (lets be honest) wont' happen that way, so understand from stop light to stop light, it will likely be a drivers race. A roll race is game over....BUT a lightly modded (headers, exhaust, CAI, tune) camaro SS vs a stock GT500....man that would be a nice race.