LS1 F-Body hands a 5-Oh Mustang GT a surprising stoplight beat-down.
This week’s Kill Story was originally shared to the forum by titter from the YouTube channel of MY1999SVT and it features a 2001 Camaro SS going head-to-head in a trio of dig races with a 2012 Ford Mustang GT. You might think that a newer 5.0-liter Mustang would fare well against an LS1 car, but based on these videos, you would be wrong.
The Competitors
The camera car in these videos is a 2012 Ford Mustang GT with the six-speed manual transmission. Upgrades to the 5.0-liter V8 include a cold air intake, a Flowmaster exhaust system while a set of drag radials helps to put the power to the ground.
The opposition is the 2001 Chevrolet Camaro SS owned by the OP. It has an automatic transmission and the LS1 has been modified with a set of headers, an off-road exhaust system, a new air intake lid and a set of drag radials.
Also, as you will see in the videos here, the Camaro has the crucial driver mod while the Mustang does not.
The Racing Action
In the thread on the forum, the OP shared three videos, but we have only included two, as in the other one, the Mustang driver lifted right away. However, as you can see in the videos above and below, the Ford might as well have lifted on every run.
In the video above, the two cars go on three, with the Camaro immediately jumping out to a lead. Once the Chevy had the lead, it just keeps on pulling away, eventually handing the 2012 Mustang a sound beating.
In the video below, the race has already started when the video begins, with the Camaro once again pulling away from the Mustang in a hurry.
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