Pontiac G8 GT, faster than a V?!?!?
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Yes, that is another big area where the tuning helps. A lot can be done with the A6 to make it have fast crisp shifts but it may not be as rewarding as rowing the gears yourself. Though for a drag launch, I would say it may be an advantage. For my daily drive in traffic I don't mind it too much.
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Yes, that is another big area where the tuning helps. A lot can be done with the A6 to make it have fast crisp shifts but it may not be as rewarding as rowing the gears yourself. Though for a drag launch, I would say it may be an advantage. For my daily drive in traffic I don't mind it too much.
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Yes, that is another big area where the tuning helps. A lot can be done with the A6 to make it have fast crisp shifts but it may not be as rewarding as rowing the gears yourself. Though for a drag launch, I would say it may be an advantage. For my daily drive in traffic I don't mind it too much.
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The one and only true downfall to the G8. Leave it to GM to design the perfect compromise car, only to leave out the one factor that draws the majority of the crowd. That G8 I went up against ran 9.1, 9.1, 9.1, 9.1, ..... His 60ft times were around 1.9-2.0 as well. I didn't catch him until 3rd gear and a few feet to go.
I think GM wanted to keep the G8 out of the gas guzzler tax and to do that it needed the AFM (dod) and you can't run AFM in a manual tranny car. I think they figured those that wanted a manual would opt for the GXP but then the end of Pontiac came and only ~1800 GXPs were made.
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I think it was lame they called it the Firehawk, kind of robbing the T/As of old but whatever. Nonetheless the car was sick, in addition to what Jerrad mentioned it was pushing 500HP. I believe it actually ran high 50k, not 70k but still a ton of money for a Pontiac. You actually had to purchase the car, and then pay for SLP to do the upgrade. Check it out http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...specialty_file
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This one could really ruin your day (week, year, etc...), not sure if it needs an after-market hood that gives it away:
http://www.lingenfelter.com/news/200...ril-2009-issue
http://www.lingenfelter.com/news/200...ril-2009-issue
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congrats on your 12.5 but you must not be that big of a fan because if you know the V you know it will never be a 1/4 mile car. it will run circles around the g8 autocrossing and give you a run for your money from a roll but these cars simply arent made for the drag strip.
i think we got a car that does lots of things such as drag, road race, etc... but we got robbed due to wheel hop breaking our diffs.
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This one could really ruin your day (week, year, etc...), not sure if it needs an after-market hood that gives it away:
http://www.lingenfelter.com/news/200...ril-2009-issue
http://www.lingenfelter.com/news/200...ril-2009-issue
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This one could really ruin your day (week, year, etc...), not sure if it needs an after-market hood that gives it away:
http://www.lingenfelter.com/news/200...ril-2009-issue
http://www.lingenfelter.com/news/200...ril-2009-issue
the lpe zR1 almost cutting 9's!
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