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Old 11-15-2008, 09:40 PM
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ok so this kid in my English class found out that i have a z-28 and he has a '97 Mustang. My '99 Z is all stock except for a K&N air intake. His Mustang has full exhaust, gears, and upper and lower intakes. He was talking **** about how he hates F-bodies and he wants to race me. I'm not scared to race him i just dont want to look stupid when he beats me and brags about it to everyone in my class. So what do you guys think, will it be a good race?
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**** sorry forgot to put that its a GT
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Originally Posted by THE-ZCamaro99
ok so this kid in my English class found out that i have a z-28 and he has a '97 Mustang. My '99 Z is all stock except for a K&N air intake. His Mustang has full exhaust, gears, and upper and lower intakes. He was talking **** about how he hates F-bodies and he wants to race me. I'm not scared to race him i just dont want to look stupid when he beats me and brags about it to everyone in my class. So what do you guys think, will it be a good race?
Your stock 2.73s suck he'll get a jump on you but you will take him easilly. They lose all that advantage up top very quickly. Get those mods and REALLY SMASH ON HIM.
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dont think he will be a problem at all those old stangs are ****** dogs
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yeah i have a buddy with a built cobra and he said thats like one of the worst years for mustang GT's. i cant wait to race him haha. He was at the same party i was last night but it was raining so we couldnt race. When we do i'll deffinatly post up another one of these with the outcome
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I had a buddy with a '98 GT and stock it only ran 14.9s. So unless that guys mods knock off about 1.5 sec in the quarter (I have no idea how those cars respond to mods), you should be ok
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Mmm, I could be wrong, but I don't think there is any question that you can stomp this guy. I think even the stock cobras of that year are like 14.00(ish). The gears might make it close off the line but it shouldn't take long for you to start pulling him.
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your fine, try and get some $$$ involved...
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The gears are gonna help him off the line, but you're still gonna win pretty decisively. My '98 GT had 3.27s (which most didn't), H-pipe/exhaust, K&N, and I did a PI cam/intake manifold swap, and that car was still a low 14s car on a good day.
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yea it wont even be close, have fun leavin a black stripe down the side of that stang! haha
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I almost feel bad for the mustang owner.
My lt1 pulls hard on most Gts.
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The 96-98gt's stock h/c/i flow sooooooooooooo horribly. There is no question, you'll rock him.
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your going to destroy him.... put a 100$ on it.. talk a ton of **** before... he will look more stupid.
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Pre-PI 4.6L SN95 stangs are about as gutless as SN95 5.0's.

Let loose the LS1 dogs of war on his chihuahua.
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Originally Posted by Dan Stewart
Pre-PI 4.6L SN95 stangs are about as gutless as SN95 5.0's.

Let loose the LS1 dogs of war on his chihuahua.
nicely said!
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I say video tape him talking about bunch of crap before the race, then film the smashing, then make a funny video about it and post it online. Then send the link to him and all of his friends and the people in your class.
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You got him, no doubt. I used to think my friends 98 was fast because of the torque ( I dd a 4 cyl ranger) until I got the T/A. Even with like 4.56, and more mods, you would still take him.
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You should have this fairly easy. If it's from a roll you'll walk him, if it's from a dig he might jump ahead right at first but you will still end up pulling on him. So race him already and get it on video.
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You outrun this bitch yet?
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Originally Posted by PewterScreaminMach
I say video tape him talking about bunch of crap before the race, then film the smashing, then make a funny video about it and post it online. Then send the link to him and all of his friends and the people in your class.
PSM has the BEST post in here to date!!!.


You will put a good bus on him. Most likely he has 3.73s. He's got a low mid 14 sec. car AT BEST.



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