I've been curious about this for a while now... I have a '00 WS6, and my brother is planning on buying an '05-'06 GTO, and I've been wondering how they compare. As far as I knew, the GTOs were at least the same, or a little faster than the Fbodies. Is that right? Or am I thinking wrong? I just met this other guy the other day that makes me doubt myself. He said he thought that the GTOs were really slow. He told my brother that and then he got mad at me because he thought I was feeding him a line about his car being as fast as mine stock so that he would go buy a slower car..... lol . So what's the truth guys?

 

ummm, this type of thread has been put up a bunch of times :/

LS2 gtos put about 400 flywheel HP.... so... do the math and figure out where your car stacks up to his stock 400 flywheel HP

 

the gto's weight alot more than f-bodies

 

Beat to death, dug up, beat some more.

It's a driver's race.

 

In my experience, its a drivers race.

 

usually a drivers race

 

05-06 400 hp GTO 3900 pounds stock
2000 320 hp WS6 3600 pounds stock

Close race because of the weight difference
GTO mit win by two lengths

 

driver race

 

I have beaten several (Jelly beans) GTO's. Its just too bloody heavy even with the additional power. Usually pull away from them VERY slowly though. Think of it this way...your buddy is buying a new expensive AUTO LOAN BILL and you have an older MAINTENANCE/HEAVY MODIFICATION OPTION, who do you think will win? I would rather not be paying my car payment and putting the money towards mods.

 

you put it best, so not much more to elaborate on

Driver's race

I didn't really catch the fact that both cars were stock, just that the GTO was stock.

 

The WS6 is more like 350hp stock, just like every other LS1 from '97-'04. So it's only about a 50hp difference.

 

Yea this has been posted a billion times...The LS2 has more hp but the differance in weight pretty much evens it up...

 

I realize the hp and weight difference, but ET-wise, which one is on average faster at the track stock? That is what I'm curious about.

Also, I just thought of something else. Do the LS2's respond even better to mods than the LS1? Like the LS1 compared to the LT1 before it? Or are they close enough in technology that they respond very similarly?

 

if looking for a newer RWD domestic v-8 car, the only ones that cross my mind are the GTO and stang. The GTO interior is way nice and comfortable especially for a large person. but i feel there weight hurts the car more than anything.

but i agree with the masses about it being a driver's race with an fbody and GTO

 

The lighter car will have faster ET in this case . LS2 mod for mod to LS1 mod for mod is very similarly ,the weight is still the best facter

 

Well...not 100% stock...but you can look at my signature and see how the 2 did with almost the same mods.

 

One more question. I know that A4 LS1's aren't really slower (ET-wise) than the M6 cars, but how about the GTOs? Is th manual much faster than the auto, or vice versa?

 

drivers race..

 

I love when noobies post 320hp rating's for the WS6

WS6 : 3416 / 350 = 9.76
GTO : 3725 / 400 = 9.31

GTO is faster

Cars.com Figures

 

isnt it 300, or 305?