had a little race yesterday G8 GT vs. GP GXP
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its not that there are not getting a good race its that anyone can launch a G8 and get a good time but it takes a good driver to get a good time out of this fwd platform, oh and gp gxp's went 13.6 stock also but its more rare because it takes a better driver to get the most out of the gp.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQsje_IrMeg
This is a video from a forum member here, but I shows how effortless the g8 smashed the grand prix gxp. i know the g8 is tuned, but even untuned the g8 would have won by a lot.
This is a video from a forum member here, but I shows how effortless the g8 smashed the grand prix gxp. i know the g8 is tuned, but even untuned the g8 would have won by a lot.
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if the G8 is bone stock and the GXP has a bolt on or two, its a drivers race. but then again every car is different, if you take every bone stock G8 and race them there not gonna all be perfectly even.
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Im my mind, the average G8 and driver and the average GXP and driver should be an easy win for the G8. Obviously the driver mod is the biggest factor regardless. And roll racing shouldn't be the comparison here, it should be from a dig, to a 1/4 mile.
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to my knowledge the car your talking about only had a headlight removed, but as everyone has said on here the g8 should win and on the street its a drivers race. id have to assume its a hell of alot easier to launch a g8 than it is to launch an ls4 car.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQsje_IrMeg
This is a video from a forum member here, but I shows how effortless the g8 smashed the grand prix gxp. i know the g8 is tuned, but even untuned the g8 would have won by a lot.
This is a video from a forum member here, but I shows how effortless the g8 smashed the grand prix gxp. i know the g8 is tuned, but even untuned the g8 would have won by a lot.
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there have been 2 or 3 (with headlight removed at most) on the boards back in the day that did it, i know of 2 other locals that have done it with no mods, but its not the norm because they were done with perfect conditions they would average 13.7s or 13.8s.
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The G8 has a 6L80 6-speed auto with i believe 2.93 gears. I'm not trying to **** anyone off or say it didn't happen guys, all I'm sayin is it should be no contest for the G8 unless it's a horrible driver. I think we've established that. If you race a guy and lose tho, why are we even talking about it? I understand it was closer than expected but it shouldn't have been. I also understand people posting kills on here but if it was a fluke then idk if it's anything to be bragging about. If you race the same guy 10 times and win 1, does that mean your car is faster or better? If you know you probably should of lost but you won in error I wouldn't be bragging about it. Thats just me.
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The G8 has a 6L80 6-speed auto with i believe 2.93 gears. I'm not trying to **** anyone off or say it didn't happen guys, all I'm sayin is it should be no contest for the G8 unless it's a horrible driver. I think we've established that. If you race a guy and lose tho, why are we even talking about it? I understand it was closer than expected but it shouldn't have been. I also understand people posting kills on here but if it was a fluke then idk if it's anything to be bragging about. If you race the same guy 10 times and win 1, does that mean your car is faster or better? If you know you probably should of lost but you won in error I wouldn't be bragging about it. Thats just me.
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im surprised they dont have any gearing in them. regardless human error is a huge factor in any type of racing. if that wasnt the case no one would bother running there car we would all just go by the magazine and factory times and call it a day? we would all just compare times and say **** it that car runs a better time its going to beat me 9 out of 10 times. in a street race the faster car doesnt always win, and why not discuss a loss thats the whole point of a forum. discussion and debate.
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My point is that I could care less if I win a race because the other driver sucked. Going to the track and all that's fun, but 99% of my driving is not racing. Therefore all that matters to me is the butt dyno. I do some "spirited" driving racing or not. So when I look at cars and compare I erase the driver mod because I look at it as if I were driving each car.
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I would not be afraid lined up against a bone stock G8 GT. Excited? Yes. I wouldn't blow him away but I would definitely surprise him. Then again, I'm not exactly stock.