JDMC5

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I have a cousin that owns a G8 GT and his brother owns a GP GXP so we decided to run them yesterday. 2 people in the G8, 1 in the GXP, from a dead stop we were door to door till about 65, then the G8 started pulling, it pulled about a car length from 65-85 where we shut them down. (BTW, the driver of the gxp weighs 215 and the people in the G8 weight 260 and 215 plus we had 2 bowling ***** in the trunk).

The G8 is stock with a tune by me and the GXP has an air intake (which I also tuned but was not currently loaded in the car at the time).


I also raced the G8 with my GTP but from a 30 roll. I thought he was going to crush me so I asked him for a head start, I got the punch and got about 1.5 cars on him initially. From 30 to about 80 he only gained back about .5 to 1.0 cars on me.

I've raced the GXP before but it's never been a good sample. But from what I can tell our cars are about dead even (when his is tuned), it comes down to driver. My car has the mods in my sig, haven't installed the rockers yet though.

AlabamaGuy

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Not bad. This gives me hope if I ever just run across one. If that stock GXP didn't have an issue I think I should embarrass one pretty well.

JDMC5

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Yeah as long as you run across a stock one and nail your launch down you should be able to take one. My cousins G8 should run about a 13.4 with the tune, they REALLY wake up to a tune.

AlabamaGuy

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I ran a 13.4 spinning

stealthls4

All you guys running G8's either have REALLY fast LS4's or arent getting a good race. I've owned both cars (see sig) and I can tell you stock for stock, or even in your case with the G8 having a tune, the G8 should have blown the GXP out of the water. A good driver can run a 13.6 in a stock G8 and with a tune should be running LOW 13's. As you said, the G8 REALLY wakes up to a tune! There should have been no question in the G8 winning that one!

StealthV8

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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.

stealthls4

OK well if they're supposedly equal cars in the 1/4, i'll race one in my g8 from a 30 roll, that way no one can bitch about a good or bad launch. Plus I know what a GOOD tune does for the G8 stock and there is no question that the G8 shoulda walked any stock LS4.

JDMC5

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that should be a good race then.

DavidGXP

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A modded LS4 with a good launch should be able to match a stock G8 GT. We are about400-500lbs lighter. I can hit consistent 0-60mph in very low 5.0's. I'm all modded out though...
I drove a G8 GT and it felt weak I would rather have a 6.0L 6spd. GTO!

stealthls4

yeah a MODDED LS4 with a good launch would MATCH a STOCK G8 but thats not what we're talking about.

DavidGXP

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Then what in hell are we talking about How much more superior a
G8 is over the GXP LS4? From a 30 mph roll I'd get smoked,
no ****! You G8 is the GP's replacement so it better be better!!!

StealthV8

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for the record i was talking stock to stock. I tuned g8 should be low 13's. I was comparing the gxp to your post about the g8 running 13.6 stock but for the record g8s have gone 13.4 stock.

haha nice name too..

stealthls4

well either way, a g8 modded comparably to an ls4 car is gonna be faster, thats all i'm trying to say. stock to stock or modded to modded. this is the 2nd or 3rd post i've seen about people racing G8's and beating them like their car is the ****. i'm not saying the ls4 cars are slow, i loved mine other than the FWD, or G8's are the fastest **** but i hate when people brag about something that means nothing. its like bragging that you beat a corvette in your civic only to find out that your civic is turbo'd and the vette was a 84 cross ram POS.

StealthV8

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dude nowhere did i get the idea that this guy thinks his car is the ****. yes mod for mod a g8 is better and mod for mod a ls1 is better and so on and so on.
Anyone that does any serious racing knows it doesn't matter if you beat the driver or beat the car, a win is a win. On the street anything happens, most people that race on the street don't take a lot things into consideration.. Streets arn't prep'd like a track, a little sand. dirt or etc on a paved road will mean the differnce between a win and a lose from a dig. plus we don't know what kind of tune the g8 had.

Not trying to start something but just saying haha.. If everything was equal on a track you are right and the only chance a gp can keep up with a g8 on the street is from a dig or very low roll. In 2nd the g8 will be pulling

GXP25

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That's that damn 4 speed for you.

TheMonteMan

i dont see why this is a big deal. i read the other post and the guy was shocked that he beat it and he didnt sound like he thought his car was the ****. no car is unbeatable. should the OPs car have beaten that g8? No. did he beat it? yeah. this is a car forum when some one beats some one in a race its talked about. i dont think its such an unbelievable thing. if someone in a stock g8 beat someone in a vette that was tuned i wouldnt go out there and be like no way man. id take it for what it is. a guy beating a car he shouldnt have beaten. bad driver vs good driver.

JDMC5

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I'm confused are you talking about me? I said the G8 took the gtp and the gxp.

That's the truth and exactly what I said after the race.

TheMonteMan

just reread it. youre right you did say you lost. then wtf is this all about? that was the expected result. i thought the big deal was that you beat it and it was so unbelievable that an ls4 car could beat a g8.

1CL3ANSUP3RSPORT

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Next time post a vid so no one can complain.....

07carlocrusader

So are you implying that our cars equal to a civic and a G8 GT is equal to a 84 cross ram?? LoL!!! J/K but,....
I raced my friends G8 GT and he didn't pull on me like HE expected. I started losing by a half until around 80 he pulled to about a full car and 1/4 so I backed off. A 5 speed (like his) would be a better result!! Oh yeah and he had a cold Air Intake. I don't have but a couple mods so its usually the driver's race as any other time.