92Vette

Background: A kid at school has a brand-new V6 Mustang, he's a freshman (college). I wondered how he could afford it, he said he inherited money and bought it new. I thought to myself, why not buy an 03-04 Cobra or a late 90's cobra and have money left for mods?

The Kill: We were just out driving with a few other cars so we didn't really get the most organized race, it was also from around a 65 roll which kinda sucks, especially because I have to start in the bottom of third. I just waved him to go, and I chased. He pulled a half-car ahead before I hit it. We went to around 110, and I was ahead by about a car length before slowing down. We both had a passenger.

He claimed he was making 330 crank hp (to my 300), so I attribute my win to being slightly lighter and him having more powertrain loss.

I tried to race an E46 M3 after but there was too much traffic, I probably would've lost anyway

buddhaz06

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92 lt1? Aren't they over 300? Mustang have mods? 330 seems high

turtle93

The vette weighs less and makes more usable tourqe my nieghbor got beat buy a 92 vette in his 06 mustang gt so this kill seems good to me
good kill by the way always love hearing about c4 vette running good

92Vette

No they are 300, Mustangs are 305 stock, but look at thread title.

I also beat one of those, I think the new V6 would beat an 06 GT actually

speedshifterNC

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who would have thought we'd be talking about a vette racing a v6 mustang..and it being close?!

metalmilitia606

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20 years of technology has also gone by so I would hope we would be talking about this.

92Vette

It is weird to think my old vette can barely keep up with a V6.... but that's the world we live in now. I need mods!!!! Or a C4 ZR1

metalmilitia606

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The only C4 I like better is the grand sport

speedshifterNC

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Ive always wanted a grand sport or atleast a 96 w the lt4..c4 zr1 would def be a keeper..I realize the tech difference was jus saying who would have thought then that we'd be comparing the two now..tech has def changed things

flattusmaximus78

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My friend has an 11 v6 with a cai, tune, and mufflers. Car is extremely fun and quiet. Very enjoyable after coming out of a h/c ls1 for sure. Great gas milage to boot. Nice kill op.

Sail Hatan

kid around here with a full bolt on V6 has been calling me out. cant wait to race him.
good kill.

camaro98z28

I would leave that thing alone. Stock it's worth more and looks like you've kept it nice.

ohioborn80

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Nice kill.

Speaking of v6. Roush just did a 500hp ECO BOOST v6. Knowing them still lot power left in it as well.

92Vette

The gas mileage must be pretty good, but this kid's exhaust sounded terrible, like a fart-can Civic or something. It's hard to get a good sound out of V6's sometimes.

Sweet, let me know how the race goes. What are your mods?

Thanks! Yeah I wash/wax it constantly, it's in excellent condition for a car with 113,000 miles. I've been debating since I bought it if I'm going to mod it or not, but chances are I will keep it stock because I'm hopefully going to sell it when I get out of college and buy an old Zr1

I bet there is. If people get 1000+ hp out of GTRs, I wouldn't doubt they could get the 3.7 up near there too. I wonder if the next GT will be an Ecoboost V6? I'm not sure if people would accept anything other than a V8 though...

Mike Morris

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Nice job!!


Best sleeper C4 is a 96 six speed....LT4!

Raoul-Duke

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Good kill man. C4 LT1 love right here!

Yeah, the newer Mustang 6 bangers are impressive but there are waaay too many typical 6 cylinder owners buying them thinking they can run because they have "300 hp" lol

I've got a buddy with one, Intake/Exhaust. Wanted to race because I also am supposedly rated at "305 hp" lol I laughed and said lets please! I think he wised up and now everytime I see him the first thing I say is, "When we gonn race?" with a big grin on my face. lol

92Vette

They're certainly not slow, but they only have around 273 ftlbs of torque, and our V8s have around 330. I find that to be the difference maker. There's another kid on campus with a V6 Mustang that thinks it's that fastest thing in the world, and he only has one of those dumb short-ram intakes, which I'm pretty sure actually rob power.

ScreaminRedZ

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Nice kill!

I'm a big fan of the new V6 Mustang. I'd love to build one as a project someday, but there are a few cars on the list first.

Raoul-Duke

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Yeah I think they're round 230ish rwhp stock. And w/o forced induction there is 0 threat.

stumprrp

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Those C4 vettes are no joke. Bone stock my buddies 94 went 13.7 at 104. Now it has a LE2 383 with stock 3.42 gears and went 11.0 @ 127 with slicks and skinnies at Cecil. Crazy fast car.