2013 5.0 vs 2007 Maserati Gransport
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This race didn't involve any LS engines unfortunately. But I'll share it anyways, bought my 2013 5.0 with 3.73s last Saturday. Car is still bone stock.
I was driving in Mexico and came to a stoplight. I didn't really pay attention to the car next to me bc I was having a conversation with the wife. Bam light turns green I accelerate a little above normal...turns out the super loud V8 was a 2007 maserati gransport with at the minimum a catback exhaust. it was as loud as my LM2 catback i had on my WS6. he heard my motor rev a little on acceleration. As soon as I hit 2nd gear he downshifted and punched it. I immediately ignored my wife and went into race mode. Then I immediately dropped back to 1st, I was I right in my powerband at around 4500ish rpm. At this point the Maserati had the hit and was about a car up on me. I quickly stopped the bleeding and started to reel him in as I banged 2nd. By the time I was mid way through third gear I pulled in front. I ran it into the top of 4th just to assure him I just dusted his *** off
. I backed out of it at that point, I was a little more than a car length ahead when I backed out of it. I didn't see exactly the speed I was at but it was roughly 80-90ish. Trying to slow down on a little street in Tijuana used all my focus haha.
The guy then pulled up next to me at the next light. He looked all pumped from the race. I barley was able to get minor info about the car before the light switched. He told me the car name and commented his exhaust was a little loud for the city. That's the first time I've seen a Maserati or at least noticed one around this area. First thing I did when I came home was google 2007 Maserati gransport lol. In my research it showed that they run about 4.8ish to 60 bone stock. So exactly the same as a 5th gen is estimated.
I didn't mean to be a dick to the guy but I told him his car was kinda quick. After the fact I thought to myself that was a dick comment
those cars are pretty expensive to be called "kinda quick"
If you guys run up on a Maserati, beware they are faster than they look lol.
I did realize at this point that a go pro was in my near future. Now that I think about it as I write this I might just charge it to the good ole bb card![Driving](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_driving3.gif)
This is a pic of the 5.0 in question![Tongue](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_tongue.gif)
I was driving in Mexico and came to a stoplight. I didn't really pay attention to the car next to me bc I was having a conversation with the wife. Bam light turns green I accelerate a little above normal...turns out the super loud V8 was a 2007 maserati gransport with at the minimum a catback exhaust. it was as loud as my LM2 catback i had on my WS6. he heard my motor rev a little on acceleration. As soon as I hit 2nd gear he downshifted and punched it. I immediately ignored my wife and went into race mode. Then I immediately dropped back to 1st, I was I right in my powerband at around 4500ish rpm. At this point the Maserati had the hit and was about a car up on me. I quickly stopped the bleeding and started to reel him in as I banged 2nd. By the time I was mid way through third gear I pulled in front. I ran it into the top of 4th just to assure him I just dusted his *** off
![Driving](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_driving3.gif)
The guy then pulled up next to me at the next light. He looked all pumped from the race. I barley was able to get minor info about the car before the light switched. He told me the car name and commented his exhaust was a little loud for the city. That's the first time I've seen a Maserati or at least noticed one around this area. First thing I did when I came home was google 2007 Maserati gransport lol. In my research it showed that they run about 4.8ish to 60 bone stock. So exactly the same as a 5th gen is estimated.
I didn't mean to be a dick to the guy but I told him his car was kinda quick. After the fact I thought to myself that was a dick comment
![The Jester](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_jest.gif)
If you guys run up on a Maserati, beware they are faster than they look lol.
I did realize at this point that a go pro was in my near future. Now that I think about it as I write this I might just charge it to the good ole bb card
![Driving](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_driving3.gif)
This is a pic of the 5.0 in question
![Tongue](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_tongue.gif)
![](http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/5229/imagedyt.jpg)
Last edited by JesseWS6; 04-07-2013 at 10:19 PM.