Vette owners inside! 87 Vette vs 89 GTA
 

Been a while i havent posted much on here, but anyways there's this guy i use to know a while back and now i saw him after a few years and coincidentally we both ended up at BK. So on my way out we talked a bit and then we talked about our rides, and he wanted to have a race but i had to get back to work so i got his # and told him we'd get a race sometime soon. He's got a stock 87 vette auto, bone stock to the filter with about 98k miles on it. Im running my 89 GTA bone stock to the filter as well. I have no clue about vettes, any advice or suggestions? :)

The Vette is lighter and makes more power. He should win. If they are both manuals though, it is a driver/traction race. Good Luck.

I’d give a slight edge to the Vette. It weighs less, but the GTA probably has better gears. As far as I know, an 87 Vette and an 89 350 GTA should have about the same HP.

It’ll probably come down to the running condition of each car ( a lot of bad things can happen to a car over the course of 17 years), and what type of race. Some of those automatic Vettes had like 250-something gears and could be tough to race from certain roll speeds.

Do it and let us know what happens.

The 350s didn't start making Vette power in the fbodys until 91-92. The vette will win this one

Some misinformation in this thread...

L98 F-Bodiess didn't come with manual transmissions. The T5 was too much of a pussy trans to take the torque from the L98

The 92 was the year they introduced the LT1. Before that, they used the same L98 as the F-Bodies. The L98 was a fine motor, but choked off way too much. The heads and the intake freed a lot of pent-up horsepower.

87 Vette = 240 BHP

89 GTA = 235 BHP

The IRS in the Vette sucks up a little more power before it gets to the pavement.

It will be a close race.

Vendetta - I was refering to the 92 Fbody, which did not have the LT1 until 93

I misread, thanks for the catch.

I had a 91 gta and I beat a 88 vette. We were both bone stock,but I think I was the better driver. It should be a good race.

Yea i think so too, but i'll probably run him in a few weeks cuz im leaving on vacation soon, but i'll probably order some LT's and a hooker catback with some good tires.

Hell, even some of the stock 305's were breaking the T5, if abused enough.

Me thinks it should be a relatively close race...