blackhawk_02

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Ok, so I'm in Texas somewhere heading from Louisiana to California and im cruising about 85ish and i see this newer mustang.. well, got about 2 cars back from him in the left lane (he's in the right) and i see that its a Shelby, well, i was like, whatever, we'll see what I can do. so, without much notice, we had slowed down to 70 and i was still about 2 car lengths behind him just waiting for him to do something, sure enough, he did, he punches it, i drop it from 6th to 4th and we go from 70-145.. it was about an even race, we stayed about 2 car lengths separated the whole time.. arent those Shelby's supposed to be fast???

phoenix1987

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Not when they way almost 4,000 pounds. I raced a GT500 with 2.73s in my car (6 speed) and I reeled him in and past him easily.

Irunelevens

Yeah, but a "bout stock" LS1 should not be even with one from a roll. They are still a good amount faster than a stock LS1 car. How "bout stock" are we talking about here?

blackhawk_02

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ive got short shifter, exhaust, and slp lid.. thats all 'bout stock i am.. lol

Irunelevens

Well then I'm gonna have to blame that on the GT500 driver. A win is a win and everything, but he still should have beaten you. Good run though

blackhawk_02

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that's what i was thinking. maybe he was a bad driver, because i shouldnt have won that, according to the 'specs' of the cars. but, whatever, ill take that win. lol

Irunelevens

Hell yeah. There's not too many situations where I SHOULD beat an LS1, but if it happens I'll take it.

Sarge_13

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Nice kill.
From the sounds of it he wasn't in the right gear for that speed.

blackhawk_02

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haha yeah...

i coulda pulled in 3rd gear if i would have thought about it and beat him baaad.. maybe?

Sarge_13

iTrader: (1)

If both of you were in the correct gear that would be a really good race IMO

dutinsss

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thats the 500h.p. models, right?

Bob Cosby

There is a Shelby GT500 and a Shelby GT. Big difference in how the two run, not a big difference in looks. Might have gotten beside the Shelby GT. From a roll, the GT500 shouldn't of had much problem with you - even given its porkiness.

Sarge_13

iTrader: (1)

Correct. But the weight cancels out a lot of that making for a good race with a M6 LS1
@Bob, a LS1 would have no problem with a Shelby GT from a roll from what I've experienced.

Razorsedgepit06

A win is a win, but they should be a tad faster than that... Even with all that weight..Maybe a driver error

dutinsss

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dang, i wonder what weighs it down so much. it seems like a 500h.p. car wouldn't have a problem with a mid 300hp car. but yea, drivers do make a huge difference. if that guy just got that gt500 and was as bad as me when i first got my SS, that would more than explain it lol

Sarge_13

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Engine, suspension, rims, body pieces... Curb weight of like 39xx if I remember correctly

blackhawk_02

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i could have sworn it was a gt500, almost 99% positive! lol who knows!! i cant member

AlLtHiRdGeN

Its possible, he should have a better power to weight ratio but much worse aerodynamics. He most likely thought he was gonna walk you and only dropped 4th instead of third, good race!!

Finite1

iTrader: (3)

Nice run.

LivingCanvas

iTrader: (4)

Somethings up with this. If you only dropped into 4th at 70, he must have stayed in 5th or something. Or he wasn't really trying. I know those gt500's arent as fast as they should be, but that doesnt add up.