I
knew there would be some controversy on that statement I made (especially from one particular individual
).
Alright, how's this. 14.4-14.8 for auto GT (hardtop) and 14.2-14.5 for manual GT (hardtop). Better? I try to be careful and not underestimate cars, but
from experience (yet not the broadest experience in the world, I admit) on the road and at the track, I'm gonna have to stick with those numbers. Will there be any GTs that run faster than the times listed above?, sure, how bout slower? why not.
I don't know, maybe all the '99 up GTs around here are not up to par.
Lizard King, I take your word on a 13.6 in your car, but just b/c you run those times doesn't mean every manual GT can match those #s.
Now, Motortrend. Do you seriously think the drivers/crew of the Motortrend bunch just jump in a GT, run it once and then say, "Hey, we got 14.0 for the GT stang." No way, it takes some refining of driving each run, nice and clean track on a sunny day with nice weather, and some tuning of the car to see what it can make a BEST run of, ie. tweaking it to get the best out of the motor.
Suppose them guys ran your GT
LK at the track and reported that 99 up GTs run 13.6s. Yeah, they all run mid 13s
. Or suppose they ran some other manual 99 up GT and the best they could get out of it after trying everything they could was a 14.8. What then, do all those GTs run 14.8s? Nope. But I'd say there is a high density # of mid (14.4-14.7) 14 second GTs out there-- higher than the # of low 14 sec GTs.
A friend of mine bought a Convertible auto 2001 GT (gag) and wants to run me. YEah, the worst combo for a GT, but let's see how it goes. What do you say a 2001 auto vert GT will run in the 1/4
LK?
I would love to run a 99 up GT that can run better than 14.3 (auto or stick) in the 1/4 (I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE ARE NO GTs THAT RUN LOWER THAN 14.3, I would just love to run one so my faith in them can increase).
Okay. I will take back my statement about low 15s--sorry. I should say that with a good driver, 99% of all 99 up GTs should be in the 14s.
--friendly debate
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