My 87GT owned my 01GT. I raced them, side by side. I took the jump and I was in the 01 with a good fender lead at the time. By the time my friend was shifting out of 1st gear (blew 2nd), he had 1/2 car on me. Even an LS1 wouldn't have been able to close the pull and the gap he was putting on me.
Lizard, sorry, but you lose. You can say no way, no way, no way. I say yes way, and have seen it done with my two cars side by side. Although my friend missed 2nd gear, abruptly ending his chances to win outright, the scope of how he pulled me cannot be ignored. Just wasn't used to my clutch, or it would have been a 3+ car massacre from 15-80. Since I haven't sold the 87 yet, I will try to get a rematch vs my 2002. Rest assured, I will not pull any punches on the race, for either car. The 87 will be prepped to run for the first time, ever. I might even bump the timing on the thing past factory 10*.
There are STOCK engined 87-88 SD Mustang 5.0's running 12.80's. Stock intake, stock cam, stock heads. Intake spacer, CAI, gears, slicks, headers, H, and exhaust. Mr 5 0 has personally witnessed a stock SD LX run a 13.8 right in front of his eyes. With the mondo 2.73:1 rear gears, or even the optional 3.08's (w/5spd), it's hard to get a good hole shot out of the 5.0's. Coupe 5oh is running mid 13's with a nearly stock ex patrol coupe. He does have 3.27 gears and exhaust mods. That's down south, where the air isn't anything like up here. Trust me. I've been there, and I've been here in MN. The difference is very noticable.
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