Automotive News, Media & Press - New GTO Times!?
uLoSeAgAin
10-30-2003, 08:21 PM
Ive been seeing sometime that the gto is putting out and I am a little confused! I mean the thing weighs 3725 pounds and has the same power train we do. Motor Trend gave it a 5.3 0-60 time and 13.62 in the quater. THey rated the trans am and camaros at like a 5.2 0-60 and the 13.7 or 8 range if i remeber when they came out. What the hell?
u8dusst
10-30-2003, 08:27 PM
The T-56 in the GTO's are a closer ratio. Maybe thats it? Maybe GM accidently slipped in an LS6 cam in the GTO's. :D
Vendetta
10-30-2003, 08:39 PM
That's awesome!!! I thought they were low 14 second cars at best. For Motor Trend times, people might be able to break 12s with them...
THis is frickin awesome.
distortion_69
10-30-2003, 08:53 PM
Just goes to show you magazine peeps are stupid. If it only weighs 3725, its only 200lbs heavier than the avg f-body.. The fbody definately had potential to run more than a 13.7. Usually just subtract half a second off of whatever Motor Trend runs, and you'll have what the car actually has the potential to run with a good driver. Motor Trend times usually are well under the cars potential and more inline with the average or even sometimes under average driver.
BigBronco
10-30-2003, 09:03 PM
damn sounds like a bad ass car!
Vendetta
10-30-2003, 09:26 PM
Just goes to show you magazine peeps are stupid. If it only weighs 3725, its only 200lbs heavier than the avg f-body.. The fbody definately had potential to run more than a 13.7. Usually just subtract half a second off of whatever Motor Trend runs, and you'll have what the car actually has the potential to run with a good driver. Motor Trend times usually are well under the cars potential and more inline with the average or even sometimes under average driver.
That's what I was saying. Didn't they have the Z06 rated at 12.6? I was thinking that maybe some excellent drivers (such as J-Rod) might be able to break 12s with the GTO. There's gotta be some kinda trick that GMs given them... maybe an LS6 part somewhere, like a cam (stated before)? i wanna find out more about this, now.
BIGBOS
10-30-2003, 09:27 PM
I think they will run mid 13's and 0-60 right over 5 seconds
RPM WS6
10-30-2003, 09:46 PM
I would not expect to see them run much faster stock than mid-13s on stock tires even with a good driver.
HOTROD98Z
10-30-2003, 09:58 PM
Did Moter Trend actually test the Gto, or are these just estimated times?
HOTROD98Z
10-30-2003, 10:00 PM
By the way in the Gto forum Autoweek was saying Gm estimated the quarter mile time in 14 seconds at over 100 mph.
uLoSeAgAin
11-01-2003, 12:38 AM
The number of 13.62 in the 1/4 and 5.3 0-60 in going to be in the december issue of motor trend.