Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: cchase
Originally Posted By: hardcore302
I stayed door to door with one (intake/tune/some exhaust and a shifter). He was surprised, but I figured that he just couldn't drive, lol.
They are very tricky cars to drive well. Even the car mags were all over the place with their tests. Skinny tires don't help from a stop.
...and he is also ~ what, at least 300 lbs. lighter than the modern Goats??
The weight on the new gen "muscle cars" is really out of hand (Charger/Challenger, Camaro). At least the Mustang is still relatively light.
A properly driven 04-06 GTO should handily beat an 07 Mustang, even one with a tune. It's probably 10% heavier but it also has about 33% more power. Take the 5.0 Mustang though and I think the GTO would get walked.