the reason that i asked was because i had the chance to race my friend
in his 99 trans am with the ws6 performance package several times. I
was obviously beaten, but i was not disheartened because i was really
impressed with how well i had done against the 320 hp monster of a
sports car. he said that i did better than any of the mustangs that
he had raced (stoplight fashion) except for a cobra. i drove a gt a
few weeks before i got the r/t, and when i got in the r/t, it felt like
it would be a good race, and that the r/t had a little better pickup in
first and second gear (the mustang was just a little jerkier). i guess
i will just have to wait until i am at the stoplight revving my engine
with one.
gordon
99 r/t black rc
On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Jon Steiger wrote:
>
> On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Gordon Adams wrote:
>
> > i have not had the chance to run my R/T against a 4.6 mustang gt. has
> > anybody had any luck running against these guys. i know how it performs
> > against an LS1, but have yet to stoplight it with a stang. i would
> > imagine the R/T would come out on top (pre-1999). I am also curious
> > about how the improvements to the mustang will help it out performance
> > wise (we all know it desperately needed some improvement) I cant wait to
> > race one.
> >
>
> Unfortunately, Mustangs react very well to mods, and (worse) they're
> dirt cheap! You can make a mustang run 11's for a pittance. The
> 4.6's don't yet have anywhere near as many mods available as do the
> 5.0's, but they've still got a lot more going for them than Dodge
> trucks do. (As far as the availability of go-fast stuff goes.)
>
> (A friend of mine is kind've a mustang buff, so I hear a lot about
> them from him; don't worry, I haven't joined the dark side. :-)
> Plus, I have always thought "know thine enemy" is sound advice.) ;-)
>
> On a related note, something that I have always found interesting
> (and which was also recently mentioned in Mopar Action) is: Despite
> being impossibly outnumbered and despite having virtually non-existant
> aftermarket support, Mopars seem to take more than their share of
> trophies and spank more than their share of other "ready, willing, and
> able" vehicles on the street. I'm not sure why, but I find this
> fascinating. I wonder what it is that causes this? Are Mopars simply
> better built? Do Mopars attract people with better driving skills? Do
> they appeal to a more adept portion of the population? Some or all of
> the above? I dunno; I have yet to figure it out, but it happens too
> often to be mere coincidence... When you see something consistantly
> beat the law of averages, SOMETHING has to be causing it! Errr,
> sorry, guess I got a little off track there. :-)
>
> -Jon-
>
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