William Blount Arthur wrote:
>
> Oh, I know, I just dont see a Grand Prix being super duper fast. Yeh,
> they dont weigh much and I bet they are pretty fast, but those magazines
> have always said that camaros are 13.1 sec cars, and I have never seen it
> on any of my trips to the track. Maybe I am wrong, but I see 5.0 mustangs
> that have plenty done to them running low 13's and they look stronger and
> lighter to me. I know my buddy with a 5.0 takes LS1's all the time. Now
> that said, I need to put some gears in my truck ect so that I can whoop up
> on those GTP's too. Not going to do it like this!
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:
>
> > It ain't always the HP or TQ that make a car fast. ou can have all the
> > horepower in the world...if the gears ain't right, it just won't run right.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> > > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of William
> > > Blount Arthur
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 11:26 PM
> > > To: 'DML'
> > > Subject: Re: DML: Spanking Grand Prix's - warning
> > >
> > >
> > > Yeh sure, and the chevy camaro is so fast that you start to turn into pure
> > > energy just riding in it... Ever notice that Motor Trend and co always
> > > think that chevy is the best at everything... I thought the Supercharger
> > > brought the GTP up to an amazing 250 hp, about what mine had stock...
> > > Hmmm..
> > >
> > > Bill
> > > '97 SS/T
> > >
> > > On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Weston-Lewis, Graeme wrote:
> > >
> > > > Over on the Grand Prix list, some guy was saying how he spanked
> > > a Dak. He
> > > > didn't know what it was, just that it had a big V8 on the side. I just
> > > > wanted to warn y'all 'bout the supercharged Grand Prix GTP.
> > > Bone stock these
> > > > things run about mid 14's and with a few inexpensive mods, mid
> > > to low 13's
> > > > are not uncommon.
> > > > The non-supercharged GT should be a good race for a stock R/T,
> > > so ya just
> > > > gotta be careful and look out for the "P".
> > > > For those of you who have been "breathing" on your R/T - have fun.....
> > > >
> > > > Graeme
> > > > 97 SLT v8 4x4
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
I hear there's a bolt on overdrive pulley for those sc's to make more
boost. Alan S.
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