This happened in Germany (I LOVE the Autobahn!!!):

I wasn't driving the GT, but just my '04 Volvo S60 2.5T (210 hp, no tunes whatsoever). I was in the fast lane cruising at 250 km/h (155 mph), when I saw a pair of healdights flashing in my rearview mirror, closing in on me. I let him pass when I saw it was a '04 Porsche 911 Carrera S. The guy cut right in front of me and only then I realized he was actually trying to clear the lane too...: behind him was a German manic on a Suzuki Hayabusa bike, definitely doing 200 mph!!!

That was one of the best things I've seen on the Autobahn! I truly recommend it to anybody who's not only into the - quite boring - "traffic light drag racing", but also into VERY high speed driving!

I can't wait to take my '05 GT to Germany!

P.S.: has anybody tried to reach max. speed in a stock '05 GT? How fast did it get?

 

Louie,
You will be disappointed if you try that in your Mustang because of the built-in speed limiter. You need to get a tuner (SCT or Diablosport Predator) to turn off the speed limiter.

The Boss Hog

 

BossHog,

I'm already looking for tuners in Europe. The problem I have is that Diablo and the like won't ship their products over here, so I might have to import everything I need myself, like I did with the car

In the mean time, I'm waiting to pick up my GT around the end of April, take it on the road, figure out what should be improved and then start ordering parts.

 

6.0 litre GTO's are MUCH faster than that. No way any Stang is 20 car lengths up at 130. Dude, face it, the guy wasn't even racing you.

 

Well it might be possible. I saw a GTO at the drag strip and every single run he couldn't get the tires to grip. He burned rubber down nearly half of the strip and never got a good time. If he pushed it at start, he could have bogged down and let the mustang go. But with an experienced driver, that extra 100 horses will kill a mustang. I think we already figured that out at the drag strip.

 

The GTO guy more than likely shut it down much earlier once he got smoked off the line. And an 05 stang WILL destroy a GTO off the line, no question about it, even with stock gears. Like most GM products, I'll bet you anything the final drive ratio is in the 2's on that car, coupled with the heavier weight makes it a dog on the line. It wakes up and pulls hard in 4th, where the Stang levels off, and that's where the stang gets beat.

 

I agree that the Mustang will pull the GTO off the line, but they do have a 3.46 gear.

http://www.carsdirect.com/research/pontiac...5/base/features

The Boss Hog

 

6.0 litre GTO's are MUCH faster than that. No way any Stang is 20 car lengths up at 130. Dude, face it, the guy wasn't even racing you.
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the way he took off he definately WAS racing, and he definately got no joy off the line. I dont know wether or not he slowed down, but i do know that he definatley didnt like a mustang running away from him. I agree that the numbers say a GTO should walk a stang all day long, but that didnt happen here. all i can say is i was stoked to see the bitterness when he turned off.

 

Well sunny beaches, I would've lost that bet

 

most o5 mustangs with little a tune have about 350 hp and with gears you would beat a gto .

 

the way he took off he definately WAS racing, and he definately got no joy off the line. I dont know wether or not he slowed down, but i do know that he definatley didnt like a mustang running away from him. I agree that the numbers say a GTO should walk a stang all day long, but that didnt happen here. all i can say is i was stoked to see the bitterness when he turned off.
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Way to go, anything that embarasses that ugly POS, I like. I had a 68 GTO and loved it, was fast, good looking and had just brutal torque. Regardless of what the general says, that warmed over Holden won't ever be a true GTO.

 

I'll have some good dragstrip stories for you guys after this weekend for sure.

One night coming home I did have a guy in an ex-squad car Caprice try to run me. He spotted me in his mirror from about 1/2 mile away and slowed up to let me catch him, then it was on. I hammered it to the floor and pulled 2-3 lengths on him very quickly, then let off about 65mph or so. He flew by going at least 75. I don't know if I got the jump on him or if that car truely had no power down low, but by the time he was catching up I was going too fast for my liking on that street and backed out of it.