Dr. Tweak
Mad Scientist
Uh, yeah that's what he was saying. Unless you live in BC, then it's 19.
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So SHO vs GTP is a driver's race? Wow... I always thought they were a lot faster...
GTP VS SHOdown May 29th
- Thread starter Soopacharged
- Start date
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So SHO vs GTP is a driver's race? Wow... I always thought they were a lot faster...
FuzzyFish
Member
Assuming that I can get mine road legal by then, you can count me in.
<small>[ January 06, 2004, 09:10 AM: Message edited by: FuzzyFish ]</small>
<small>[ January 06, 2004, 09:10 AM: Message edited by: FuzzyFish ]</small>
Soopacharged
Guest
How many of you wish to stay overnight?
MYSHO1
PiCkLe DaNcE!
If i go im staying a few days, maybe a week. Its going to be fishing and a day of racing for me!
gosho89
New Member
Heres a little GTP input from a SHO owner. My wife owns a 99 GTP, she ran it at a local GTP club event last September, bone stock 14.67 / 90.45 mph About 30 minutes later after installing a 3.4" S/C pulley ($65) and K&N 9" cone ($41), the wife then ran 14.31 / 93.99 mph.
http://home.comcast.net/~pdxcgp/woodburn.htm
(The white GTP is my wife)
Of the local GTP club guys that were at the track 5 were running under 14.00's with light mods. The best of them was a 13.55 / 100mph and he was still using the stock air box and street tires.
http://home.comcast.net/~pdxcgp/quarter.htm
Check out the new Motor Trend they list the 2004 SS front drive Impala as running 14.70's bone stock (same 3800 series II engine as the GTP 1997-2003) this is funny because its faster then a bone stock 94-96 SS Impala LT1 powered car. Front wheel drive has come a long ways...
FYI........ I weighed the wifes GTP the other day w/full tank of gas = 3580lbs
My advice......be prepared to get your booty wiped unless your SHO's got some NOS or a S/C. pcorn
My wifes car may kick my SHO's butt on the drag strip but not on the road course. nono
<small>[ January 07, 2004, 12:50 PM: Message edited by: gosho89 ]</small>
Mike Kopstain
New Member
What's G-T-P??? shrug
Soopacharged
Guest
Unfortunatly our cars are not as receptive to mods as the GTP's are. But I'm not discouraged. I'll be out there giving it my all. Besides this is all in fun.
Emerald94
SHO Member
Why don't you make two classes?
"normal" racing and bracket.
"normal" racing and bracket.
Lil' Miss
New Member
If I can get off, I'll be there w/ my gtp beer
Silver95
SHO Member
they got a huge amount of low end torque, my budies buick regal GS(heavier car) just simply takes off like a bullet off a red light.
JerryH
New Member
Quebec Canada... where the legal drinking age of 18 is only a suggestion... lol.
Honestly, 18 is the legal drinking age, but lets not get too far into the parting thing and detract from the real reason we're getting together, and thats to spend a nice fun day in friendly competition (no winners, no losers). with 2 of the coolest kinds of 4-door grocery getters on the market.
JerryH
New Member
[/QUOTE]I was originaly pushing for us to go onto a road circuit as well, but nobody seemed to agree with the idea. Plus the road track is further north than the place we're going, so if we did do the road thing, not as many people would show up. [/QB][/QUOTE]
Its not that a road course was a bad idea, it was the 2 main reasons that for most people, the much higher cost ($150+ dollars versus $25 for drag racing) of doing these events not available at at a convenient location (Napierville is about 30 minutes south of Montreal and about 45 minutes away from the US borders, a very convenient location).
For me my car is setup evenly for either autocross or 1/4 mile, but for this fun event I would choose to do the 1/4 mile stuff.
<small>[ January 07, 2004, 07:24 PM: Message edited by: JerryH ]</small>
Its not that a road course was a bad idea, it was the 2 main reasons that for most people, the much higher cost ($150+ dollars versus $25 for drag racing) of doing these events not available at at a convenient location (Napierville is about 30 minutes south of Montreal and about 45 minutes away from the US borders, a very convenient location).
For me my car is setup evenly for either autocross or 1/4 mile, but for this fun event I would choose to do the 1/4 mile stuff.
<small>[ January 07, 2004, 07:24 PM: Message edited by: JerryH ]</small>
JerryH
New Member
Sheesh, I'm starting to feel like the big bad wolf or something, lol... we posture a little between ourselfs all in fun, but trust me to say that a nicer group of people you will be hard pressed to find.
(besides, soopacharged posted on the GP board first and instigated... lol)
Ian Macoomb
SHO Member
That's not all. Montreal is well known for their strip joints too. It's known to be the sex capital of North America.
If that's your thing check out this forum:
http://www.merb.ca/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=f6650cb4c84a1219a8d5c72246b98a4e&forumid=10
JerryH
New Member
We get ready to play every spring and if we can have more cars in our class at a track, that just means more fun, no? So lets makle it less a "GTP against SHO" and more like GP and Taurus owners having a good time at the same track on the same day togeher.
I liked the suggestion soopacharged had of fastest GP and fastest SHO trophies, but again it is quite early.
Soopacharged
Guest
So far it's looking like the weekend of May 29th or June 5th. How's everyone with these dates?
SolidState
No Mo SHO
ahhh, Ian....if you make it out to montreal, I gotta buy you a beer!
brian mcleod
New Member
GTP and quarter mile don't sound good for my SHO brethren.
Ian Macoomb
SHO Member
Early that that is better. Trust me we want sub 10 Celcius weather (sub 50F for those south of us). My SHO runs almost half a tenth quicker in the cold. The GTP will run faster too but I think they'll run into traction problems more so than us due to their torque advantage.
Ian Macoomb
SHO Member
Oh I'll be there alright. Montreal is my favourite party city.
