Raced an LS1 Trans Am

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jnicklo

New member
I was on my way home from the Pool hall, cruising on I95 when I see Trans Am headlights behind me.

He was coming up fast so I decided to try and match his speed....

Eventually we were side by side, tried to bait him into a race by speeding up. He quickly took the bait and hit the gas.

Then we were side by side again at 70mph.

I see him move so I hit the gas, at WOT we were dead even up until 110 where he proceeded to walk right by me.

Then we went again from 90mph and the outcome was a little different, I stayed next to him until 120 where he began to pull away again.


Even so it was my very first loss in the Mark VIII, I am VERY happy w/ this car's top end. It makes me want to get some mods even more now.
 
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GRAND_LS 400

New member
are you foreal? you would know better then me about this, but isn't that a LOW 13sec car?

I just dont know how something like that can happen.
 
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Kale

New member
Believe it.

1/4 mile racing is all about getting off the line, something that needs a lot of improvement in our Marks. Once we get rolling, we can hang with the best of them.

Kale
 
sleeper

sleeper

Former LOD President
He said he got walked, why would you call BS? LOL.

I raced one of these on the highway last summer. He promptly walked me. Then about a 1/4 mile down the road a cop was behind me with the lights on. I started to pull over, then he saw the red T/A. He went for the T/A. :) :) I call that a win for me.
 
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Ponyfreak

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20mph-100mph my car screams. It takes a fast car to outrun pull on me. At the 1/4 mile lesser cars take me off the line and I have a really tough time catching up to them. These cars are super pigs off the line.
 
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Luke Walling

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A stock Mark should get trashed by a LS1 TA :).

Hell, my very lightly modd'd one gets beat up by my coworkers automatic Porsche 928s.

We won't talk about comparing it to my C5.

But hey.. You know how much I like Transams? I traded one (was an LT1 w/6spd, about 16k miles) with low miles for my current Mark 8 about 5 years ago :). <G>.
 
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Greenemachine

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A stock Mark should get trashed by a LS1 TA :).

Hell, my very lightly modd'd one gets beat up by my coworkers automatic Porsche 928s.

We won't talk about comparing it to my C5.

But hey.. You know how much I like Transams? I traded one (was an LT1 w/6spd, about 16k miles) with low miles for my current Mark 8 about 5 years ago :). <G>.

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I'm sory but you traded a lt1 trans am for a mark.. I mean I love the mark but somethings wrong with this picture here. and a 6 speed to top it all off?
 
sleeper

sleeper

Former LOD President
I'm sory but you traded a lt1 trans am for a mark.. I mean I love the mark but somethings wrong with this picture here. and a 6 speed to top it all off?
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At the end of the day he was driving a pontiac with a buckboard ride, no interior space, no back seat, and difficult ingress and egress.

Now he's driving a lincoln.

Good trade.
 
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DavidCC

New member
At the end of the day he was driving a pontiac with a buckboard ride, no interior space, no back seat, and difficult ingress and egress.

Now he's driving a lincoln.

Good trade.
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sweeeeeeeeet

94 Mark VIII, Black / Black
dynoed at 247.5hp / 259.7ft-lb!
 
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MonsterMark

Guest
And, for about $500 and a bottle of rum he could put the spank on the TA, too.

'98 Pristine Pearlescent LSC
'93 V-10 Twin Turbo Money Pit (The MonsterMark)
'93 Collecting Dust
Bryan
 
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