mustang gt convertable vs gs-t?

[HSK]

i was on my way to work and the traffic was moving at around 70mph on fast lane. when i moved over one lane to the left to pass a slow gardener truck, the mustang gt convertable that was on the right of me cuts two lanes and gets right behind me with his emergency blinkers on. the gt had a full body kit and blue headlights and blinkers. the gt had one passanger and they both looked about 18-21yrs old. there was a clear 50-70ft ahead so we went. it was from about 65-110, i pulled about 1.5-2 cars on him. i eased off at 110 let him catch up so i can take a look at him, but then he zooms by. i took my win and i just watched him go take off around at 100mph.. then the gt after passing about 2-3cars (at this point probably reached around 110mph) gets scared by some van trying to switch lanes and slams the breaks.. there was a lot of tire smoke, it nearly made his car disappear, then he spun out and hit a truck that was on the other lane. his body kit was flying everywhere and i saw him slowly pull over to the side with few other cars that was affected by the accident. i looked at him as i was passing by the scene, but he didnt look at me..

i have two questions:
1. was that really a gt? can a gs-t w/intake exhaust uicp bov pull on a gt?
2. would you have stopped to see how the gt was doing?

thanks for reading

 

[talontsi01]

Any idea what year it was?


My friend has a mustang gt with a few mods. Our cars are pretty even from a stop. Stock against stock, my friends gt is definately faster.

 

[HSK]

it looked like 99 model. he looked like he had no mods, maybe an intake, definatly no exhaust

how much are you boostin?

 

[talontsi01]

Originally posted by HSK
it looked like 99 model. he looked like he had no mods, maybe an intake, definatly no exhaust

how much are you boostin?

My friends is a 99 gt also. His stang has intake, pulleys and exhaust.

I have a few more mods and am running 16psi.

 

[fireredGST]

I raced a 99GT , had a kit and wheels to make it look like a SVT Cobra.

I was only able to hold him off to 105mph, where he pulled 1-2CL's on my GST.

 

[fastdsm18]

the 95-98 gt's must be the biggest turds ever. I raced my friend when he had his 98 gt and I beat him by 1.5-2 cars from a stop when I only had the injen intake on my car. A month later he traded his car in for a 98 cobra.

 

[nutshot]

www.car-stats.com

I looked for info on a GT conv:

Car-Stats.com Report for 2001 Ford Mustang GT (conv)
Obtained from C&D May, 2001
0-60: 6 Transmission: Automatic
1/4 Mile: 14.7
1/4 Speed: 96

I also pulled up your car:

Car-Stats.com Report for 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T
Obtained from MT June, 1994
0-60: 7.4 Transmission: Automatic
1/4 Mile: 15.5
1/4 Speed: 90

I don't know how accurate these stats are, but they are close on 1g's.
Hope this helped.

 

[GSTnKC]

ya back when I had my 96 GST 5spd with those exact same mods, I ran across a 01or so Mustang Gt drop top that seemd to have exhuast or something. Me and him raced from a 35-45 roll or so and had it in 3rd gear. With my former girlfriend in the car he only put about a car to a car and a half on me. That was when i was running about 12psi but spiked to 14psi on i think 91octane.

 

[fireredGST]

Originally posted by nutshot
www.car-stats.com

I looked for info on a GT conv:

Car-Stats.com Report for 2001 Ford Mustang GT (conv)
Obtained from C&D May, 2001
0-60: 6 Transmission: Automatic
1/4 Mile: 14.7
1/4 Speed: 96

I also pulled up your car:

Car-Stats.com Report for 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T
Obtained from MT June, 1994
0-60: 7.4 Transmission: Automatic
1/4 Mile: 15.5
1/4 Speed: 90

I don't know how accurate these stats are, but they are close on 1g's.
Hope this helped.

Those are times for an automatic GS-T.
Here are some 5-speed times, but from a Talon TSI FWD(same thing).

Report for 1995 Eagle Talon Tsi

0-60: 6.4
1/4 Mile: 15.1
1/4 Speed: 94

From www.car-stats.com as well.


Report for 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX

0-60: 6.4
1/4 Mile: 14.9
1/4 Speed: 92

 

[DSMeclipse4G63]

I raced a 2003 gt with flowmasters when I had intake and mbc set at 15psi. from a roll I crept forward a little bit but from a stop he pulled considerably. They tested a auto gt 2003 at 14.1@95 or so. With what you had a vert gt would be a even match if it was stock but with the body kit Im sure drag wasnt helping him so thats why you pulled.
Andrew

 

[Larry L]

Depending the year of the car...Convertable Mustangs are like Spyders in that if you are automatic your car comes with less hp. The auto Spyder GS-T has 205 hp.....So if the GT had a auto it is easy to see why you would win. Hell though the manual isn't even that fast.

 

[Powers_Vang]

00+ mustang GT(Bullet? it had gunmetal wheels & that stock hood scoop) vs my spyder = He pulled a car in the HWY from 45 roll(more low end) I caught up even around 70 & passed him around 100. I was at 18psi on the T25/intake & bov only mods. Close race I passed him by a nose. Not even enough for him to see my hazard lights. DAMN :laugh:

98 convertable Mustang GT vs my spyder. I lick it up, down side to side & gave him the thumbs down. SUCKA! :thumbdown My mods: same as above.