a gt 500 cost like about on the 40,000 but if you have 30,000 you would rather get a 2002 trans am that cost about 15,000 with very low miles and put 10,000 in the car and u save like save 15,000 and you have a better faster car and 15,000 in the bank... ooo and trans am got better traction on taking off then a GT 500
A LS1 TA with sticky tires and a torque converter can run 13.00 at a cost less than 10K. TA is the real drag car. GT500 is more show less go. case closed
trans am is a fast car and so is the GT500 but the only reason that the GT500 stays a little behind is because the GT500 has so much power on the rear wheels which will make it to just keep on spinning out trying to catch traction while the Trans Am might catch traction faster and the drivers do count alot.
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The transam is by far the ugliest muscle car ever built, just get a camaro for gods sake if you like the engine so much. Seriously is the car built to be amphibious? the front looks like a fiberglass boat....
I will agree that it sounds sweet, but I'm just not a fan of the design, apparently the american public agreed and it was discountinued and unlike the comaro won't be coming back. There are much faster cars than the shelby GT500 out there for sure, and yes there are plenty of trans ams and honda civics "modified" that could beat it, if only it were just about speed. There is a reason ferrari and lambos look sexy too. Good luck in your future ride, see you on the lake.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. I'm just messin with yeah. I glad you like your car, that's all the matters, screw what anyone else thinks or we'd all be driving the exact same car.
Yeah those GT500's do pretty well on top end. I killed a convertable model the other day, but it was a 30-100 race...so I'm guessing he would have evened it up by 130 or so. Still...he looked pissed so I'm guessing he didn't know that. lol.
So sayeth the apparent GM guy...ever read consumer reports? GM isn't looking like the picture of reliability, and hasn't for a long...did it ever? American car companies have all sucked in the reliability and build quality department for decades.
lol american cars are fine on reliabilty. If you properly maintain a car, it should run for atleast 150,000 miles except for french cars. Or maybe you have a volkswagen and your window hanger snaps. Or your electrical system has a seizure? Or your fuel pump shatters and spits plastic into the fuel system..?
hmm? the ford is not dead on the road it is stock and keeping up with a modified trans am and yet i own 3 ford and never had to fix or repair them even close to every day
gt500 isn't over rated at all. People just expect to buy a car from ford and it be a perfect race car, no. I've put in about 25,000 in my gt500 and im telling you right now, ain't nobody out there fucking with it.
How nice to see all of the woulda,shoulda,coulda excuses from ford people,SSDD,BTW how about that ford recall,there's nothing like doing research and development after the sale.Remember at ford quality is job none.
Thats funny since ls1 camaros and t\a's(which have been dead since 02)Run low to mid 13's bone stock.Lets say you go buy a 98Z for $7500 put a lid,bellow and ls6 intake on it(bout $700) your damn close to this $45k "supercar"Just wait and buy a new camaro, everyone has a mustang.
idk what you were talking about i couldnt understand it but the new camaro isnt a true camaro its got a vett engine in it, i foreget which one but camaro is going down hill. dont get me wrong it was a great car in the 60's to like 02? but to compete with the mustang chevy had to put a vett engine in it.
The camaros and t\a's have shared the vette motor for a while now the lt1(1993-97) and then the ls1(1998-02) the only new thing is going to be the IRS "independent rear suspension". This will allow the car to "squat" and go, neways the gt500 is a let down for what you pay for......THE NAME
This is a good point, the ls1 is a highly restricted beast of a motor from the factory. It's not uncommon for them to run low 13's bone stock and with a little tweaking 12.9 is fairly simple to run.
actually in one test, the GT500 got 12.3 easy, stock. The car weighs 3900 lbs with 450HP to the wheels, not that bad. That driver of the GT500 in the video should not be a reference to how fast they really are.
I seriously hope you are kidding, no stock GT500 does 12.3 PERIOD, END OF STORY!!! A stock Porche GT3 can't do 12.3 and everybody knows a GT3 will destroy a Shelby Mustang. In the hands of a skilled driver it is 12.9 at best.
I was wrong, the Shelby is a mid 12 second car. MM&FF put a pair of drag radials, an axle back exhaust, and a computer flash and got it into the 11s. Put blower pulley, gears, a full exhaust, and slicks, and you got a low 11, high 10 second car. Can't say that about the Trans Am.
If i had about $45,000 to spend i might think about a gt500, but i had about $8,500, and ended up with something thats faster than a stock gt500. I could alwyas throw a blower, gears and some slicks on, it would probably be hitting low 10's, high nines.
Put a Kenne Bell blower and nitrous would probably get it into the 9s hell 8s even. Then have the heads ported and polished and swap the cams and thats definetly in the 8s.
@jesset1234 at sea level the fastest production Trans Am was the ws6 and it did 13.4 second quarter mile time. Rated top stock times. A 2007 Shelby gt500 convertible (tested by road and track) has hit 12.9 on 1/4 mile stock so I imagine the coupe would be a little quicker. All factory times are rated at sea level. So take into effect this track may be fairly high in altitude and that affects times and different engines react and run different at higher altitudes. Sorry 4 draggin old comment out.
@jesset1234 the smoking tire driver matt ferrara or whoever ran a mid 12. and he wasnt driving it that well.'gt500s are mid 12 cars. stock ta's can run the highest 12....mines in the high 11's and im about to get a procharger and change it to high to mid 10's once my suspension will support it.
A GT500 is capable of high 11s with good tires and a driver who knows what they are doing.
billb89 1 year ago
a gt 500 cost like about on the 40,000 but if you have 30,000 you would rather get a 2002 trans am that cost about 15,000 with very low miles and put 10,000 in the car and u save like save 15,000 and you have a better faster car and 15,000 in the bank... ooo and trans am got better traction on taking off then a GT 500
junikilla13 1 year ago
A LS1 TA with sticky tires and a torque converter can run 13.00 at a cost less than 10K. TA is the real drag car. GT500 is more show less go. case closed
JonesyNk 2 years ago
trans am is a fast car and so is the GT500 but the only reason that the GT500 stays a little behind is because the GT500 has so much power on the rear wheels which will make it to just keep on spinning out trying to catch traction while the Trans Am might catch traction faster and the drivers do count alot.
jmramirez93 2 years ago
13 FLAT. I've never seen that before. cool!
Viper7662 2 years ago
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The transam is by far the ugliest muscle car ever built, just get a camaro for gods sake if you like the engine so much. Seriously is the car built to be amphibious? the front looks like a fiberglass boat....
svtmattUT 2 years ago
wtf are you talking about?the trans am looks way better than a fucking camaro.and its been provin a trans am will whoop on your shity ass car.
luvdoc009 2 years ago 5
I will agree that it sounds sweet, but I'm just not a fan of the design, apparently the american public agreed and it was discountinued and unlike the comaro won't be coming back. There are much faster cars than the shelby GT500 out there for sure, and yes there are plenty of trans ams and honda civics "modified" that could beat it, if only it were just about speed. There is a reason ferrari and lambos look sexy too. Good luck in your future ride, see you on the lake.
svtmattUT 2 years ago
Sorry, I couldn't resist. I'm just messin with yeah. I glad you like your car, that's all the matters, screw what anyone else thinks or we'd all be driving the exact same car.
svtmattUT 2 years ago 2
are you fucking out of you mind, or are you not all there??? The Trans Am is even better looking that the C5 Corvette and any mustang out there!!!
ZR1Terror 2 years ago
trans ams are sick as balls u asshole
1980 Pace car...SICKEST muscle ever built
drizzlwhite46 2 years ago
thats a stock GT500 get serious. Put a stock Mustang GT against a Trans Am and you have nothing but pure pwnage
NavyPilot2011 3 years ago
Dont ever say the LS1 sucks
bloodyassasin508 3 years ago
The GT500 had better MPH trapped good thing it was only a 1/4 mile
Firebird7901 3 years ago
Yeah those GT500's do pretty well on top end. I killed a convertable model the other day, but it was a 30-100 race...so I'm guessing he would have evened it up by 130 or so. Still...he looked pissed so I'm guessing he didn't know that. lol.
driftslave 3 years ago
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HotTexasBoi 3 years ago
LOL WELL
Fucked
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Rebuilt
Dodge
and im a79 T/A guy myself Ls1 suck my 502 bigbliock bonestock and pulling 700hp
transamkid21010 3 years ago
Ls1's have pulled 1000hp with twin turbo's.
BLOW ME FORD BOY!
olztyln 4 years ago
tt 5.4's pull 1300 easy look at the video yourself
fordgt500gt 3 years ago
LS1's have known to pull 1000hp with twin turbo's
BLOW ME FORD BOY!
olztyln 4 years ago
I would never drive a mustang every time i get on the road i pass like 30. MY sister evan drives one.
jonathans873 4 years ago 2
Yeah, even little hos are driving stangs these days. Their like.... corolla owners weekend car or something.
Timothayyy 4 years ago
FORD = Fix Or Repair Daily
xD
DOOGtheBagi 4 years ago
So sayeth the apparent GM guy...ever read consumer reports? GM isn't looking like the picture of reliability, and hasn't for a long...did it ever? American car companies have all sucked in the reliability and build quality department for decades.
mackitraz 4 years ago
lol american cars are fine on reliabilty. If you properly maintain a car, it should run for atleast 150,000 miles except for french cars. Or maybe you have a volkswagen and your window hanger snaps. Or your electrical system has a seizure? Or your fuel pump shatters and spits plastic into the fuel system..?
TamiyaDude 4 years ago
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Oil
Leaks
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waterloo794 4 years ago
ummm mine better xD
DOOGtheBagi 4 years ago
Gay
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ford927 4 years ago 2
Timmy101289 3 years ago
hmm? the ford is not dead on the road it is stock and keeping up with a modified trans am and yet i own 3 ford and never had to fix or repair them even close to every day
ford927 3 years ago
and i have 2 corvettes and i have never had a cracked head, rattling valves, or an oil leak.
Timmy101289 3 years ago
well i did not say it did that was waterloo794
ford927 3 years ago
my bad
Timmy101289 3 years ago
glad the trans am won...ford junk
nismoawan 4 years ago
lmao f' da shelby the firebird ownd
MURcielago3314567 4 years ago
gt500 isn't over rated at all. People just expect to buy a car from ford and it be a perfect race car, no. I've put in about 25,000 in my gt500 and im telling you right now, ain't nobody out there fucking with it.
poolpro135 4 years ago
I'll take it, 1969 firebird. I have a 455 in it cranking out well over 550 horse. You wanna play:-D
86cookiemonster 4 years ago
sure
cobrasegundo 4 years ago
GT500 is really over rated! A 13.089! Ford just cannot keep up. What is it with the heavy ass cars ford puts out?
ssfrench 4 years ago
idiot, could it be that it was the driver?
Saiga762x39mm 4 years ago
Your brain has a thick candy shell!
ssfrench 4 years ago
idiot
Saiga762x39mm 4 years ago
your brain has the shell on it.....
eigerbrad 4 years ago
How nice to see all of the woulda,shoulda,coulda excuses from ford people,SSDD,BTW how about that ford recall,there's nothing like doing research and development after the sale.Remember at ford quality is job none.
vettecsix 4 years ago
That is absolutely bullshit, I don't care what any of you say, a 1998 Trans Am is on par with a WLX at best.
Spartan2552 4 years ago
yo your trans am ain't got shit on my shelby 650 horses right here
poolpro135 4 years ago
ya with 650 horses it might be running what it should have with 500....shit is the key word in your comment
SSeeya09 4 years ago
Thats funny since ls1 camaros and t\a's(which have been dead since 02)Run low to mid 13's bone stock.Lets say you go buy a 98Z for $7500 put a lid,bellow and ls6 intake on it(bout $700) your damn close to this $45k "supercar"Just wait and buy a new camaro, everyone has a mustang.
tysonobanion 4 years ago
idk what you were talking about i couldnt understand it but the new camaro isnt a true camaro its got a vett engine in it, i foreget which one but camaro is going down hill. dont get me wrong it was a great car in the 60's to like 02? but to compete with the mustang chevy had to put a vett engine in it.
zo0yoRk69 4 years ago
The camaros and t\a's have shared the vette motor for a while now the lt1(1993-97) and then the ls1(1998-02) the only new thing is going to be the IRS "independent rear suspension". This will allow the car to "squat" and go, neways the gt500 is a let down for what you pay for......THE NAME
SSeeya09 4 years ago
This is a good point, the ls1 is a highly restricted beast of a motor from the factory. It's not uncommon for them to run low 13's bone stock and with a little tweaking 12.9 is fairly simple to run.
SSeeya09 4 years ago
did you modify the trans am?
pigfukker 4 years ago
why is the gt500 not amazingly faster??? its 500hp!!! im disappointed... thinkin about the new camaro now..
DragnGo 5 years ago
actually the gt500 is at best a 12.9 car. And if the trans am is a 11 sec car it is highly modded.
shred112 5 years ago
actually in one test, the GT500 got 12.3 easy, stock. The car weighs 3900 lbs with 450HP to the wheels, not that bad. That driver of the GT500 in the video should not be a reference to how fast they really are.
fordrules88 4 years ago
It must have had slicks on, 450whp + 3900lbs on stock tires does not equal 12.3 period.
genYprogressive 4 years ago
actually it didnt have slicks. Bone stock!
fordrules88 4 years ago
It must have been gutted, no stock gt500 does 12.3, a 480 whp carerra can't do that.
genYprogressive 4 years ago
I dont think it was gutted, average though they are a mid 12 car. But low 12's is possible.
UchihaSasuke1215 4 years ago
That was me. ^
fordrules88 4 years ago
I seriously hope you are kidding, no stock GT500 does 12.3 PERIOD, END OF STORY!!! A stock Porche GT3 can't do 12.3 and everybody knows a GT3 will destroy a Shelby Mustang. In the hands of a skilled driver it is 12.9 at best.
genYprogressive 4 years ago
I was wrong, the Shelby is a mid 12 second car. MM&FF put a pair of drag radials, an axle back exhaust, and a computer flash and got it into the 11s. Put blower pulley, gears, a full exhaust, and slicks, and you got a low 11, high 10 second car. Can't say that about the Trans Am.
06RedfireGT 5 years ago
If i had about $45,000 to spend i might think about a gt500, but i had about $8,500, and ended up with something thats faster than a stock gt500. I could alwyas throw a blower, gears and some slicks on, it would probably be hitting low 10's, high nines.
jesset1234 5 years ago
Put a Kenne Bell blower and nitrous would probably get it into the 9s hell 8s even. Then have the heads ported and polished and swap the cams and thats definetly in the 8s.
06RedfireGT 5 years ago
Shelby's driver sucks. That is a low 12 second car. It would spank the Trans Am.
06RedfireGT 5 years ago
The Trans Am driver sucks. It runs high 11's. The best time that Car And Driver got out of a stock 07 Shelby Gt500 was a 12.9.
jesset1234 5 years ago
Several other mags test the Shelby in the low 12's..
I'm running low 11's w/ $1200 bolt ons.. 20 MPG on the highways wife and kids all fit.. Cya!
Captainbob360 4 years ago
@jesset1234 at sea level the fastest production Trans Am was the ws6 and it did 13.4 second quarter mile time. Rated top stock times. A 2007 Shelby gt500 convertible (tested by road and track) has hit 12.9 on 1/4 mile stock so I imagine the coupe would be a little quicker. All factory times are rated at sea level. So take into effect this track may be fairly high in altitude and that affects times and different engines react and run different at higher altitudes. Sorry 4 draggin old comment out.
CapnCrossbones 8 months ago
@jesset1234 the smoking tire driver matt ferrara or whoever ran a mid 12. and he wasnt driving it that well.'gt500s are mid 12 cars. stock ta's can run the highest 12....mines in the high 11's and im about to get a procharger and change it to high to mid 10's once my suspension will support it.
kief4diamonds 6 months ago