They did in the 60's.....Lance knows a thing or two about vehicles

 

I don't know if the poor guy is still reading this thread but I believe you too. The DRIVER makes all the difference in the world. I remember going to the track with my little honda and keeping nose to nose with a GT. Obviously he had more HP etc. But apparently the guy was just driving challenged. More power to 'ya!

 

Sorry, meant 4.6. I really stopped caring for the Mustang after 68, although the early 70s MACH I were nice.

And I do not own a Mustang, just a realist. A stock Hemi Ram will not keep up with a stock 09 GT. You are talking a full second+ difference. That is night and day in the street performance numbers world. Your only chance is for someone to miss a shift or for wet conditions and you use four wheel drive. Hell a R/T Challenger will not keep up/almost dead heat with a 10 GT, which does have 15 more HP over the 09 though.... Why in the hell would the same motor in a much heavier truck do better than a R/T Chally.... It won't.

Mods... if this is done to vehicle A and this is done to vehicle B.... I can take a Dodge Omni and build it to run with a Viper, but who cares?

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...t_numbers.html

We should stick to comparing the same class of vehicle.... Meaning full size trucks. Dodge has the current quickest truck in the R/T Hemi and a optional Hemi in almost all their other 1500s that will beat the others. In a couple years (if Dodge survives) someone else will probably grab the title... And that is a maybe. New emmission laws and more pressure for MPGs down the road may choke off the race. I read an article (ZR1/SRT ACR thing) talking to the very fact that we may have reached the top of the mountain, at least for the next several years. I just hope we do not see another span like we did from the mid 70s to mid 80s...

 

My girlfriend has an 07 GT/CS and I have always wondered what would happen if we raced. I guess the only way to find out is to line em up.I dont want to lose to her! maybe ill insure my win and unplug a coil or 2 ;-0

 

4.7 is a 289. You saying that there is no such thing as a 289 mustang?

 

It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. Mark Twain

 

I believe him, I owned an 09 4.7 with 310 hp and I must admit they are pretty quick. These guys are not pro stock racers, so a second faster means crap. Off the line I bet he will launch faster then the mustang. The truck having 3.92 and the Mustang having 3.55 or less.

 

its 281, 4.6. My dad owns one ,06 gt procharged, 10psi, making 472 hp on the tires. Its a 4.6 .

 

Kids these days, a 289 mustang is the classic mustang.

 

Stock '09s GTs aren't that quick. mid 13s-low 14s. There was one at the track when I was running 13.7s, and he was 14.0. There was also a supercharged 4.0 v6 Mustang. We lined up once, he lost. I've got a stock R/T.

'Stangs are funny, 'cuz they are all over the board. Run into a Terminator or a modded fox body and you could be in for trouble...but there are plenty of 15+ second Mustangs rolling around too.


The '11 GT is getting a 411 hp 5.0, and that car weighs less than 3600lbs. Should be pretty quick.