Its no great secret that the Monaros with 302HP are stones. They've been out on the market for well over 3 years now. 14.5 is the norm for those cars. The GTS with the Callaway prepped engine at around 400+ is running 13.6's to 13.8's all day long.

Expect a 350HP GTO to be in the low 14's - High 13's on a good day. Hey guys, thats a pretty fair starting point compared to the mid to high 14's that we have with the GTP's?

Let's compare apples to apples...Its not the same car (I don't see a 4-door version like we most have) and it has the possibilities of exploiting ALL the vast hardware that exists for the LS1, that we, still do not have for our cars today.

As for the folks that think its going to smoke a vette... 2 points to consider.

1) Get real, if you think that GM is stupid enough to shoot itself into the foot by selling a car thats CHEAPER and FASTER than a vette, I have this bridge that I want you to buy, REAL cheap... its in Brooklyn.

2) Talking about a car thats not "officially" out for sale and speculating about it's capabilities is like Microsoft talking about how great this new product is going to be. Vaporware is vaporware, it means nothing. Until it comes out, GM has the option of doing anything they want to it... up to and including putting in a 600hp 502CuIn instead of the LS1, or just replacing it with the same N/A engine thats in our GP's today.

Personally, I'll be keeping my GTP for a long time. There's something about having a 4-door grocery getter smoke a 300HP Porsche carrera on the open road, blast almost any Mustang at the strip and tear most imports a new hiney... all while getting over 30MPG on the highway and still haveing room for 5 passengers and a week's worth of groceries all at the same time. I don't think the GTO is any better than an M3 because it doesn't fit with what I want in a car. In that area, to each their own, of course.

Jerry Homolka
'99 Black GTP Sedan
13.97@99.976mph
"The Mistress is back!"
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