GTO or CTSV?

[Black Majick]

Originally Posted by rand49er

Gotta be the difference then.

Would be nice to trade cars and see if driver-to-driver variability could be eliminated as an influence, too. Heck, maybe you're just a dang good driver!


EDIT: BTW, where's Castle Rock? I'm gonna be in Winter Park over Christmas ... sans the V, however.

Castle Rock is about 30 miles south of Denver proper, around 2 hours from Winter Park, or approximately 12 hours from Vegas, which is where I'll be over christmas!

P.S. Nikon, '05 GTO's did get the 6.0 along with the C6.

[SkullV]

I beat an ls1 gto with a SLP exhaust no problem from a roll...

[NormV]

Used to have an 05 GTO that 13.2 @ 108 stock. Should be a driver's race. Get rid of the torque management and you'll rule him in 3rd gear with your mods.

Norm

Originally Posted by IceDigger

A friends friend just picked up a 05 GTO with exhaust and is claiming it could kill my 05 CTS-V with exhuast, Lingenfelter CAI, and short shifter.

I'm thinking I shouldn't have any trouble with him but asking here before I embarrass myself.

[gothicaleigh]

The GTO is what a 2 door Catera-V would have been (they share the same platform).

The LS6 V beat the LS2 GTO in head to head magazine testing (I believe it was Motor Trend who had the comparison between the V, GTO, and SRT-8). Quarter mile strip will be close for sure, but meet him at a real track and you should walk him in the corners.


Also remember that at the end of the day, you drive away in a Cadillac while he has a P.O.N.T.I.A.C.

[adamh21]

Originally Posted by IceDigger

I have an LS6 and he has an LS2. But yea, pretty much the same hp/tq I think.

Yeah yeah, my bad, the 07s have the 6.0...i hear the 09 is supposed to get upgraded to the LS7...could just be a rumor tho

[zbuickman]

Originally Posted by nikon

I thought 05's had LS1's they only started putting LS2's in the gto in 06'...same year they put LS2's in everything else.....I could be wrong though.

04' was the only year for the LS1 05' had the LS2

[SLPR 6.0L]

I readily beat a lightly modded and stickered 04 GTO at gateway. The 05 and new GTOs run much better than the 04s. It would be a drivers race with an 05+.
We have 3.73s to their 3.42s. But we are handicapped by out rear diff and IRS. GTOs have a solid rear axle i believe, which would make them easier to launch

[b4z]

'05 GTOs got the LS2 and better brakes.
Don't know if the V is the seriously better looking car. More modern definitely, but the GTO has it's own look.

[gothicaleigh]

Originally Posted by b4z

'05 GTOs got the LS2 and better brakes.
Don't know if the V is the seriously better looking car. More modern definitely, but the GTO has it's own look.

The GTO is great if you like the 10 year old Catera design.

[eyekandyboats.inc]

^ true dat!
i ran with 05 one time while down in the states and it was close but i took him with about 1 car length. and we stopped running at 120mph