Beat a 7Gen GT..., WTF just happened??? Options

[JoKeRkId613]

I'm on my way home... I see a blue 7th Gen Celi GT on I-75... So I'm just cruising and I notice it's a young guy and the Celi has a little body kit. So I'm thinking, "let me just see how much that car can beat me by". So I pull up even next to him. Three honks. Beep, beep, beep. GO. I had the guy the whole time, pretty much... He kept up with me for like a second. Mind you I have an automatic ST. WTF just happened??? I thought the new Celis were faster! This is a true story and apparently this guy does not know how to drive. I mean, he honked thrice so this was a race. Maybe he was messing with me? What happened? Lol.

[TRD6GC]

Well like it has been said by Mac and others, an ST can not beat a new GT. BUT, i have raced a 7th gen GT with my GT, and i won. I did not just pass it and say its slow. We were at a dead stop and went at it, and i won. The specs for a new GT are 140 horse but only 125 ft lbs torque compared to a 6th gen GT's 135 horse and 145 foot lbs torque. So a 7th gen GT has 5 more horse but 20 less torque. I am not bragging, my car is not fast, but neither are 7th gen GT's. And the new celicas weigh about 100 lbs less our 6gc's. Thats is not enough to make a big difference considering the the weight of the two people driving could make a bigger difference (a 260 lb person in a 7th gen racing a 140 lb person in a 6gc, would give our 6gc 20 lbs LESS, this example is just to show that a 100 lb difference means almost nothing) I only say this because a couple people said a 6th gen GT could not beat a 7th GT. --------OBVIOUSLY this is based stock on stock.