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Originally Posted by ohioboxster
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I know I know...the GM crowd said the same thing on a different site but I'm telling the truth and I don't lie about kills. I know exactly what car it was....it was a 2002 WS6 Trans Am anniversary edition with the black wheels yellow paint job and some black stripes running down the sides so I know it was an LS1. It was this car right here....down to a T.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pontiac-Trans-Am-COLLECTORS-2002-COLLECTORS-35TH-ANNIVERSARY-CONVERTIBLE-WS6_W0QQitemZ4604785820QQcategoryZ6427QQssPageName ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Maybe I out drove him, but we did a 30-80 roll and I had about 1/2 a car on him right before shutdown time, so it was a very close race. Maybe he could take me on a higher speed roll...maybe not... with any luck I will bump into him again and go for round 2. I don't really see what all the fuss is about though because that car is very heavy compared to my boxster S so actually the power to weight ratio is very similar for the two cars. The power to weight ratio for both of these cars is 11-11.5lbs per pony. Down low in the speed range(say <100mph) where most racing occurs it's the power to weight that really matters. That's why a 190hp Lotus can smoke cars with twice the power out of the hole, but by 100mph or so the little lotus will get passed. Up Higher in the speed range his extra power and TQ would be an advantage and I would probably lose because then wind resistence is a major factor. Simple physics really. It was a close race...but the outcome not all that suprising to me.