Originally Posted by Illegal Machine
Go to LS1Tech. LS2 GTO's have hit a high 12. MANY in the very low 13's.
Are you seriously telling me that a LS1 car doesn't respond well to mods?
A 100 Shot GTO LS2 should be a low to STRONG mid 12 second car.
Then there was something wrong with your car. I don't even know how to respond to that.
99 MPH trap speed in a modded LS1?
I have seen those cars on LS1.com. Maybe with GREAT PRO drivers and a set of DR's on back they can run a high 12. I'm just going off of what I have seen. Some of those cars were run in perfect conditions at ATCO etc etc.
And there was nothing wrong with my car other than it was a 3800 lb pig with a sloppy A4 tranny.
The GTO has ALOT going against it right outta the gate. Weight, suspension, shitty tranny (on both ends), can't put big rear tires on back unless you have fenders rolled/cut etc etc etc.
There is a reason it didn't sell very well.
Here is a vid of my old one versus a car with the same mods except it had an M6 tranny.
http://media.putfile.com/GTOByron
BTW there are plenty of guys on LS1.com that have bigger shots of nitrous who have trouble hitting high 12's due to traction and suspension. Just run through some of the posts in the drag racing section.