How fast is the GTO?

[H8machine]

Hello guys & maybe girls ;)

HOW fast is the 400HP GTO?? =D are the. 4.6 RIGHT for the 0-62? Whats the max speed of the vehicle? Are there modding parts around for this fat car? =D How is the handling? SOUND!! How good is the motor sound and exhaust?? =D

Maybe i import one to europe and blow the asses of BMW drivers! ;)

[Zboner]

yea its for real man, no duobt abou it, very fast im sure easily moded. i think the speed limiter is set at 155 like the camaros and trans ams, but i could be wrong.

[Ghost Rider]

First time I saw one was this past summer. I heard it before I saw it. Got me off my import tuner desire and back into American Muscle. I want one.....

[H8machine]

^^ sounds well... but what performance has this car? =) AWESOME? Better than T/A or Camaro SS? OK... it has 400HP... =) and it looks really good!

[Zboner]

prolly has 50 more HP or so i would say, and i think that they have an independent rear suspension

[Sarge]

I beat the shit out of a guy in a bar in Switzerland once....anyway....I think he was a fucking German though...I dunno.....how fast? How fast you want it? It's American Motor muscle man....lots of aftermarket shit bolts right on.....straight from the factory in Australia......sorta a pussy car if you know what I mean......dyno tune...some simple bolt ons...and your a Swiss Fucking Beast man....Ik leefde in Europa vele jaren. Niets slaat een goede Amerikaanse V8.....nothing....

[Sarge]

Geschlossenes Zboner sprechen Sie wenige Leute der Scheiße....big hier....

[Sarge]

Nimmt viel nicht zur Ruine mit den grossen Jungen...

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[H8machine]

Sarge: Damn HOT car!!! REALLY nice... and 600RWTQ is a LOT... how fast do you hit 0-100KM/H? (should be 0-62mp/h)

[Sarge]

Hell I dont know....never timed it.....I would guestimate around 2-3 seconds I'm well passed 60mph....

[Zboner]

he has no idea

[BIG D's SS]

Sarge has one bad Goat, but he better watch that big pussy on his car.

[H8machine]

Sarge has one bad Goat, but he better watch that big pussy on his car.

Which pussy???

[Zboner]

the Tiger!

[H8machine]

oooooooooooooh! OK!! Sorry... my english is "schoolenglish" and sometimes i do not realize what you americans mean. ^^

[Zboner]

thats, ok, haha, thats how i am with Spanish

[2001 stripper]

About as fast as a stock 2001+ LS1 F-body. They dyon 330 HP to 345 HP at the wheels but weigh 3-500 more pounds than the F-body. The F-body, however, gats Amazingly better gas milage.

[H8machine]

About as fast as a stock 2001+ LS1 F-body. They dyon 330 HP to 345 HP at the wheels but weigh 3-500 more pounds than the F-body. The F-body, however, gats Amazingly better gas milage.

Sorry... i'm a LITTLE bit confused. The GTO weights 300-500punds more than a F-Body? And the GTO has a bad gas mileage? Please explain. :notworthy:

[needmorepwr]

The GTO is a 3800 pound car. Mileage is ok with the 6 speed, but if you drive it hard it is gonna drink the fuel anyway!

[H8machine]

The GTO is a 3800 pound car. Mileage is ok with the 6 speed, but if you drive it hard it is gonna drink the fuel anyway!

And a Camaro SS or T/A WS6 weight?

[Hurley711]

Just when I forgot why I like Sarges posts so much, he goes ahead and reminds me in this thread:lol: :lol: :lol: As stated before with the LS2 as your building block, the GTO can be as bad as you want it to be.

[FastAssZ]

the camaro SS's and T/A WS6's weight in around 3400 pounds

[Ramairgod]

Well i dunno bout the GTO's being fast...i have beat 2 of them while i was bone stock and both of them were the 400hp ones. The best i seen at the track out of them was a 9.2, kinda disappointing really.

[H8machine]

Well i dunno bout the GTO's being fast...i have beat 2 of them while i was bone stock and both of them were the 400hp ones. The best i seen at the track out of them was a 9.2, kinda disappointing really.

Are you sure that the others were 400HP Versions? Can it be, that the drivers of the GTO's weren't good? Because official stats say the go 0-60 in 4.6 and a WS6 4.9... i dunno the reality i never seen one of them in Action.

[FreeBird]

I just picked up a '05 GTO and it is very nice! After doing some spirited driving, SOTP tells me that this car has great potential and is already fast enough that merging onto the highway is not a problem.

Its biggest weakness is that it comes out of the box with poor tires. I have 18" wheels and they come with summer season only tires. They just don't grab as nicely as the performance tires that were on my late Formula. Because it only has 100 miles on the clock I haven't been attempting any hard launches, but I suspect that traction is the first problem that needs to be fixed. :drivin:

Regards..

[H8machine]

yeah i also so the tires & wheels will be a problem on the GTO. the 17" comes with 225!! Thats just 20mm bigger then my wheels on my GTZ! I think with 295 in the Back and maybe 255 in the front the GTO will handle great.
What wheels are stock on the 18"??

[Rob]

Well i dunno bout the GTO's being fast...i have beat 2 of them while i was bone stock and both of them were the 400hp ones. The best i seen at the track out of them was a 9.2, kinda disappointing really.You can't quite go by that. Put the same driver in each car and see how it does.

I got mine down to 13.25(stock) after the 4th time to the track. First time out was a 13.5x and got progressively better. The more seat time really helps. F-Bodies are easy to drive, as that's what I've had for the last 17 years before getting the goat. Takes a little more thought and finesse to launch a goat right.

There are already a few '05 GTO's running 12.9 completely bone stock. All it takes is a good driver.

[FreeBird]

yeah i also so the tires & wheels will be a problem on the GTO. the 17" comes with 225!! Thats just 20mm bigger then my wheels on my GTZ! I think with 295 in the Back and maybe 255 in the front the GTO will handle great.
What wheels are stock on the 18"??

On the 18" the tires are 235/40 front and back! I'm not sure why they went wimpy on the tires, but at least that can be solved.

Regards..

[H8machine]

Really small for the LOT of performance the engine will produce! But you say it: Can be solved! I think rims, tires & exhaust shall be the first mods for the GTO.

[FreeBird]

Yeah, the tires are a bad match for this car's level of performance. The stock tires want to break loose too easily and they are brand new. Imagine what they will be like when they have some wear.

However, it is an easy way to get a nice sounding 2->3 chirp! :burnout:

Regards..

[H8machine]

Yeah, the tires are a bad match for this car's level of performance. The stock tires want to break loose too easily and they are brand new. Imagine what they will be like when they have some wear.

However, it is an easy way to get a nice sounding 2->3 chirp! :burnout:

Regards..

Sorry, i'm european. i Dunno understandt what this mean... this chirp. :dunno:

[Zboner]

you know, when you shift gears and the tires "Chirp"

[H8machine]

smoke tires? ^^

[Zboner]

kinda, but like a "Chirp"

[H8machine]

hmmm.. the sound when you start moving? Like grating?

[Zboner]

Grating???

its like a small and really short burnout when you shift gears

[H8machine]

Aaah OK! =D Thanks... now i think i know what chirping is. ^^

[Zboner]

your welcome!

[danno-SS]

And a Camaro SS or T/A WS6 weight?
3449lb for a fully loaded all option A4 SS. The GTO comes in at 3787lb.

The power to weight on the two cars is nearly identical, so it would be a driver's race.

SS A4 3449/307rwhp = 11.23 lb/rwhp
GTO M6 3787/338rwhp = 11.20 lb/rwhp

rwhp = rear wheel horsepower

307 is what my previous A4 SS dynoed, an M6 should see about 317rwhp. I've yet to dyno the GTO. Most are seeing high 330s with a few freaks getting close to 350rwhp.

[H8machine]

Ah OK! Thanks for these interesting stats!! I really wondered about the 400HP. I never saw how much from this HP go to the RW! Thanks. But i think stock "your" SS wins because of the bigger tires! ;)

[Steel Chicken]

Go test drive one. Mileage aint that bad on the highway. 25-30 if you keep your foot out of it. Weight without driver is 3700 lbs.

Its not a F-Body...its in a totally different class of car. Just happens to have either an LS1 or an LS2 engine in it.

[H8machine]

I can't test because its not e car produced in masses and shipped official to europe. So the FEW ones here are from private persons imported. =(

[Ramairgod]

Im not tryin to say GTO's are slow. I like them. I just expressin my opinion on them. The cars that i raced are both 400hp and A4's. Not tryin to get anyone ticked off at me or anything. Maybe the people that i raced just didnt happen to know how to push the gas all the way down, WHO KNOWS...:hide:

[Pro Auto Parts]

Hey Guys,

i'm new to your site, and you all make me laugh! (in a good way). I'm from australia and we have heaps of Monaro's (GTO in the rest of the world) putting out 600+kw's. i drive a SS LS1 sedan and it is close to 200rwkw's without alot of mods, just intake, cat back zorst, plugs, leads, oil & filter. keep up the good work and have fun.

next on the modifying list is a set of extractors, cold air induction same as H8Machine's Picture the K&N one, LS1edit and i am hoping for close to 250+rwks 330+rwhp.

Steve

[Rob]

Don't see why you shouldn't reach those goals with those mods. Nice car :)

[Pro Auto Parts]

Hey Rob,

thanks for that, so what's your car running.

Steve

[Rob]

Hey Rob,

thanks for that, so what's your car running.

SteveBest so far is a 12.57@111. That should get better now after putting LS6 heads on today :)

[Pro Auto Parts]

damn sounds nice, i will let you know once i have done the last of the mods to my car and run it down the qtr.

[GTwhOa]

Im not tryin to say GTO's are slow. I like them. I just expressin my opinion on them. The cars that i raced are both 400hp and A4's. Not tryin to get anyone ticked off at me or anything. Maybe the people that i raced just didnt happen to know how to push the gas all the way down, WHO KNOWS...:hide:


My best 1/8 when completely stock/stock tires on my '04 GTO was 8.45@83mph, if that helps you have an indicator of the '04 (ls1) bone stock performance. The 05's have 50 more horses.

[Starrbuck]

yeah i also so the tires & wheels will be a problem on the GTO. the 17" comes with 225!! Thats just 20mm bigger then my wheels on my GTZ!Um, my '05 GTO came with 245 17's. Still not big enough, but bigger than 225 like you said. I miss the 275's I had on my Firehawk that I traded in! ;)

[Ghost Rider]

I heard somewhere that bigger rims take away horsepower even if they weigh the same as stock. Something about the point of inertia being further away from the center of the wheel. Is this true?

[Robw_29]

dont forget that the 6spd GTO's have the same transmission gearing as the Z06 and the F-Bodies have the same gearing as the standard C5.

[NYTIGER]

I've gone 12.9 at 109+ 3X in a row with my 05 A4. Its stock.

[dbluegoat]

I beat the shit out of a guy in a bar in Switzerland once....anyway....I think he was a fucking German though...I dunno.....how fast? How fast you want it? It's American Motor muscle man....lots of aftermarket shit bolts right on.....straight from the factory in Australia......sorta a pussy car if you know what I mean......dyno tune...some simple bolt ons...and your a Swiss Fucking Beast man....Ik leefde in Europa vele jaren. Niets slaat een goede Amerikaanse V8.....nothing....
yeah listen to what he says........course he had to use the cheater gas:wall:

[Sarge]

Your just jealous cuz NX don't make a slant six kit.

[White Cobra]

What is with the new Goats? Are they better than the F-Bodys? And what if we compare them with the new Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8? =)

[judgethis05]

I can't test because its not e car produced in masses and shipped official to europe. So the FEW ones here are from private persons imported. =(


you can and should get one.

Vauxhaull Monaro??? Chevrolet Lumina??? both avaliable alot closer to you out in Europe and the Middle East. Same exact car, different bumpers. swap em and some badges, and you have a GTO.

GTO and F-Bodies are completely different cars that share a similar heart, both are nice, but god I can't wait to get rid of my trans am. bought it for a beater, and the rattles and shitty ride are killing me after two months.

[Goatdriver]

I feel compelled to chime in, the car I owned before my 2006 GTO was a 2002 Camaro SS. Let's compare the two- Ride quality not even close the GTO conquers the open road with gusto compared to the lumber wagon ride quality of my SS. My SS had an aftermarket torque arm, subframe connector's and boxed lower control arms- My GTO so far has just Pedder's gas sport riders struts and shocks along with Pedder's oem springs. As for acceleration the SS seemed faster out of the hole but on the open road my GTO would walk away from it. Last night I decided to test the governer on the GTO, I'm tooling along at 60 mph so I put my foot into it shift from fourth to fifth around 100 and before you know it I'm sailing along at 160 bumping into the governer and all the time the car is glued to the road without a wiggle, it felt like I was doing maybe 120 cause it was so effortless and quiet inside the car.

[jacobyb]

The GTO dyno's more then 330whp stock.

This is a bone stock '05 on a 100 degree day in Prescott, AZ. That is at 5386ft elevation. Very high and low oxygen.

http://myweb.cableone.net/97bowtie/wheels/gtodyno3.bmp

Another from TX. THis was a 91 degree day, but the elevation was much lower.

http://www.datahurl.com/parking/dyno_01.jpg

[pont3]

If you're talking "STock",the GTO IS FAST! Most haters won't acknowledge the car's potential and usually end up talking "mods". In my book, any car capable of twelves and thirteens right out of the box is fast. Is it the fastest? Depends on who you race.

[ramrod]

Hello guys & maybe girls ;)

HOW fast is the 400HP GTO?? =D are the. 4.6 RIGHT for the 0-62? Whats the max speed of the vehicle? Are there modding parts around for this fat car? =D How is the handling? SOUND!! How good is the motor sound and exhaust?? =D

Maybe i import one to europe and blow the asses of BMW drivers! ;)

There are 3 types of programs that are down loaded from the factory to regulate your lead foot ! I am not sure what the exact speed are until the car shuts down. My car was 164 mph. I estimating that 155, 164, and 172 mph. I know 164, and 172 mph are correct. I am not sure of the lowest mph.

[judgethis05]

it is well known that the stock govenor is 160mph aka 255kph

anything different read on your speedo is error.

[ramrod]

it is well known that the stock govenor is 160mph aka 255kph

anything different read on your speedo is error.

That's not what I was told by a Holden Engineer! Then again engineers have been prooved wrong. I will look into this ..

[Sarge]

Yup he is right....mine was set at 162 mph....

[Rob]

Well, looking at my stock file that I pulled out of the car, its 155mph.

[Tide]

Nimmt viel nicht zur Ruine mit den grossen Jungen...

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Gawd dayum, boy...you outta have at least an extra 200 hp with those stickers!

[Sarge]

Nah...but I let the sponsers put em on the inside...no stickers on the outside...where do you let your sponsers put their stickers?

[Tide]

Nah...but I let the sponsers put em on the inside...no stickers on the outside...where do you let your sponsers put their stickers?

Does Visa count as a sponsor?

[Sarge]

Sure...give me something for free...or an overide...I'll slap a sticker under the hood or in the trunk and we'll be golden...and I'll blow your fucking doors off....with or without "stickers"...

[Tide]

Sure...give me something for free...or an overide...I'll slap a sticker under the hood or in the trunk and we'll be golden...and I'll blow your fucking doors off....with or without "stickers"...

Hey. Grumpy old man.

The stickers thing was a fucking joke.

Cool your spurs, buckaroo.

[speeddemon100]

fast enough ;)

[Goatdriver]

:rant: :blah: C'mon guys, lets save the all hate for the ricer boy's!!! All I know is I hit 160 and I don't have any stickers.:uzi: :typer: :slapboobies:

[GOT1GOAT]

Hi H8. My 04 blipped the limiter @155mph when I took it to the max.
I also beat my Bro. in law in his 06 Mustang GT. He took me off the start for @ 60' then he was a vision in my mirror. Anyway, 05/06's are quicker w/ 50 more hp. and I believe that all GTO's are limited at 155mph.

[Sarge]

Depends on if your a A4 or a M6 where the rev limiter is set from the factory.

[440 rwhp trans am]

Hey. Grumpy old man.

The stickers thing was a fucking joke.

Cool your spurs, buckaroo.

you better watch who your talking shit to. sarge has enough money to send some pipe hitting mother fuckers up to Mobil Alabama. :flex:

[black monaro]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[Jason05GTO]

What is with the new Goats? Are they better than the F-Bodys? And what if we compare them with the new Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8? =)

Gross vehicle weight on the SRT8 Cherokee is 5850lbs, thats a a little more than a TON heavier than the GTO, and with only 420hp it wouldnt even be a race. Way too many people think that the new Hemi's are street killers like the old Hemi's were, and that just aint the case. Dodge is puttin those things in cars that are really frickin heavy, and it kills the performance potential. Now if the new Challanger is light, with a 425 horse Hemi in it, GM and Ford will both get smoked! As far as F body's I dont know, never owned one and havent found one to race yet. Havent been able to line up against a Cobra yet either, although Id like to - win or lose it would be fun!

[ericwilloughby]

Go test drive one. Mileage aint that bad on the highway. 25-30 if you keep your foot out of it. Weight without driver is 3700 lbs.

Its not a F-Body...its in a totally different class of car. Just happens to have either an LS1 or an LS2 engine in it.

I sold a 2000 SS M6 bought a 2005 GTO A4. This "class" I assume you refer to the IRS. Do you think it is an improvement??

2000 SS stock on a G-tech meter. 13.6 108MPH
2005 GTO " " " 13.45 113

[ericwilloughby]

Hey Guys,

i'm new to your site, and you all make me laugh! (in a good way). I'm from australia and we have heaps of Monaro's (GTO in the rest of the world) putting out 600+kw's. i drive a SS LS1 sedan and it is close to 200rwkw's without alot of mods, just intake, cat back zorst, plugs, leads, oil & filter. keep up the good work and have fun.

next on the modifying list is a set of extractors, cold air induction same as H8Machine's Picture the K&N one, LS1edit and i am hoping for close to 250+rwks 330+rwhp.

Steve

Kilo Watts. hahahaha. I love it. Like we are tring to light a bulb, or run a central air unit, or microwave a pizza. hahahahaha

[ericwilloughby]

dont forget that the 6spd GTO's have the same transmission gearing as the Z06 and the F-Bodies have the same gearing as the standard C5.

What??? I thought ALL M6's had the same gears???

[ericwilloughby]

Depends on if your a A4 or a M6 where the rev limiter is set from the factory.

So what are the CORRECT answers. I'm A4

[Sarge]

155mph