Probably not the fastest car in the world, but I beat the sucker as I was comming back from what was supposed to be the Tennessee meet (I was the only one there it seems!). He passed, then with the nudging of my wife: "can you beat it?" I laughed and dropped to 3rd and passed him till I saw him in the rear view, then I braked and let his rear bumper match my front and geared down again and stomped it. I waved as I went by and smiled really big! I passed him at 115mph and let off at 125 once he was in the rear view again, I figured if I could see him there, he was beat! Once I let off and let it coast back down, he never passed me untill I had slowed to 115-110, I didn't start braking till about 105. All I have to say is that GT badging and chrome rims don't make a car fast! Burn all Greenville wanna-be's!

 

dam@ man, thas pretty tight but wat year was the car? im just wonderin how much hp was on the car

 

I'm not exactly sure what year, but it looked almost identical to my wife's '94 Grand Am. That's why I'm guessing it's a mid '90s model maybe newer. I honestly didn't even know how fast I topped off at, I was watching the road and last I had looked at the speedo was 115 and 120. My wife told me I hit a little over 125, that's why she got scared. I guess cause there are no more numbers after that!? The car had to of been an auto though and he had no passengers, I'm not sure about a system. I had myself (300lbs) and my wife and full system in the trunk. I'm just not one to race off the drag strip, so road killing something was just a rush for me! So, how much hp does a Grand Am GT have?

 

The SE verison of that generation of the grand am has 115 Hp for 2 dr & 4dr. The Gt comes with a 175 hp engine for 2 dr & 4dr.

 

The Grand Am years your talking about are from '92-98.

It all kinda depends on which year it was. I hope i remembered all this info right.

The early years of that body style, '92-94, i think had the GT with the 2.3L Quad 4 HO (180-175hp) with a 5spd. But, if it was an automatic, it came with a 3.3 V6 (150-160hp, im guessing) with 4spd auto. If the car you raced was a 4dr, then it was the V6. No 4dr GT's came with the Quad 4 HO. If it was a later GA GT, like '95-98 and was a 4dr, it came with the 3100 (155hp).


These GA GT's came with a lot of different engines. But basically, if it was a 4dr or an automatic, you should of had no problem with it. A 2dr MIGHT of had the Quad 4, which might have given you more of a run. A 2dr with an auto, would of been just as slow as the 4dr.

 

I raced a 1997 GT and reeled it in very quickly, then dusted it.

 

Yeah, this GA gave me no problems! My question is this: Jeff, how can you say the Quad 4 (4 cylinder!)engine would be harder to beat? My wife has the Quad 4 in her SE (which I understood was standard in the SE's/ V6 standard in GT's?), either way, her car is slower than dirt! Regardless, I won, first real street race! Just had to brag, no one showed for the Pigeon Forge "mini meet" so that was a disappointment!