Oakroadsteve

It's 8pm and the traffic is light and turning on to the same street in front of me is a kind of ratty black 98 Mustang GT with large exhaust pipes. I start to pass her and she nails it and gets a good jump. It doesn't help that my passing gear did not kick in so she had me by 3 cars. I did however have a good opportunity to admire the styling of the rear headlights for what seemed like an eternity....We both stopped to make a right on the light on to Oakland Park Boulevard and nail it. She was ahead to begin with and added half a car length to it with a very strong 10 to 40 mph surge. With the second engagement of the vtec I start to pull but it was torturously slow and we shut down at 90 with traffic coming up. She still had me by a car and a half.

All in all both cars were pretty evenly matched. In the hot summer weather I can run 14.2 to 14.3 and in the cold 14.0 to 14.1 so my Cl should easily be quick enough to dispatch with a 98 GT that comes out of the factory sporting a 225hp V8.

I would not have thought the Mustang was modded effectively by it's shoddy appearance although it obviously had an aftermarket exhaust.

Losing to a gal in the first chapter of the encounter was the icing on the cake.

CH46ESeaKnight

I applaud you for being honest!

I could have sworn the 98's had 260hp. I guess not. Looks like they have pretty good TQ 290. Plus it weighs 300 lbs less than the cls.
I would have guess the CLS modded as yours is you would have won. But who knows what mods the Stang had.???

I might be looking at getting a 98-99 Cobra in the next year if I can find one in the shape I want.

Aman

I think the next generation had 260 horses.

This one was 2 generations behind the retro-styled 2005, correct?

Odd that there was no power change since the Fox body 5.0s of the '80s. Didn't they make 225 horsepower as well?

civicdrivr

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The fox bodies did have 225hp, as did the 4.6l models in the 90s. In 99 the 260hp 4.6l came out. The car still didnt really have any balls though.

I commend you for being honest, but you should have won.

On a side note, was she hot?

princelybug

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Nice death.

civicdrivr

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Aman

What's the weight difference between the two? I think they're pretty close. And there's no knowledge for sure that she was completely stock

CH46ESeaKnight

About 300 lbs. GT is about 3200lbs.

Oakroadsteve

She was latina and many of the latina's down here are very hot. I didn't get a chance to scope too hard as she nailed it when I was alongside and was gone.

I had a 99GT with some mods and the CL is quicker. I also raced a 98 GT convertible last fall and walked it.

Aman

CL is 3500 pounds?

And from the sounds of it, it's definetely not stock.

Hot latina chick driving a modded Mustang: sex
Hot latina chick driving a faster car than you: buzzkill

civicdrivr

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The 6MT CL is 3446, and IIRC the auto is about 100lbs heavier.