my friend with is 02 chevy impala ls wants to race me.

i know i know.

it's childish.

but it seems like a good match.

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do you have any mods?

 

haha arent those impalas pretty damn slow compared to our cars?

 

If your in a Type-S then he might pull on ya off the line but according to the specs you should beat him. The Impala is only 240hp for the SS trim (Type-S=260hp) and the Chevy weighs more.

I guess it would help if we knew what trim level you have and what he has. Go to Chevy's site and look at the specs compared to yours.

 

well ive got a tl-s and when is was bone stock i took an SS off the line and i never saw him again..he was pretty pissed to waving the finger at me

 

Would this even be considered a race? Here's an idea, let him sit in your car and then let him decide if he still wants to race you. My friend had a Hyundai Tiburon 6-speed and he was bragging how he was fast so he said he would challenge me to a race. I told him to shut up and get in my car and then let him decided...he backed up so fast! Was he serious?? Very much so!
His only mod was an intake.

 

If the Impala is an LS (200 hp) then I think either a TL-P or TL-S would win. An Impala SS (240 hp) would probably give a TL-P a run for the money; a TL-S would still win.

 

Impala? Save your gas! The 240 hp Impala is new for 2004.

Has anyone out there raced their Type S against a late-model Grand Prix GTP? I had one (a GTP) prior to the Type S and I think the Acura is faster than the GTP.

 

I think GTP is better off the line (but not by much though). Anything higher than 35mph the TLS starts to pull and wins From experience.

 

GTP would be a good match! Impala you would destroy! Most think the current SS is a joke compared to what is used to stand for on the impala.

 

Like he said. I'm not even going to bother.

 

You'd beat the Impala until your transmission dies. After that, the Impala would take you.

 

Mike, you must think more positive. Not all of us have blown tranny's you know!

 

Joseph just tell your friend just sit down and save the embarrasment. But dont race the new GTO if you dont have any mods them cars are pretty quick.

 

mods or not if you're not well over 300 HP the new GTO will kick your ass.

 

Not if they have a pulley, then you A$$ is Grass.... I think someone told me they pull in v8 comaro times with a pulley... not sure..

 

Thats unfair.. thats a V8.....

 

Don't know about the camaro times but I agree that with a pulley the GTPs are mean! I've seen some at the track running 13s and high 12s, but assume they have more than just pullies. Stock for stock the TLS and GTP are pretty much neck and neck. Modded is a different story.

 

Don't try racing the GTP. I race one already. He ate me alive. I think he was stock too. That supercharger does wonders. I think the GTP is 13 sec 1/4 mile anyway. But I have I/H/E and pulleys and still lost. I raced the same guy once before I got headers and came back to him and still lost. Got me kinda frustrated that I got beat by a domestic. Dammit!! Well just telling of my experience.

 

A 2004 Gran Prix GTP (Competition Group) which is the top of the line runs a 0-60=6.6 and 1/4=15 @93mph.
By the numbers, is not even competition. I know that out in the streets is a different story but with a good response time there is no way (stock for stock) that a Gran Prix can take a TLS but again as usual, we are getting away from the original post (TL vs Chevy Impala).

 

Man.... You'll smoke him, it'll be pretty close off the line but once vtec kicks in you're gone all he'll see is taillights. Also I think impalas weigh more than our car.

 

On the GTP, my dad has one and in my opinion I think it's faster than my tl-p.

 

Your right Maxx96 - I ate two so far

 

Street racing is is illegal, can kill or maim and if the District Attorney can prove you racing you could go to jail for manslaughter or murder, depending on the circumstances. If your insurance company finds out that your accident happened in a race some policies will deny coverage. With that being said, most ot the cars you're talking about are just a second or so faster or slower. With no Xmas tree, start lines, finish line, etc.. a speed contest is just a matter of who is foolish enough to put their foot down first.