# GTO cornering ability
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [June 5, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585 "2009-06-05T16:22:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@99Blackex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99Blackex)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/1 "2009-06-05T16:22:55Z")
So I just got out of work and on my way home going up 787 I see this girl I work with who happens to have a LS2 GTO pass me. I obviously knew my em1 wouldnt even come close to keeping up with her. But when we both got off the Loudonville exit from I-90 I figured maybe I could give her a little bit of a run around the corner. Well as we entered the corner she booted it and pulled away from me, I mean completely dusted me. I was really impressed that a stock suspension goat could handle as good as it did. I mean I’ve spent some money on a good suspension in my car and Im not afraid of pushing it pretty hard in the corners. Do they really handle that much better than my car or do I need a driver mod?:facepalm
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### Author:  [@99Blackex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99Blackex)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/2 "2009-06-05T16:39:29Z")
BTW i must have been doing maybe 60 or 65 around that corner so she had to be doing 70 or better
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### Author:  [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/3 "2009-06-05T16:45:58Z")
they handle pretty good for the wieght of them
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### Author:  [@99Blackex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99Blackex)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/4 "2009-06-05T16:50:43Z")
damn right they do. I was surely amazed.
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/5 "2009-06-05T17:51:47Z")
More importantly was she hot?
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### Author:  [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/6 "2009-06-05T18:00:37Z")
Most of the new domestic cars do handle very well. Theres a preconcieved notion that domestics “cant” handle.
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/7 "2009-06-05T18:02:01Z")
Ones with IRS can handle anyway. SRA not so much without some work.
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### Author:  [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/8 "2009-06-05T18:05:22Z")
SRA’s handle just fine holmes:thumbup
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/9 "2009-06-05T18:08:48Z")
Certainly not my car- it gets a little scary on some turns. My truck handles better.
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### Author:  [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/10 "2009-06-05T18:16:25Z")
> [@Anyone ever play..](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-play/18979/2):
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> So I just got out of work and on my way home going up 787 I see this girl I work with who happens to have a LS2 GTO pass me. I obviously knew my em1 wouldnt even come close to keeping up with her. But when we both got off the Loudonville exit from I-90 I figured maybe I could give her a little bit of a run around the corner. Well as we entered the corner she booted it and pulled away from me, I mean completely dusted me. I was really impressed that a stock suspension goat could handle as good as it did. I mean I’ve spent some money on a good suspension in my car and Im not afraid of pushing it pretty hard in the corners. Do they really handle that much better than my car or do I need a driver mod?:facepalm
Does it happen to be red, name Amanda???
if so, I know her pretty well 😉
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### Author:  [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/11 "2009-06-05T18:17:32Z")
> [@What are you driving this winter](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-are-you-driving-this-winter/18993/52):
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> Most of the new domestic cars do handle very well. Theres a preconcieved notion that domestics “cant” handle.
+1…my car handles extremely well for its size… .92 G’s on the skid pad bone stock.
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### Author:  [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/12 "2009-06-05T18:19:11Z")
> [@Job Help Needed](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/job-help-needed/18989/7):
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> Certainly not my car- it gets a little scary on some turns. My truck handles better.
Well you have a 20+yr old car with worn out parts…of course its not going to be a poster child for handling. My Mach1 and my 01Gt handled AWESOME!
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### Author:  [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/13 "2009-06-05T23:20:15Z")
> [@What are you driving this winter](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-are-you-driving-this-winter/18993/52):
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> Most of the new domestic cars do handle very well. Theres a **preconcieved notion** that domestics “cant” handle.
dont hurt yourself with two bigs words in a row.
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/14 "2009-06-05T23:25:52Z")
> [@94Gt5.0"](#):
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> Well you have a 20+yr old car with worn out parts…of course its not going to be a poster child for handling. My Mach1 and my 01Gt handled AWESOME!
The SN95’s handled better than the shitty fox bodies stock anyway.
My car has new shocks and struts, sway bar links, etc and still sucks at cornering.
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### Author:  [@skiboard06](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/skiboard06)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/15 "2009-06-05T23:33:14Z")
> [@Anyone ever play..](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-ever-play/18979/2):
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> So I just got out of work and on my way home going up 787 I see this girl I work with who happens to have a LS2 GTO pass me. I obviously knew my em1 wouldnt even come close to keeping up with her. But when we both got off the Loudonville exit from I-90 I figured maybe I could give her a little bit of a run around the corner. Well as we entered the corner she booted it and pulled away from me, I mean completely dusted me. I was really impressed that a stock suspension goat could handle as good as it did. I mean I’ve spent some money on a good suspension in my car and Im not afraid of pushing it pretty hard in the corners. Do they really handle that much better than my car or do I need a driver mod?:facepalm
What is your car, what suspension setup are you using?
Maybe the most important factor: What tires are you/her using?
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### Author:  [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/16 "2009-06-05T23:36:29Z")
> [@wtb: weight lifting belts now!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-weight-lifting-belts-now/18991/2):
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> dont hurt yourself with two bigs words in a row.
Im not the one in HS still:retardclap :lol
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### Author:  [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/17 "2009-06-05T23:36:59Z")
> [@Yet ANOTHER reason I will never own a motorcycle](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/yet-another-reason-i-will-never-own-a-motorcycle/19009/6):
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> The SN95’s handled better than the shitty fox bodies stock anyway.
> My car has new shocks and struts, sway bar links, etc and still sucks at cornering.
You just suck Paul…you suck
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### Author:  [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/18 "2009-06-05T23:39:03Z")
I shouldve bought something else I guess. Maybe when I unload this car Ill get something that handles.
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### Author:  [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/19 "2009-06-05T23:44:28Z")
> [@Nancy Pelosi & man/boy love](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nancy-pelosi-man-boy-love/18950/16):
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> Im not the one in HS still:retardclap :lol
JEEZ paul, it was a joke! :ponder :lol
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### Author:  [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-cornering-ability/244585/20 "2009-06-05T23:47:07Z")
> [@I smell skanks](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-smell-skanks/19000/46):
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> I shouldve bought something else I guess. Maybe when I unload this car Ill get something that handles.
There is something wrong about the way you think about your car. Not to derail this thread, which i know is going to happen, and I know im gonna get bashed for doing this. But there is NOTHING wrong with what you have for a platform of a car. It has potential to do whatever you want it to do, be it drag, turn, or just sit in a parking lot and look good. THey are a good handling, quick car from the factory.
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