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Originally Posted by a_Username
There's only been a dozen people on this forum to break 12s, but it seems to happen quite often with the 5.0L. I mean, there were two former SS owners from this forum to run 12s stock in the 5.0L. Of course, I can attribute their slightly higher "average" to the fact that it is easier to launch a SRA vehicle and the 12s were usually broken by Autos.
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Yeah, on this forum. I hate to say this but this is a appearance first forum. There are a lot of great people here that are pushing these cars and care about performance but they are the minority. nhrastocker is about the only person to really push a stock 5th gen see what it can do and coincidentally he has the record at a 12.5. Even the shops around here tend to bolt on parts almost immediately and post dyno numbers. Like I stated, I was at the track and saw a member (1stGM) turn a 12.9 in a bone stock L99. There are a ton of posts here where members have gone to the track and run mid 13's with full bolt-on's and are praised for the number. That's why the 5th gen is perceived to be so slow. Find the right people and the 5th gen is a solid 12 sec. car.