It would be close at the beginning. You have more torque but he is lighter, I'm guessing at about 45mph you will start pulling and at 80 you will be pulling even harder and have him beat by 2-3 car lenghts by 100mph. nice buy low miles not bad. If you want to start off with cheap mods, I would recommend cold air kit, nice true dual exhaust and a programmer. I grew up with a 95 v6 so I know what those mods can do. Right now I have a 2004 mustang that can hang with a 99-04 GT. got anymore questions post them