The horsepower cometh

**Spaz** · 04-14-2011, 06:24 AM

Originally Posted by big hammer

how aboot both a diet and mo powa?

that and get them back in our time frame... they seem to be stuck half way in the past...

**big hammer** · 04-14-2011, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

that and get them back in our time frame... they seem to be stuck half way in the past...

alright lets try to sum this up. around 3500 pounds, 450+hp, modern styling, factory gearing options, a cheap base price v8, and an automatic that doesnt take 10 years to shift. (throw that in there for the guys who cant drive a manual).

alright somebody forward this to GM.

**Spaz** · 04-14-2011, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by big hammer

alright lets try to sum this up. around 3500 pounds, 450+hp, modern styling, factory gearing options, a cheap base price v8, and an automatic that doesnt take 10 years to shift. (throw that in there for the guys who cant drive a manual).

alright somebody forward this to GM.

the A6 from a vette would be nice... paddle shifters... shorter over all height... maybe 45" tall and 4" wider overall...

**big hammer** · 04-14-2011, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

the A6 from a vette would be nice... paddle shifters... shorter over all height... maybe 45" tall and 4" wider overall...

isn't it the same trans? the trans in the camaro is good, it's the awful tuning that handicaps it horribly.

**Spaz** · 04-14-2011, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by big hammer

isn't it the same trans? the trans in the camaro is good, it's the awful tuning that handicaps it horribly.

i dunno...

***SMWS6TA*** · 04-14-2011, 09:31 AM

I wonder what the ZL1 is going to cost?

I also thought 2012 was the yr that they switch to the Alpha platform, what happen?

**JonB** · 04-14-2011, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by SMWS6TA

I wonder what the ZL1 is going to cost?

I also thought 2012 was the yr that they switch to the Alpha platform, what happen?

If you have to ask you don't want to know.

***SMWS6TA*** · 04-14-2011, 10:13 AM

I see around 48k

**Smittro** · 04-14-2011, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Spikito

323 HP....but how's the torque? What's the dyno curve?

Kinda pointless if the majority of your RPMs are 200-250 HP, then a sudden spike to 323 at 6500 RPMs

No 660 dohc runs a curve like you discribed..

**Smittro** · 04-14-2011, 06:14 PM

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Xt_7yiYWo&NR=1[/ame]

**Smittro** · 04-14-2011, 06:25 PM

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLxnVANoJK0&feature=related[/ame]

**cammed goat** · 04-14-2011, 06:26 PM

I know the Camaros at the New York Auto Show will be mobbed. My gut says so.

**Smittro** · 04-14-2011, 06:31 PM

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1eTde1eIAE[/ame]

***SMWS6TA*** · 04-14-2011, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by Smittro

Did I hear right "Haha I smoke him?"

Does this dumbass know he barely beat a V6 with a V8 GT?

**Smittro** · 04-14-2011, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by SMWS6TA

Did I hear right "Haha I smoke him?"

Does this dumbass know he barely beat a V6 with a V8 GT?

that's what made me laugh.. He's rippin' (lol) through the gears and there's that little V6 @ his door almost the whole time..

***SMWS6TA*** · 04-14-2011, 07:45 PM

I almost willing to bet that if the Camaro had different tires and a little better launch he might have got him.

**Smittro** · 04-14-2011, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by SMWS6TA

I almost willing to bet that if the Camaro had different tires and a little better launch he might have got him.

Agree, or even a set of tubes and pipes and walk away nicely..

Imagine the difference if the Camaro was lighter... Like, say a 3.6 in a 4th gen..

**cammed goat** · 04-14-2011, 08:05 PM

The new Camaro is coming into its own. I am liking the odds.

**Smittro** · 04-14-2011, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by cammed goat

The new Camaro is coming into its own. I am liking the odds.

+2.

**Paul Huryk** · 04-15-2011, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by 67CamaroRSSS

It doesn't matter as the land barge they've put it into handicaps the V6's truely inspiring level of performance.

Exactly!

Who cares if you have 323hp in a 4000lb overweight two door? Same power to weight as a 3500lb car with 282hp... Ditto for the LS3 that has to pull around a lot of weight.