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Plus he posted a ZL1 which are beautiful cars imo
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Go tell it on the Camaro forum. Camaros suck.
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Because I've lived by pushrod v8s and wanted a change. I had way more fun revving out my friend's civic Si than I care to admit so the coyote seemed like a nice change of pace. Sweet high redline and still a v8. Redlining third gear, on the expressway, is a bit more fun on the coyote than LT1.
That being said, I still occasionally think what if. The LT1 is one hell of an engine and the camaro, in general, is very well engineered. I honestly think the camaro is just not made for the right market. Everything it does better than the Mustang is irrelevant to someone that's never going to track their car.
That being said, I still occasionally think what if. The LT1 is one hell of an engine and the camaro, in general, is very well engineered. I honestly think the camaro is just not made for the right market. Everything it does better than the Mustang is irrelevant to someone that's never going to track their car.
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I was actually thinking the same thing, at first. The 6th gen is unquestionably faster than a stock 15-17 GT BUT the camaro has even more sh**y transmission gearing than the 18+ GT m6. So the 15-17 GT fifth would be in the 1:1 while the camaro, if also in fifth, is .74 or .75. Depending on the speed and no one bothering to downshift, I can actually believe it.
Now the D4 fifth? No way. Before I got the power pack fifth gear sucked and I'd have to floor it to gain a bees dick worth of speed in sixth.
OnThree
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Not really, the camaros 4th gear tops out around 145mph. No really good reason to race past that point. 5th and 6th are just overdrive gears
The camaro has long gears but actually has torque to compensate for it.
If she pulled on a 6th gen while she was in 5th, they were either not racing, had no idea what they were doing, or went from a stupid high roll and stayed in it forever
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You realize I'm not making up a scenario here, right? Someone above said they walked a camaro in fifth gear so, if the camaro was actually trying, it wasn't in fourth. Otherwise it wouldn't have walked it.
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"If she pulled on a 6th gen while she was in 5th, they were either not racing, had no idea what they were doing, or went from a stupid high roll and stayed in it forever"
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All I did was hit the reply button. Your last bit wasn't there and my quote proves it. Either way, I agree.
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The opposite is the case. The Camaro does use all 5 gears to accelerate to VMAX which is about 180 mph, it's just not possible to have a non-overdrive gear that goes that far without ruining your overall axle ratio. Ford on the other hand decided that the 5th gear in Mustang 15-17 only reaches up to about 140 mph, so you have to go to the already far slower vmax of 155 mph in 6th gear (which is a painful 0.65). The Mustang 18+ is even worse with reaching Vmax in 4th gear . Then you really have to useless overdrive gears and not the power you could have the accelerate at high speeds.
I tested vmax runs enough here on the Autobahn
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Small egos don't take much.
Kamaros are and will always be want 2 be corvetts . Butt fugly front and rear, today. I'm glad they're around fun to mess with . Hell even the Dodge pounds the Kamaro.
Speaking of Dodge, is it not time they re-enter the NASCA game? As lame as it is, I might start watching again.
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EmCel
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If it will make you guys feel better,
It was an older camaro ss I guess 5th gen or whatever the F they call it.
We were on the highway he was showing off so I put it down to fifth and caught up with him, then yes I did pull him. I was on fifth and first time ever I went up to 7k rpm in my car.He tried tho, props to him.
Or maybe he was too busy looking at my fine ass ...
It was an older camaro ss I guess 5th gen or whatever the F they call it.
We were on the highway he was showing off so I put it down to fifth and caught up with him, then yes I did pull him. I was on fifth and first time ever I went up to 7k rpm in my car.He tried tho, props to him.
Or maybe he was too busy looking at my fine ass ...