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the 370z should give the camaro one hell of a run in its home environment. that is, IF the speculations are true. if it chops 200 lbs off its current weight (unlikely, but possible. i would look for a more 50-75lb chop if it lost any weight at all. im thinking it may actually gain weight.) that makes its base a 3120lb car. and if it gets the high horse 350 hp engine (somewhat likely) then its looking at a 8.91lb/hp ratio... that would make it a mean 60' car and likely something that could hand our camaro its pride. (manual camaro will have 9.15lb/hp). on the twisties department the short wheelbase and hunched together stance makes it a great handler, but less hip on the cornering (refer to DGthe3's post for descriptions). the camaro should feel like the bigger car because... it is. but that size will give it the cornering advantage. in a long corner the camaro can do it faster and get a higher skidpar, speculatively. the 370z will be the zipier car though taking slow tight corners quicker and having power to weight to dig back out of them again. on that note i still feel the camaro can take it when the geography isnt against us. as punter said, "tourque." without it the 370z should feel hot out of the gate, but winded at the top end (commonly a very strong point for our ls1 ansestors... excuse my horrible grammar/spelling). stock for stock its a drivers race on any typical course. a smooth track i think we will get the trophy <50% of the time, but on a track that looks like switchback mountains the 370z will surely flip that around real quick... assuming speculations are spot on. expect a 32-37k tag if they get these goodies though... still a challenge
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