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Originally Posted by syr74
Why wouldn't I? Given the power to weight and gearing I think this was a decent but not great run. I think we'll see even the mainstream auto rags hitting 12.7 and 12.6 second times before all is said and done with private owners hitting very low 12's on a good track with a great run. That would be about three tenths faster than the better than the best a Camaro SS can do and would require about 30hp to match assuming that extra power doesn't bring traction issues, a problem which the Camaro's weight is likely to exacerbate at those kind of times. Another 30hp comes out to just under 460hp, throw in another ten to make up for traction losses and you're at 470hp and you're just keeping up.
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You're delusional. A magazine isn't going to take the car to a drag strip and pick up 2-3 tenths. At most I can see 1/10th out of any of the mainstream mags. No doubt the owners will get into the mid 12's, but so have SS owners. Look at the trap speeds. If the GT were to pick up 2-3 tenths the traps would be around 113. If GM adds a 3.73 option the Camaro will be back ahead. There is a more usable torque curve on the LS3 and the extra cubes help close the weight advantage which is about 200lbs. The stang isn't in vette curb weight territory, it's still heavy. If you don't want to accept that it's a drivers race in stock form that's your business.
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Originally Posted by syr74
What you had done in the local garage wont work for GM. For example, mid length headers are going to effect cat light off and as such are almost certainly never going to pass emissions. It wont be as easy for GM as it was for you. And like I said earlier, if you think this is all that there is in this car you are dreaming.
And the V6 comparison is already very interesting, a 13.7 second 1/4 mile run on their first try on an unprepared surface? Wow.
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So it works for ford but not GM? The 5.0 comes with mid-length headers from the factory. I imagine it passes emissions, right? It also comes with the same cold air intake that bumped the '10 GT up to 315 hp. So that being said there maybe 5 hp to be had from an aftermarket CAI and maybe 10 from an exhaust. Ford did all they could to get a head of the SS and have succeeded in just edging out last years model. If you GM think isn't going to respond then you're dreaming.