[camaro5]

Originally Posted by Hylton

Yep. It will smoke most cars out there. Remove the GXP emblems and you are going to take a lot of guys who have spent 2 to 3 times as much by surprise. This car might become factory sleeper of the year!

I'll tell ya, the G8 GT and GXP are sleepers. I mean, they're semi-boring looking sedans. The problem with Vettes is everybody is watching. These things are the opposite, but go like Hell when you stomp 'em. Get a dark color, and it's over.

Originally Posted by kdbolt70

I've been pondering the GXP over the SS for a while now, but I think with the $40k+ price tag, I'm going to stick with the camaro. I love the "sleeper" effect the GXP buys you, but I can't help but love the loud looks of the 'maro.

The internal debate continues...Still holding off the G8 -so far.

Originally Posted by camaro_corvette

I didn't mean to be mean. I was just saying that the two cars are soooo different, that they would be hard to compare fairly. Two door/Four door, Sedan/sportscar, 3900+lbs/whatever that thing weighs(cant be much), 2seater/4 seater They are just totally different cars.

c_c, just remember there are people deciding whether to buy a 370Z or a Camaro or Mustang, Challenger, G37, Genesis, Corvette, the list goes on and on. It's like, they're really different, but appeal to a lot of the same people.

Originally Posted by rayhawk

This car has a gearing advantage over the Camaro, 3.70 vs 3.45, and it has quite a bit smaller tires, 26.7" od versus 28.7" of for the camaro. It has the same gearing in the trans. It is enough to allow it to use 4 gears (for the manual) instead of 3 in the 1/4 mile run. I think the gearing will make up for the weight difference and will make for a very close race between the camaro and the GXP. At that mph, you have to think 12's are pretty reasonable though for this car.

And how is this motor tuned for regular gas? Do they mean you can put in regular, or that regular is recommended? That seems hard to believe.

Good point about the gearing. That's why the G8 GXP gets the gas-guzzler tax, and the Camaro will not.

On the other hand, that's going to even the two Zeta kids up at the lights. Sounds like fun to me!

Regular gas? Piezo-electric microphone listens for detonation (ping), generates a voltage back to the PCM, PCM retards ignition timing until the level of detonation is acceptable.

Premium fuel creates more power, and pays for itself with better fuel mileage. See Corvette Forum for confirmation.