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Originally Posted by boxmonkeyracing
there's more to drag racing then power to weight. yes it plays a huge part but so does gearing. you can have a high out put motor and 2.73 gearing and a decent output motor and have 4.10's and the cars weight about the same. . .who do you think is going to win the acceleration competition? the one with better gearing. granted you also have the transmission gearing/shift points to play with. but over all it's not just simple power to weight ratio.
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Duhh! Of course gearing is a factor. I didnt even mention gearing...because I seriously doubt the tranny gearing and final gear ratio will be much different between the GS and the Z/28.
BTW... I've been drag racing at dragstrips since 1986. I know a little bit about it.
GS 6spd manual
1-2.97
2-2.07
3-1.45
4-1.0
5-.71
6-.56
Final gear ratio-3:42/1
Camaro SS 6spd manual
1-3.07
2-2.07
3-1.43
4-1.0
5-.84
6-.57
Final gear ratio-3:45/1