Camover

I saw a Camaro today that was a third gen. But on the side it said RS. Is that a different package sort of how SS is?

greysteel_M6

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It's the ss equivalent of a v6.

young92rsowner

i own a thirdgen RS, it means Rally Sport its just step up from sports coupe. In the thirdgen its either a V8 or V6 with power windows and locks. Z28 and SS are still better

5_02ls1

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rally sport package........hell im pretty sure the 6 that was in them was rated at more than the tbi 305......i know the v8s dont run any better....

Sharpe

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For the third gens, I don't think any of them got the 350. I thought they all had 305 V8's, but I'm not at all an expert.

There was an RS 1st and 4th gen (LT1 years, not LS1) as well. The 4th gen was a bigger V6 that had ground effects, I think. For the first gen, the only thing I know (or think) it did was hide the head lights. I'm sure it did other stuff too.

I hope they bring back the RS with the 5th gen. "RS/SS" and "RS/Z28" sounds cool.

the_merv

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3rd Gen RS's had mainly the 305 in them, most of the ones I seen were Crossfires..

Asmodeus

RS = Rushed Sale or Really Slow.

hurley_21_07

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All 4th gen V6's were the same, RS was a ground effect package.

Dan

Mindcrime1204

A Camaro Lover doesn't know what the RS is? lol

SchultzLT1

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Wrong wrong wrong. some of them were 3.4L V6's and I think the 3.4L's were only until '96, somebody can correct me if I'm wrong. There were also 3.8L V6's in 97-02 I know for sure because my first Camaro (97 RS) had a 3.8L

3rd gen RS's mostly came with a 5.0L 305. An RS is usually just the base model with some stuff on it to make it look a little better. If you look at a 4th gen RS, a good number of them have the factory ground effects, not all of them.

Arctic2002ss

It is a little confusing. I was curious too so did a little research. The RS badge returned to Camaro in 1989 on either V6 or V8 models. Actually, it looks like the RS was the only V8 in 1990(no Z/28) but am not certain. The RS went away with the 4th gen but again returned in 1996 as an appearance package on the V6.

Also, the 350 became available in 1987 in the IROCs.

camar0corey

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You won't find crossfire injection on a RS unless someone was dumb enough to put it there themselves.

streetassasin

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yep, third gen RS's had a 170HP TBI 305 240TQ, not 100% on the torque
I have one, its for sale in my sig

hurley_21_07

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This I knew, I don't know why I was only thinking 3.8's. Yeah 3.4's went to 95 with the 3.8 option or for the second half of 95 model year. For some reason I thought someone said there was a bigger motor thasn the 3.8. I was tired damnit.

93-95.5 = 3.4
95.5-02 = 3.8

Any could be RS, which was only ground effects, MAYBE some other insignificant stuff, but mostly just ground effects.

Dan

SchultzLT1

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Yep I knew they switched somewhere in there, I dont know any other things specific to the RS package, since the one I had didn't even have ground effects. But it did have the Y87 "performance package"

Smoke Panther

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I think what he meant is that a RS 4th gen. is the same as any 4th gen V6, with the exception of the body kit and badge....which is true. All the RS is in the 4th gen is an appearance package for the V6's

SchultzLT1

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My 4th gen RS had no ground effects

davered00ss

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SLP did an RS package on the later 4th gen V6's With the sport appearance package you got rally stripes and 210hp up from the 200 rating. I think it was a cat-back. I have the sales paper from when I bought my SS.

SchultzLT1

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yeah thats what the "Y87" performance package on mine was... the "lower restriction" dual exhaust and I think some better springs or something...

idk who cares, basically an RS is no better than a base model camaro.

SparkyJJO

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My brother had a 3rd gen RS and it had a 305 V8 in it. So at least for 3rd gen it was a bigger engine than the base camaro. Not sure what else might have been different, can't say on the exhaust because it had a custom set on it.