View Poll Results: (read post before answering) 4th Gen Camaro: Muscle Car or Sports Car
Sports Car
102
20.08%
Muscle car
380
74.80%
Confused
13
2.56%
I really dont know
13
2.56%
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4th Gen Camaro: Muscle Car or Sports Car?
07-08-2006, 01:49 AM
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Yep,...Definitely Muscle!
The 4th Gens seem to be both actually.
It just depends on the Personality of the person building up the car.
It can definitely fall into both catagories though.
Stock-Sports cars
Adding... Exhaust/Heads & Cam/LTs/Meat.... MUSCLE CAR!
Seem to have more of them set up for Muscle than they have left as Stock
The 4th Gens seem to be both actually.
It just depends on the Personality of the person building up the car.
It can definitely fall into both catagories though.
Stock-Sports cars
Adding... Exhaust/Heads & Cam/LTs/Meat.... MUSCLE CAR!
Seem to have more of them set up for Muscle than they have left as Stock
07-09-2006, 01:29 AM
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Those are actually a Custom set of American Racing "Full Polished" TT-II's
that I bought over 2 years ago.
******Wheels---A.R. TT-II's
Rears----17 x 11"
Fronts---17 x 9.5"
******Tires---Michellin Pilot Sports
Rears---335/35/17
Fronts--285/40/17
Recently, I sent them to a local shop and had the centers and the complete
inside Powder Coated in a High Wet-Gloss Black. Then, to top them off, I
ordered a set of American Racings Billet Aluminum "Knock Off" Spinners to
commemorate a little Old School. I'm going to try to post up some pics
within the next couple of days. Interior/Exterior/Mod Shots/Track Pics.....
Guess I'll have to do it under a New Thread.
that I bought over 2 years ago.
******Wheels---A.R. TT-II's
Rears----17 x 11"
Fronts---17 x 9.5"
******Tires---Michellin Pilot Sports
Rears---335/35/17
Fronts--285/40/17
Recently, I sent them to a local shop and had the centers and the complete
inside Powder Coated in a High Wet-Gloss Black. Then, to top them off, I
ordered a set of American Racings Billet Aluminum "Knock Off" Spinners to
commemorate a little Old School. I'm going to try to post up some pics
within the next couple of days. Interior/Exterior/Mod Shots/Track Pics.....
Guess I'll have to do it under a New Thread.
Last edited by SLP 02 SS; 07-09-2006 at 01:35 AM.
07-19-2006, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Andros
Sports cars are defined as rwd coupes aimed for sports handling, the 4th Camaro is solid rear so its a muscle. the GTO is a sports car.
Yeah right the GTO is a sports car, good one.
07-22-2006, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 3VstangGT
definetly a musclecar. live axle, big v8, rwd, 2 door coupe, the way its styled, and the name. not to mention the performance. need i say more?
08-09-2006, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by urbanhunter44
I think the LT1 cars look and sound like muscle cars.. the LS1s look and sound like sports cars... and catfish.
08-13-2006, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Charging TA
Big V8?
How many regular production passenger cars (excluding any sort of truck) had a V8 bigger than 5.7L from '93-'02?
08-15-2006, 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by RPM WS6
It's a big V8 by the standards during which they were built.
How many regular production passenger cars (excluding any sort of truck) had a V8 bigger than 5.7L from '93-'02?
How many regular production passenger cars (excluding any sort of truck) had a V8 bigger than 5.7L from '93-'02?
08-15-2006, 07:38 AM
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id say its both. a sports car is any high performance vechicle. and a muscle car is like a sub division of a sports car. just like a european exotic would be classfied a sports car, or an(hate to say it) import ex. supra, skyline is a type of sports car. a sports car is build for speed and handling, and that what a muscle casr is as well. we just perfer to do it nastey!!! god bless the sound of an american v8.
08-15-2006, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Charging TA
Well I can see that point, but if we're talking Muscle cars... Big to me is 7.2L ... I dont consider F-Bodies muscle cars, I consider them performance cars.
However, during the span of 4th gens, a 350 is pretty damn big for the era.
Actually, even the overall size of the car compared to the market average is totally different than it was in the 1st gen years. Back then, an F-body was small compared to most cars. During the 4th gen years, they are more like a midsized car than anything.
As for muscle car vs performance car, I guess that's just about opinion. Personally I consider all V8 F-bodies muscle cars for their respective eras. I think the definition of "muscle car" changes somewhat from era to era. Actually I don't even consider the '64-'72 cars to be the "first" muscle cars; there were factory hot rods before '64, but people just didn't classify them under the muscle car term back then.
My personal definition of "muscle car" is pretty broad. V8 isn't always necessary (I consider an '87 Grand National a muscle car) and coupe body style isn't always necessary ('96 Impala SS). Only things that are required are RWD, 4 seats, and domestic manufacturer IMO; everything else is a gray area.
