02whitegt

I was looking at getting a 01 ss camaro. Do they make more power than an 01z28.?? And what is the deffference beween them.

fastest94v6

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no difference in motor or anything...just mainly appearance. Hood, Spoiler, Suspension.

98Z28MASS

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SS is WAY faster... They are basically the same except SS has the appearance package (ss hood, spoiler) better flowing exhaust and I believe the bilstein suspension (as an option). Performance wise they are the same.

SilverStang00

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What they said. I once thought that SS cars were the ****, and made the fatal mistake of underestimating Z28's. But I am much smarter now, as most will tell you, there is virtually no difference between any of the Fbody's. I prefer the SS tho, solely because of looks

02whitegt

So The SS has no more power that a Z28. Just apperance things. How come they rated at more hp.??

fastest94v6

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Hood?

SilverStang00

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Just to justify the higher price tag mostly. They had some different things such as intake/exhaust, but they add no more power really. All LS1 powered cars should produce around 350 flywheel, and 300 rear wheel.

A-Dub

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Only performance difference between the SS and the Z28 was a muffler

02whitegt

i always thought the ss was alot faster than a z28.

98Z28MASS

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No biggie, now you know. Although it is natural for people to assume its faster but again as someone else said it was a marketing tool to charge more for the SS version, although I think SS's are worth every penny as I had a z28 and they just look plain when compared to an ss.

02whitegt

So on a dyno they will make basically the same rwhp...??

PunkNPonys

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Yes, they will. Now a 01-02 f-body will USUALLY make more hp on a dyno then 98-00 f-body. But thats not even always the case.

SilverStang00

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Like punkNpony said, yes. The higher HP rating was b.s., don't worry about not knowin it man, I didn't either until my Lightning got rolled on by a lid/exhaust Z28 from 40 roll by about 3-4 cars. I learned from that guy, as well as searching on this site, that all LS1 cars are more or less equal in the power making dept. GM obviously did a good job of marketing the power difference tho, I still have a hard time getting people to believe that SS's aren't faster

prostock_bigblock

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Z28 are faster for the fact that they weight less than a ss.

Arctic2002ss

The SS got slightly bigger anti-roll bars too. The 17" vs. 16" wheels and wider tires are probably the biggest difference performance wise though. I think a stripper Z/28 is actually the fastest because of the weight advantage.

fastest94v6

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more like 275-290 to the wheels.

98Z28MASS

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Maybe on a mustang dyno but I have yet to see a stock ls1 dyno under 290 rwhp. My 98 z28 with 45K miles on it dynoed 300 rwhp bone stock last summer so I would say the norm on a dyno jet is around 300 rwhp.

02SS#406

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Some '02 SS's came with the "Blackwing" lid option, along with the Firehawks.

SilverStang00

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Thats why I typed "around" 300, I have seen them dyno 290, but I have also seen them dyno 315. It doesn't really matter anyway, 10hp is not enough to determine the outcome of a race.

Nick98Z28

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i like the Z better. everyone think it's the underdog but it's just as much a heavy hitter as the SS. It doesn't get better when someone says "Oh it's just a Z". lol.