The Camaro is back!!!
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The Camaro is back!!! Here it is everyone the Chevy Camaro concept...these pictures are not fake, GM unveiled this car earlier this week...a 400hp small block and 4 wheel independant suspension, the question is will they build it or just let ford and dodge take the pony car wars, there is also talk of a new rear wheel drive monte carlo.
hope you all like them
hope you all like them
The big question----will they ever build it? W/the shape GM is in right now, who knows? Concept is a long way off from actual production....It looks good, though. Hope it's not 10 bolt-equipped. 
WJ
WJ
Originally Posted by PurEvl
challenger > camaro...425hp hemi with 450 tq for the win
Originally Posted by WJ SOM SS
Hope it's not 10 bolt-equipped. WJ
WJ
I like it but I think I might like the Challenger concept better as well. The Challenger is like beyond 'retro', it's almost an exact REPLICA LOL but I like it.
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Originally Posted by Borderlinedragracing
Here it is everyone the Chevy Camaro concept...these pictures are not fake, GM unveiled this car earlier this week...a 400hp small block and 4 wheel independant suspension.
hope you all like them
hope you all like them
Thanx for all the pics!
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Originally Posted by PurEvl
challenger > camaro...425hp hemi with 450 tq for the win
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Originally Posted by Nautilus
I tend to agree with you, and I kind of like the looks better at this stage anyway. If Chevy doesn't make a 425-450hp SS, I might have a dodge parked in the driveway next to my Z06 in a few years.....
[QUOTE=Humvee z28]u guys keep thinking that challanger is gonna be faster...i may make more power, by 25 hp but the damn thing is gonna weigh over 4k pounds... there is a side by side picture of it in the multimedia forum. i wish i could find it to show ya but its like looking at a full size car to a mid size. [/QUOTE
All three, the shelby, the Camaro and the challenger are looking to be over 4k lbs. The good thing about the camaro is, if it gets the LS2, there will already be a huge aftermarket following
[/QUOTEAll three, the shelby, the Camaro and the challenger are looking to be over 4k lbs. The good thing about the camaro is, if it gets the LS2, there will already be a huge aftermarket following
Independent rear suspension will not cut it at the drags, as far as I'm concerned, so from 10 bolt to that is not much of an improvement. That must be a platform that's already in production--Cadillac maybe? LS-motored Caddys are snapping half shafts like, well like pretzels. Camaro will be the same unless they put a 12 bolt solid rear in the thing. If the Challenger has a solid rear axle, they will be way more desireable to the drag-race set than any new IRS Camaro. Same w/the Vette half-shafts...pretty much junk. When are the GM engineers going to learn?? (My 2 cents, only... 
) WJ
) WJ WJ, The challenger is designed around an IRS setup too. I agree completely, IRS makes for a better driver, but this isn't a BMW, if they are going to build a 400 rwd car, it cshould have a 12 bolt, leave the IRS to the caddy and the GTO. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Ford is putting a solid rear in the new shelby.... At least they are starting to get it. 
Originally Posted by WJ SOM SS
Independent rear suspension will not cut it at the drags, as far as I'm concerned, so from 10 bolt to that is not much of an improvement. That must be a platform that's already in production--Cadillac maybe? LS-motored Caddys are snapping half shafts like, well like pretzels. Camaro will be the same unless they put a 12 bolt solid rear in the thing. If the Challenger has a solid rear axle, they will be way more desireable to the drag-race set than any new IRS Camaro. Same w/the Vette half-shafts...pretty much junk. When are the GM engineers going to learn?? (My 2 cents, only... ) WJ
) WJ
I am a chevy guy, but I like the Challanger better too.
The other thing to consider about the 'sucsess' of this Camaro is that the Retro Mustang will have been out for 4 years before the Camaro even hits a showroom. And the Challanger will also beat it to market, so I'm sure a good number of buyers who want a retro muscle car will already have one by the time the General gets around to the Camaro.
I just think GM is going to be a day late and a dollar short again.
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The other thing to consider about the 'sucsess' of this Camaro is that the Retro Mustang will have been out for 4 years before the Camaro even hits a showroom. And the Challanger will also beat it to market, so I'm sure a good number of buyers who want a retro muscle car will already have one by the time the General gets around to the Camaro.
I just think GM is going to be a day late and a dollar short again.
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4000lbs?!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO WAY! F THAT!
I am not getting one if it ways 4000 or more pounds.
That's way to much weight for my taste.
It sounds like a frickin' heavy duty truck, with a big powerful engine, not a Sportscar.
I was just fine and dandy with the Camaros weighing around 3500 or so on 93-97 4THS, but, that is just to much.
400 - 4000 = 1hp to 10lbs
300 - 3500 = 1hp to 12lbs
Not much of a big gain there.
What they should do is lighten it, duh, and give it a nice 350-375ish HP motor.
NO WAY! F THAT!
I am not getting one if it ways 4000 or more pounds.
That's way to much weight for my taste.
It sounds like a frickin' heavy duty truck, with a big powerful engine, not a Sportscar.
I was just fine and dandy with the Camaros weighing around 3500 or so on 93-97 4THS, but, that is just to much.
400 - 4000 = 1hp to 10lbs
300 - 3500 = 1hp to 12lbs
Not much of a big gain there.
What they should do is lighten it, duh, and give it a nice 350-375ish HP motor.
Originally Posted by DAKMOR
4000lbs?!!!!!!!!!!!!
400 - 4000 = 1hp to 10lbs
350 - 3500 = 1hp to 10lbs
Not much of a big gain there.
What they should do is lighten it, duh, and give it a nice 350-375ish HP motor.
400 - 4000 = 1hp to 10lbs
350 - 3500 = 1hp to 10lbs
Not much of a big gain there.
What they should do is lighten it, duh, and give it a nice 350-375ish HP motor.
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Originally Posted by WJ SOM SS
Independent rear suspension will not cut it at the drags, as far as I'm concerned, so from 10 bolt to that is not much of an improvement. That must be a platform that's already in production--Cadillac maybe? LS-motored Caddys are snapping half shafts like, well like pretzels. Camaro will be the same unless they put a 12 bolt solid rear in the thing. If the Challenger has a solid rear axle, they will be way more desireable to the drag-race set than any new IRS Camaro. Same w/the Vette half-shafts...pretty much junk. When are the GM engineers going to learn?? (My 2 cents, only... ) WJ
) WJ