What do you dislike about the new Camaro? Do you think it is worth the money performance wise over everything on the market? Such as the new 5.0 Challenger etc.. I don't want arguiments just some FACTS..

 

Performance wise yes. It IMO has a lot more potential and wakes up with a few mods.

What do I dislike?

20" wheels with big brembos standard on the ss. They should offer a v6 brake option for cheaper.

More options but less packages. Its hard to get only what you want.

Some sort of gear option would of gone a long way too IMO.

Oh and the paint quality sucks. At least it did for the first years. It chips like a ****.

 

yes the paint sucks,but they are supposed to use a different paint now or soon. also, the sun visors are useless, besides that the car is a very nice and comfortable ride. It gets a lot of attention and can be woken up quite easily. Drives more like a Cadillac than a 4th gen,nice and quiet.

 

What needs "wokin up" I know changing the exhuast on my Formy really helped. What key parts of the LS3 are slugish and need replacing?

 

Weighs too much and it's a little too big. Exhaust is too quiet. Needs a performance gear option.

Everything else is full of win!

 

I see them around all the time

-way too quiet, but has true duals at least
-v-sis,rs,ss all look the same to average people. "another new camaro everyone! look!"
-no live axle
-ugly from the rear IMO. looks like the engine could be back there like a ferrari 360
-LS3 comes to life with intake, lts, cat back(more for sound as the stock is pretty straight foward), and a tune
-still too heavy. 3900+ i think compared to 4th gen 3400=3500

list goes on. Point is for that money you can have a really quick 3rd or 4th gen. then again, in new cars everything works real nice like

 

engine is fine where its sits .no need to move it . i own a 94 lt1 bird
engine compartment .very tight .. as far as weight ..is concerned the camaro
is 300 lbs lighter than the challenger . when my money is "right " im going to
get a new camaro im having too much of a love hate thing with my 94 bird
the new car makes the previous car look downright old.

 

Biggest complaint is it's too heavy.Could lose 400lbs.

Performance wise - they like headers and cold air setup's.Then of course tuning to get rid of the TM ect.

 

The weight is the big issue with me. I am not a fan of removing interior and lot's of the other bs to make it faster.
How is the handling on the camaro? I know my Formy was a nose diver in corners but some sub frames and a strut brace tightened her up very nice..

 

hows fuel mileage?

 

Weight and yet another inferior rear end in a Camaro. Everything else I like

 

Dislikes- Visibility for sure but you get used to it.. Paint is looking questionable so far.

Likes...everything else. (especially the performance) It matches my h/c 98 in the acceleration department and it only has bolt ons. Handling is by far superior to my 98 z-28 and the ride quality is phenomenal. A set of springs and swaybars sends the handling performance sky high from what I have read.

My combined mpg for the past 3 months has been 18.7 and hasnt moved. I dont think I have driven the car once and not mashed the pedal. I dont beat the **** out of the car....but I would say I drive it like most people would drive a sports car. My driving is probably about 50/50 city and highway.

My highway mpg is around 23-24 last time I checked on a long trip.

Weight is another disadvantage...the 1SS M6 is 3849 stock. I have removed the entire factory exhaust system and have aftermarket...I should be close to 3800 even with a full tank. and near 3700 with a 1/8th tank. But I weigh 235...so I am not helping anything.

 

I dont think a m6 1ss is 3849. Thats what my a6 2ss weighed.

 

GM curb weight for the 2SS m6 is listed at 3860 per GM. 1SS is at 3849 from what I can gather.

2SS A6 is 3910 I believe.

Curb weight is with a full tank and all fluids (ready to drive)

Your A6 2SS stock would not be 3849 with a full tank. A full tank of gas is worth about ~100 lbs. (depending on tank size). The curb weight is 3900-3910 for an A6 2SS.

 

Performance is awesome IMO, no complaints there. It would be nice if it was a little lighter but I can live with the weight.

Downside is that it's hard to launch in stock form with IRS and 20" rims. Pirelli's suck IMO. I wish there was a gear option from the factory. My biggest annoyance is no memory seat, that really pisses me off for a brand new $36K car.

Other than that I have no complaints and the car has amazed me at the strip and on the street.

 

What 1/4 times are you guys getting BONE stock?

 

You're right. I weighed my car bone stock with 1/2 tank and it was 3860.

But, its 3680 now with a half tank.

 

did you take some weight off it?

 

Yeah, but nothing you would notice by looking at it. Exhaust was a lot of that.

 

Weight.
IRS.
AFM.




13.3@106 in my auto on the worst track ever.