New Camaro alot like a gto
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New Camaro alot like a gto
I was wondering if any of you guys feel the same way about the new camaro. I am a huge gm fan but the car is not going to save them. Look at how big of a hit the gto was. The camaro is built by the same people and has irs. I like how it looks but there should be an option for a solid rear. Is the diff going to blow apart when you put upgrades on it like cts vs and gtos do. I am gm guy but ford is where I would go to buy a new car to built parts on and take to the track. Ford offers several different options for a fast off the floor car. Is gm going to have 2 option v6 or v8 that is no fun. Just my two cents
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The (first gen) CTS-V is a different animal but the GTO (and the G8) have VERY strong rear set ups actually, especially when the car is an automatic.
I watched a guy named Kenny with his then 'still IRS' Cartek rear mount/STS turbo black GTO cut low 1.4 sixty foots on his way to a 9.7 (and other multiple high 9s) at over 141mph all on a stock GTO IRS.
The new Camaro will be fine.
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The Camaro will do alot better than the GTO.The GTO was more of a older person's car were the Camaro suit's all ages.The part's breaking under too much HP well that will happen to all models if you just upgrade the motor and not do the whole drivetrain.I think the Camaro will make a great come back.How long it will last we will have to see.
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From what i have been reading from forum to forum ,site to site, lets hope all the enthusiast waving the bow-tie banner actual purchase the new Camaro. This car should prove more popular due to it's looks alone. I like the GTO but found it lacking in visual aesthetics.
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Believe it or not, the drag racing crowd is the minority, even with the Camaro. If GM put a live axle in the new Camaro it would hurt sales more over a broader demographic than putting IRS in it will. Besides, they have made a lot of progress in IRS setups since the original CTS-V's.
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IF the Camaro was nothing more than a little more flashy version of the GTO (and it's not, it is significantly more than that) when we'd still be doing pretty good. The 05-06 GTO was a pretty great combo wrapped in a mundane shell.
The Camaro SS w/ an LS3 is the way to go, you'll be able to make 500+ hp w/ bolt ons and a cam w/ total ease, and a drivetrain that should easily be able to handle it. The LS3 is an insane engine for us to be getting in the "base" V8 Camaro, what a kickass deal.
Not until (and if) Ford releases their rumored 375+hp 5.0l engines (and only if they dump them in GTs) will the Mustang even compare as far as your "standard" V8 models go.
The Camaro SS w/ an LS3 is the way to go, you'll be able to make 500+ hp w/ bolt ons and a cam w/ total ease, and a drivetrain that should easily be able to handle it. The LS3 is an insane engine for us to be getting in the "base" V8 Camaro, what a kickass deal.
Not until (and if) Ford releases their rumored 375+hp 5.0l engines (and only if they dump them in GTs) will the Mustang even compare as far as your "standard" V8 models go.
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I'm a Chevy guy and would definitely buy a Shelby, which appear to be strong enough to put 650 to 700 at the wheels. Is the LSX able to hold this kind of power or get there fairly cheap?
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The Camaro will do alot better than the GTO.The GTO was more of a older person's car were the Camaro suit's all ages.The part's breaking under too much HP well that will happen to all models if you just upgrade the motor and not do the whole drivetrain.I think the Camaro will make a great come back.How long it will last we will have to see.
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OP is so misinformed. The IRS on the 05-06 GTO's is plenty beefed up. I don't think about it 1/2 as much as I worried about the SS's. It just isn't the coolest looking car. Thats why it didn't sell.
CTS-V's had a design flaw and were blowing up under light duty by normal folks just driving around. They were even blowing up on regular CTS's.
The Camaro will be a great car. Faster than the GTO with the same comfort and sexy as a corvette. Also track tested in the Nurbeuring (sp?) in Germany. Many magazines and shows have raved about how well GM's cars that are tested/tuned there handle.
So yes, the Camaro will be a lot like the GTO except faster, stronger (hopefully), and sexier.
CTS-V's had a design flaw and were blowing up under light duty by normal folks just driving around. They were even blowing up on regular CTS's.
The Camaro will be a great car. Faster than the GTO with the same comfort and sexy as a corvette. Also track tested in the Nurbeuring (sp?) in Germany. Many magazines and shows have raved about how well GM's cars that are tested/tuned there handle.
So yes, the Camaro will be a lot like the GTO except faster, stronger (hopefully), and sexier.
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GM spent alot of time and money to upgrade the Camaro's IRS, so that should'nt be on top of your worry list. They didn't expect alot of the early CTS-Vs to be drag racing and it bit them in the butt, there was no excuse for the GTO's wheel hop issue. FWIW, GM did shoot themselves in the leg with the design of the GTO, but it had a great powerplant. The Camaro will have alot more "built in" buyers than the GTO, way too many years from the original GTO until the newer ones, all those old guys who felt nostalgic enough to buy a new one couldn't see well enough to tell if it was a Grand Am, Grand Prix or a GTO at the lot, so they bought a Buick instead. There's still quite a "younger" following for the Camaro. If considering a Ford with the "fast off the showroom floor" options, consider a bank account historectamy, you'll pay alot to get a Mustang from the factory that'll hang with the top of the line Camaro.