2010 V6 Camaro vs LS1 camaro
What if somebody can't afford an SS? What if its all they can squeeze? What if they are just a huge Camaro fan and see no reason to have the SS? What if they travel often and want the 29mpg's of the V6?
Everybody has their own thing. Grow up and respect it.
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+1 or the wife didn't aprove. Sorry guys why would you buy a v6 Camaro or a Mustang unless your a chick, ghey or your significant other said no.
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The 304hp and 320hp are flywheel hp ratings. The LS1 was underated from the factory. A stock LS1 dynos anywhere from 300-315 that equates to alot more than it was rated. Also not to mention like others said the new Camaro is heavier than a 4th gen
Earlier in the thread some posted a V6 might hang with an LT1 car. Hows this for some ****. Saturday my buddy with his 95 M6 Z28 ran a 13.64. The car has a CAI and a hand held programmer. It also has 200k miles...
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i alredy own a 500rw n/a 4th gen and a 10 sec. n/a iroc that is going turbo, so im not lacking in hp dept.
those dam 5th gens look good with wheels and gfx., im waiting for them to drop to cash prices
The V6 Camaro is a heck of a deal for price/look/performance. By the way it handles better and brake as good as the SS because its lighter. Be prepare to see some boltons/tune/CAI/or other light mods V6 Camaro kick serious ***.
I would be very interested in buying a V6 Camaro, put some mods in it plus a 150shot to spank your C5. Be aware that those V6 responds well to mods, but theyre not close to LS3 performance!!
And no the V6 wont be anywhere close to LS1 fbody in stock form to OP.
I wasnt aware of that!!!
My stock '97 Formula with automatic and stock 2.73 gears ran 14.5 on 26 x 8.5 slicks in the middle of a hot Florida summer. Probably could have gone 14.2 in cooler weather. I'd say the new V-6 would run with it. Although I still think paying $35,000 + for a V-8 model is riduculous, let alone that much for a V-6 version!
When you go to the track and see all the modded LS1s running the same times they always do its like...cool....seen it before 1,000,000 times. But when that little turbo 3.8 comes up running a kickass time beating most LS1s now that is something badass to watch....
The 3.6L will do the exact same...its called being different and not doing the same as everyone else. Not saying I hate V8s because I sure as hell would love one but its also fun to be different. You have a point, but the majority of plp will not like to invest in cars like ls1tech members. So they want best of both worlds; the look of it, nice MPG, lower price and good performance.
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May becuse some people like to be different and not one of 1,000,000,000 others with a modded LS1 or LS3.
When you go to the track and see all the modded LS1s running the same times they always do its like...cool....seen it before 1,000,000 times. But when that little turbo 3.8 comes up running a kickass time beating most LS1s now that is something badass to watch.... The 3.6L will do the exact same...its called being different and not doing the same as everyone else. Not saying I hate V8s because I sure as hell would love one but its also fun to be different.
When you go to the track and see all the modded LS1s running the same times they always do its like...cool....seen it before 1,000,000 times. But when that little turbo 3.8 comes up running a kickass time beating most LS1s now that is something badass to watch....
The 3.6L will do the exact same...its called being different and not doing the same as everyone else. Not saying I hate V8s because I sure as hell would love one but its also fun to be different.
At the rear wheels maybe. Not trying to be smart here but, Dude, seriously, look at the overwhelming evidence provided in the chassis dyno charts. Its VERY common knowledge that the Fbody's were very underrated.
Last edited by GMCVT; Jul 23, 2009 at 09:04 AM.
While it was an ******* remark this "well if I do this and this to the car it might be faster than yours" isn't helping your arguments any. Yippie, you dump more money into the car and come out with no warranty just to be "different" when you could have spent less on the SS and been faster still. The new V6 Camaro is a very nice car, much better than the previous V6 Fbodies which were very disappointing IMO (not just because of the engine, but the suspension and brakes were very lacking). But dumping a bunch of money into it to just barley beat the V8 counterpart is nothing to brag about...
Yeah dumping money argument isnt the better, but we have to admit that this V6 version is not bad at all and a lot of plp will be alright with it.
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Just ran my g/f's 2010 Camaro V6 and it went 14.9@94mph with a 2.2 60ft. IIRC it was finishing the 1/4mile in (mid)3rd gear and pulling pretty hard. On the way back we raced a 96 Mustang GT and an 01 GT, both races we pulled ahead a few cars; the 01 GT was harder to shake off though.
No way this heavy V6 will pull on an LT1 much less an LS1; maybe with a CAI and some tuning it can hang with LT1's.
No way this heavy V6 will pull on an LT1 much less an LS1; maybe with a CAI and some tuning it can hang with LT1's.
I heard that people in m6 V6 camaros are running low 14's without to much a problem. Have not saw one run yet though.