Gen 5 Racing Tech Heads, cam, valvetrain, short block discussion

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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by WECIV
Road racing or auto-x is not about engines only, that is a smaller part than handling.

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But Auto-Xing a Camaro or 'Cuda is retarded. That's not what the car was made for and you know it! That's like trying to make a Honda a pure drag car.

Road-racing has never been the 4th-gen's forte', and admittedly, not exactly the 'Cuda's either. That makes them both straight-line cars(which you knew already... ) and that is how they should be judged.

I have full confidence in GM and their engineers to make a pretty decent-handling car regardless of the engine-block makeup. All I'm saying is that 80lbs of weight from an iron block is easily forgotten when the price tag is considerably lower....
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 03:31 AM
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Aluminum for sure. If I wanted an extra 100lbs on my front end I'd tie a midget to my front bumper.
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Old May 13, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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Hopefully Aluminum
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