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Wake up and smell the coffee. The GT500, in particular the '13-'14 models, do quite well at the track. http://www.autoblog.com/2013/10/30/s...urgring-video/ Back to the original topic. Ford has been raising the hp levels on the GT, and it doesn't take much to make them smoking fast at the drag strip. Dodge is now offering the 392 in the RT line, and with 485 HP to boot. As far as halo cars like the GT500 and Hellcat, Chevy is pretty far behind the curve. The 5th Gen is no lightweight, just barely lighter than a Challenger, and it's going to be interesting to see if they can lose substantial weight for the 6th Gen. With the current EPA and safety regulations it's something that's proven difficult to do, just look at the new Mustang's weight gain. The LS3 is a very capable engine, but if Chevy wants to play the musclecar game it needs to up the ante. |
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It's just the cycle working. Dodge will be on top for a very short time. Then the cycle will start over.
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07-17-2014, 09:46 AM | #34 |
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I'm much more interested in Handling, and styling and weight than trying to match HP. I mean, isn't it easier to add HP mods / tunes than to try to make a car handle better? I really don't know that answer to this. Don't get me wrong, i think Gen 6 ZL1 should have minimum of 625 HP, that would make me want it pretty bad.
The Z06, have they made it official at 650? I mean it still isn't released, so maybe it comes in at 675 all said and done??? I see folks on this forum with 700+ HP Camaro, so.... I don't know what it cost to get them there...but they did it, so i'll take the better looking, better handling, better technology car, then worry about adding HP later. |
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That's a completely different situation because the Z06 was naturally aspirated. The more relevant question is how much did the ZR1 make?
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well, I didn't make that situation, I was just pointing out the flaw that the Camaro can't/wont have more power than the z06.
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I never said the Camaro won't make more power than the Z06, I said the Camaro won't make more power than the comparable Corvette level. SS didn't make more than the base, Z/28 didn't make more than the Z06 and ZL1 didn't make more than the ZR1. With the Z06 likely being the top Corvette this generation, the ZL1 will like have 600-615 horsepower.
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i'm actually impressed by the 4 banger. but yeah, everything else stinks.
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07-17-2014, 07:23 PM | #41 |
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There is going to be some very upset Ford Fanboys.
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07-17-2014, 07:37 PM | #42 |
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Don't expect the 5.0 output to stay the same. In 2 or 3 years I bet it's closer to 450.
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