The new Camaros!

Crash · 03-25-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Endgame

Do you know for certain that a cam swap on this new engine will be that simple??? Does the $1000 cover cam install??

Not disagreeing with you, but as one of the ealier post, and you yourself alude to: The Camaro was touted at being a 'sport' car, able to hang with the 350z for certain. Now I know why GM kept testing the V6 car... it's handeling appears to be better than the SS! Weight KILLS this car. As the test are showing, the SS does not even handle better than the 350..

On the track, it may hang with the 350 due to shear brute force, but it does not stand a chance against the 370 on the track (not strip....track). I will take a lightly modded and tuned Z over a full tuned SS. Honestly, I like the Stangs better than the Maro now....

Dudes... GM MAY have failed again with this Maro and may loose to the Stang yet AGAIN!

I know for certain that $1000 would cover the cam, install and tune for the LSx. My friend owns Haddad Motorsport over here in Los Angeles. LSx motors are the most modded motors now. He was the first with a G8 (same exact motor and platform as the 2010 Camaro SS) to build aftermarket parts for. Within a couple of weeks of owning it, he had full exhaust, supercharger, suspension, etc... And the car was putting more than 480HP to the ground. He was working on an unlimited budget, but that was also more than a year ago. Now he already has the tunes and tools setup to simply start cranking out LS3 cammed cars.

I agree with the statement that LSx motors (no matter how old they are) just put down so much HP for cheap. Mod for mod, those motors can't be touched. That's the reason I've made my decision to put a heads/cam/intake/exhaust/tuned LS1 in my 300zx.