370z vs Camaro SS

Red370

This coming from a guy who has our fasted time slip proofed 370's

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emartinez

yea on track i think the camaro would have it but street wise, i've taken out a few SS camaros from rolls and stops. i dunno they just have a hard time gettin power down on the street

V8Killer

I have only had 2 experiences with racing the new SS. One was from a guy doing a 45 roll he didn't come around me till 120. The second the guy claims he had intake and exhaust if that is the case he really just did not know how to drive b/c it wasn't even close. I still think of my car being stock b/c right now I only have stillen ud pulley and drop in k&n air filters. Future mods when I get back from Afghan. in Sept. will be F.I. LTH, CBE, Uprev Tune. Still debating on intake and maybe NST overdrive alternator pulley. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Once all is done I will be mowing down my buddies 2000 slowmaro SS with full bolt on's and tune. Sorry for getting off topic.

m4a1mustang

Don't piss your buddy off too much. He'll spend like $500 on a cam and spank you. Damn LS1s.

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TX_370

Ditto.

Aint that the truth...

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V8Killer

Ya LOL Lucky for me though he can't afford to dump much into his car for a long while, not to mention he can only get his car down to a 13.5-13.3 at best but big weight difference he is 400lbs. For what he has done to his car it's running like weak sauce. We let one of our other buddies drive it who is obviously not as heavy and has a lot more exp. at the wheel and got his car in at a 12.9
Not to mention I plan to get the GTM SC stage 2 next year before the summer kicks off

ImportConvert

...and POP goes the 4-cylinder S10 rear-end.
...Twist goes the rear-1/4 panel.
...Bubble goes the paint on the rear-sail.
...crack goes the hard plastic dash in the sunlight.

Damn F-bodies. F*** a 4th gen F-body.

tranceformer

I had a few friends with these cars back in the day. I knew about the crappy rear-end but the rear 1/4 panel? too much torque?

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ImportConvert

It happens when you run a DR without SFC's. Even a hard launch on good pavement and sticky street-tires will ripple the 1/4 panel. Look at a few LS1 F-bodies if you get a chance. Lots of them show it.

280z/300zx

I actually disagree. I own both a NISMO 370z and a 2010 Camaro SS 6-speed. I think the Camaro is so easy to launch while the Z is near impossible. With the Z I get wheel hop like crazy in both 1st and 2nd. The Camaro is just spin and go. Even the wheel spin isn't that bad, it's not like the car roasts the tires or anything. It's just a tad of wheel spin and it's off. Not to mention the Camaro has launch control, which when used gets you some pretty good launches. The Camaro is infact my girls car but I drive it every time we go out as I only drive my Z to work and back (I drive a lot for work so when we do anything else we use her car as she drives very little for work). I'll say this, when it comes to straight line racing I'll choose the Camaro every time.

As far as legit racing goes we have only so far auto-x. The Z kills the Camaro obvioulsy. Usually I run 3-4sec faster in the Z. Still for it's weight it handles decent. Far better than the old F-body version (used to have a 2001 Trans Am V8) but not as good as the C6 Vette she used to have. I only mention the Vette becuase the Z would still best the Vette in auto-x.

As for drag racing, we haven't made it out to the strip yet. Every time we plan on it something comes up. We did do one quick pull a few months back where she surprised me off a start. She punched it already rolling in first and a split second later I punched it but already rolling in 2nd. She immediately pulled a car length on me but that was it. We shut it down at 70mph. (on a closed track out where we auto-x)

Basically if I had to put odds on which car is faster I would give it to the Camaro. On paper it's the faster car with lower ET times and higher trap speeds. Driving the car it feels faster than the Z. Launching the car is far easier than the Z. Honestly I think anyone who pulled on a newer Camaro was facing either a crappy driver or someone who didn't want to push their car. I've known lots of people with performance cars that when faced with a racing situation won't actually push the car to it's limits for fear of breaking it. One day we'll actually make it to the strip and I'll post the results but I dread the wheel hop.

Alchemy

^ the Z's arse does hop around, i hate it. The worst is when you hit a bump during a high speed turn and it skips out on you. Scary. I got my Swift springs yesterday so I hope to take care of that problem, hopefully.

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Shamu

The install of JRZ Clubsport coilovers with 1000 lb front srpings and 400 lb rears eleminated that hop completely on my car.

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Blue370tt

My brother has the 2010 Camaro SS2 and we have run them (my Z his C) many times. Stock, we were DEAD EVEN before I went to my TT setup. Now with the TT stage 2 pkg its not even close.

I dont suffer from the "wheel hop" others are talking about. This could be because my car is a 7AT?? I dont really know.

bacalhau16

Ive had a similiar scary experience. Please let me know if your springs help out with that. I was thinking a better strut would help more though personally. Shoot me a pm when you install though if you could.

cossie1600

ummm no. c6 runs in ss and can trophy, 370z is a cs car. corvette is a faster car