Is there anyone out there who has a Camaro that does 200mph+ or near enough.If so what engine combo was used, other mods?I know this might be a long shot but somebody somewhere might have one.Thanks

there was one in hot rod or car craft many months ago. maybe you can find info from them.

If there is a 200 MPH camaro which i know there is many stirckly drag racing camaros that will go 200 mph... but if your talking about a daily driven street car that is a highly unlikely goal.... i mean sure it could be possible but it would all be due to your gear ratio which would end up killing your acceleration but once you got up to speed it would go like hell. 160 MPH zone is a more realistic goal that is some what achievable without out compromising acceleration, even 160mph would be pushing some high RPM"s though.

Hmmm... Camaros I don't know
How about a 300mph firebird
http://popularmechanics.com/popmech/...1AUMSWFAM.html

i'd say 500-600hp and 2.73 gears will do it.

Gale Banks built a twin turbo T/A a nd ran over 200 mph at Bonneville back around 1988 or thereabouts.
It had an adjustable (from the drivers seat) boost knob, and I think it was capable of 30 psi of boost.
Awesome piece of equipment.
:hail:

i got pulled over for doing 156 in a 55.........had a good flat run of highway and just floored it(i was pissed off) car ran fine but motor was relatively new......the cop was a chevy fan and ticketed me for 95 in a 55 so i could keep the license........(345 bucks later)

I had my little 2.8 V6 Camaro up to 138, Then again, My Dodge Shadow ES does almost 130

How did he catch you if you're going 156?

Yikes!

it was a sunday morning in central florida.......us 19 was empty.....i was late to work......decided to get pissed and floor it.......the cop was coming the other way........i waas about a minute from work and when he turned around........now my car is bright blue with skulls going down the side........not too hard to miss.......i slowed down to exit the highway and didnt even realize he was there until it was to late.......he pulls me over comes up to the window and asks"do you have any idea how fast you were going back there" i look up and reply"sorry sir i dont, my speedometer only goes up to 85"

"how about 156" he says

"damn thats pretty good" i said

"what ya got in there" asked the piggie

"so i told him the specs and showed him under the hood......

like i said he liked my car(he was a good ole boy ******* cop) so he let me off with a 95 in a 55 ticket(expensive but i got to keep my license) but i made it to work on time.......

as for the high rpm comment......your right.....i was running about 6100 rpm for about five full minutes......i didnt care.....i know im more careful now........but i just sat there and watched the speedo needle dangle......and the gass needle steadily drop.....used half a tank in a 24 mile trip.......give or take......

sorry wrong button

thanks 83camaroman, you show me that there is in fact hope for a 305!!!!!

no problem man

just to let you all know...
Bill Kuhlmann (my uncle) had the worlds first 200 mph doorslammer.

in 87 he went 200MPH in Darlington. with is 87 Camaro.

www.billkuhlmann.com

Was a GTA sporting a 454, twin turbo and he set the speed record for a production car at a little over....300 MPH. Thats if we are talking about the same Gale Banks.

Morley,
That's the one, I couldn't remember all the details, but I remember it was fast and had a T shaped windshield brace for the "high speed criusing"

my 305's been 148 but i chickened out. i hit 5000 rpms and lifted but i went home immediately to figure out how fast that was with a calculator.

138mph in a 2.8 V6? I don't think so.
I was doing 145mph in a Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 and the pull from 125mph to 145 was kinda slow and this car has 320hp.
Here is a shot of me at the line about to race my friend in his 95 Supra TT at the Battle of the Imports at VMP this past Saturday,


I am shooting for the 200mph mark with my T/A.

i agree about the 138 mph in a 2.8. my 300 horse 305 was kinda strung out at 148.

sorry but i got to agree......my 305 was taching out at 156.........and struggling to get any more speed...........the 2.8 usually struggles to break the tires loose much less break 120......

I have mods, I took the governor off, I have a performance racing cam, hypertech powerchip, dynomax catback, I broke 138, I have the 140 speedo on my car, My girlfriend has her Cavalier floored at 105 and I blew right past her like she was standing still

Well, have the car dynoed and post a vid. Let's see your engine as well.

My brothers car dyno's 287hp at the wheels in his 96 T/A and barely pushes 150mph.
My car g-teched at 199 at the wheels with the edlebrock carb and intake on my 305 and 130mph-157mph took a very long time.
This is the edelbrock setup on my 305,


This is the TPI setup on my 305,

And this is the vid of my car with the TPI and cam,
http://www.donpagevideo.com/video/ZepherWS6.mpg

I managed to get 145mph with my 80cid car with only headers and an intake filter at the time

car stock only came with 146hp at the flywheel but nice thing is I have 4.10 gears

problem though once I shifted from 4th to 5th at about 120mph it started taking forever to get any faster

Ya, those rotary motors are monsters, especially if they are turbo'd and nitroused like the one that ate me up at the Battle of the Imports. It was an Electromotive Engine Controls sponsored drag car, was running low 10's, but I think it is faster than that, possibly mid 9's.

zeph...what the hell are you doing driving an import?
glad to see you got the t/a all one color..how is the lt1 running?

i don't doubt 138 in a 2.8
i was clocked at 120 in my 86 2.8 camaro, still getting up on it..

I do

my little rotary has better gearing more power as well as better aerodynamics... and mine was even struggling once I hit 125 or so

I was driving an Import just for the fun of it. And I wanted to drive a fast car. My T/A is still multi-colored, that is a photoshopped job by jaws4life.
LT1 is still being worked on, LT4 heads are in the shop, block is sitting in the garage.

I'll get it done eventually.

Acording to the mph calculator I hit 174 mph, and the car was still accelerating. Too bad the road wasnt a little longer. Dont know how accurate the calculator on this board is, or if I had the tire radius exactly right. I put it in as 13. 245-50-16's.

It's an FC, right?

Those are the coolest looking RX-7s IMO.

All I can say is OH HELL YEAH!!

This month's Chevy High Performane had a little blurb on that bad boy and my wife and I just about $hit our pants. (Yes guys she's a gearhead too. She's putting an 89' TPI 350 Formula motor and a T56 in her 74 260Z.)

yep the FC


gotta love them

faster then a first gen and less to deal with then a thirdgen

I´ve posted this Banks link before, but here goes:

200+ mph in Trans Am

and....




In Chevy High Performance November/2000 was a story about a Tom Hynes who ran 184 mph with ´89 Camaro powered by 345hp ZZ3 crate engine at Pony Express Open Road Race in Nevada.

Yeah!! thats what I'm talking about.

stockroc, what did you put in for your 5th gear ratio? i had some confusion with this when i tried to figure my spped out.

I don't think the calculator is to acurate. My speedo said I maxed out at 110 but the calculator said I was doing 140 or so. BTW this was in my Camaro(check sig).

I put in .63. Its a t-5 out of an rs with the 2.95 first gear.