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Old Jun 30, 2001 | 10:50 PM
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2002 Camaro

I went to chevrolet.com and saw the new camaro, i was pretty dissapointed it only has the 325 hp.Anyone else have any thoughts?
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Old Jul 1, 2001 | 10:22 AM
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Yeah, as soon as I seen the 325hp, I was pretty dissapointed also

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Old Jul 1, 2001 | 11:39 AM
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pretty weak.
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Old Jul 1, 2001 | 12:21 PM
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What a disappointment. I really am not a big fan of the 4th gen camaros though. I think they look pretty ugly, and kind of look like the Chrysler Sebring. I am a huge fan of then 4th gen TA's(especially the '98 and up). That will be such a dissapointment in the TA. It looks so tought, yet the only put 325 horse in it. The car is so heavy, no wonder vettes always blow them away. I will still probably buy a newer TA in the future, but it is such a disappointment. Even thought the TA may have like 10 horses on the Camaro, due to the ram air, it is nothing. I guess we will have to deal with GM and Pontiac's poor choices.
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Old Jul 1, 2001 | 01:27 PM
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i saw one where the scoop read 400 hp. it was the Camaro SS. It was red with a black and grey hood scoop. It looked @#$%^&* bad *** . chek out my car it is a 1989 RS.


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Old Jul 2, 2001 | 01:02 AM
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what do you mean "only 325" horses? Stock 4th genners will eat the fastest stock 3rd genner for an appetizer
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Old Jul 2, 2001 | 01:15 AM
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Only 325 means that there was no improvement from 2001. Since this will prolly be the last year before Camaro takes a vacation and Firebird take a dirt nap, and they couldn't even make a nice parting present for us F-Body people. Stick the Vette LS6 (thats what they have right?) in the SS... that would be nice, 385 HP is much more respectable
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Old Jul 2, 2001 | 01:43 AM
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Since when has Vette ever not eaten a Camaro/Firebird alive? That is the whole point of the Corvette... faster then anything else GM makes. 325 horses is a darn lot, considering lots of them are dynoing at 300+ HP at the rear wheels. That is crazy, thats more horsepower then most modified Thirdgeners... some heavily... heck, that more the modified LT1s do!
Yeah, no improvement from last year, but what did you really expect. They are killing it, and it isn't in a blaze of glory..
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Old Jul 3, 2001 | 01:05 AM
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thank you Amorget

My LS1 A4 put 285/299 tq to the wheels bone stock. Thats more than its rated 305 hp...

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Old Jul 3, 2001 | 01:11 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by AmorgetRS:
Since when has Vette ever not eaten a Camaro/Firebird alive? That is the whole point of the Corvette... faster then anything else GM makes. 325 horses is a darn lot, considering lots of them are dynoing at 300+ HP at the rear wheels. That is crazy, thats more horsepower then most modified Thirdgeners... some heavily... heck, that more the modified LT1s do!
Yeah, no improvement from last year, but what did you really expect. They are killing it, and it isn't in a blaze of glory..
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hell, the Syclones were faster than the vettes during their one year of production, weren't they?
and what about the TTA's...werent they faster than the vettes in '89
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Old Jul 3, 2001 | 01:17 AM
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Well when you think about yes 325 hp is alot but not considering your paying $30k and up for it. If you put $30k into a thirden you could whoop a viper.
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Old Jul 3, 2001 | 11:59 AM
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my thoughts exactly, I'd love to have 325 hp, but not for 30 somethin grand
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Old Jul 3, 2001 | 01:14 PM
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well if u haev read the new issue of motor trend, the 2002 *or '03 Z06 will have 405 hp. thats great and all.. and ill give it up to the z06 for being 1 hell of a car and chase the viper.. but cant GM give some more HP to the firebird *if it would have been kept in production* and camaro..
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