In CHP they have their My Generation Camaro with a '87 LG4 running 13.8 on Nitrous. Even after all their mods, they ran 15.3 without nitrous. How come their Camaro is so slow??? I don't think they changed any of the suspension which may have caused traction problems, but after all of those mods to their car, why is it so slow?? I know the cam they put in it really sucked any other ideas??

 

I don't know about your car... but my L03 with about same mods wouldn't be that good... Maybe that good... But i dont have a cam and rebuilt engine. And theirs wasn't a full rebuild. I think they just put in a replacement becuase it wasn't any special racing cam....



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92 Camaro 305 TBI Automatic
https://www.thirdgen.org/rides/index...ew&rideid=6100

 

Well I looked again and they had 3.73; fuel pump and timing... also

maybe they should be a little more but it is an lg4 right?

 

Yeah its an '87 LG4 in their car, although it's not a L03, they're close to the same engine. They did everything it seemed but nitrous and they only managed a 15.3 at the track.

 

That is pathetic. My first car was an '83 LG4 auto. When it had a whopping 180,000 miles, I slapped a Summit cam in there and removed the mufflers. It ran a 15.3 @ 85mph! My opinion of CHP has been lowered.

 

No really eh. They even went with world heads and a crane roller cam and they ran 15.3@87 its upsetting that they couldn't squeeze a better time out of their camaro. What racetrack were they running at?

 

They run all their test cars at the Los Angeles County Raceway. All their times are corrected to sea level though. I guess their test engine (a L03 with a carb) doesn't make near the power our cars do. Imagine that! Some other car came from GM making less power than the L03 I think I have heard 140 HP stock from the carb. Still, that is alot of doing for a 15.3. I have simular mods, except I still have stock cam/heads/gears(2.73 granny gears) and I run in the high 15.2's. Does seem a bit slow for the mods.

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1991 Chevy Camaro RS TBI w/auto
Mods:
Edelbrock TES Headers, REALLY high flow cat, 2 1/2 in catback flowmaster, 160 stat, hypertech chip, MSD ignition (rotor, cap, superconduct. wires), Bosch quad4 plugs, Edelbrock TBI Intake, Ram Air Box's twin snorkel, all TBI mods, no smog stuff, no EGR, lots of suspention and alignment upgrades.

Fastest e.t.:
15.28 @ 89.42mph
Fastest 60 foot:
2.113

 

Makes me feel good. I have my stock guts and still running a 14.69 and 60 footers at 1.93 on regular street tires. all I have in it is like $1000 or so. I thought it was awful for an lo3 but maybe not...

Eric

 

Erock...what are your mods? Is that on the juice or just straight motor?

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1991 Chevy Camaro RS TBI w/auto
Mods:
Edelbrock TES Headers, REALLY high flow cat, 2 1/2 in catback flowmaster, 160 stat, hypertech chip, MSD ignition (rotor, cap, superconduct. wires), Bosch quad4 plugs, Edelbrock TBI Intake, Ram Air Box's twin snorkel, all TBI mods, no smog stuff, no EGR, lots of suspention and alignment upgrades.

Fastest e.t.:
15.28 @ 89.42mph
Fastest 60 foot:
2.113

 

I don't think they changed carb or intake...just rejetted the carb..so...

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1992 Camaro RS (Auto) 5.0L TBI
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Performance mods
NOS (125 HP shot), Dynomax cat-back exhaust, Hedman headers, no cat, custom high beam delete ram air w/ K&N, MSD 6A ignition, MSD 8.5mm plug wires, LT1 camshaft
Soon to be installed:
Edelbrock Perfomer TBI intake, B & M 2200 RPM stall torque converter, Trans Go shift kit, World Products Torquer heads, Ed Wright Fast Chip

Audio
Sony Xplod CDX-M610 head unit, Pioneer 2-way 4x6 front speakers, Pioneer 3-way 6x9 rear speakers, 12 inch Pioneer VCCS PRO subwoofer, QLogic sealed box, Kicker ZR360 amplifier, Lightning Audio 1 farad capacitor

Other
Macewen White Faced Gauges/Shift overlay, A-pillar gauges (Phantom oil pressure, Air/Fuel), 180* thermostat, Window Tint, chrome valve covers, xenon headlights

 

305,
Your mods are the same as mine. The only difference is that you have suspension mods and I don't. I did add a powertrax locker though. I forgot to put up my sig. Here it is. I know that it was not a fluke because I was running and dialing it in the same all day. Even in the 1/8 mile I run every time down between 9.43 and 9.47.

Eric

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Teal 1991 Camaro R.S., T-Tops,
Leather, Re-worked 700r4 also w/kit,
MSD ignition, MSD 8.5 mm. superconductor wires,
MSD Coil, ADS superchip, Open element air cleaner,
K-n-N filter, Gutted cat, Flowmaster cat-back system,
Edelbrock TES headers, March 3piece billet underdrive pulleys
3.73 gears
Powertrax locking differential
http://www.geocities.com/gitarz2/camaro.html
I was shocked to see that companies sold a taillight
set for a rustang! Since when do they have taillights????

 

I was shocked to see that companies sold a taillight set for a rustang! Since when do they have taillights????"

Don't know, I've never seen the taillights!:P

 

you can't really "re-jet" the carb on the LG4, just change the secondary metering rods and hanger. It's a simple 2 second deal. I think they're still running the stock intake. I have all the mags. I'll go back and look for sure. But they did do a full rebuild, put in a new cam(one I don't like, but still) there are some problems going on on the tranny dept or something. 15.3 is pretty ****-poor with a rebuilt motor w/ better heads and a better cam than factory. If it doesn't have an intake and headers, it needs them in a bad way, along with a shift-kit, and a custom chip. I ran a 15.7@83 before I put the 350 in the 87, and the engine was on it's last leg.... literally, she died a week later. Too bad I never ran her w/ the 350 killed way to many 5.0's and LT1's to not know what I ran. I'd guess low 14's, I think high 13's is a bit optimistic. none of those races were 1/4 mile long, maybe an 1/8th(stop light to stop light.)

Anthony

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previous ride: 87 Camaro LT
350, A4.Comp Cams 268H, Edelbrock Preformer intake, Hedman Headers and y-pipe, gutted cat, No AIR/smog pump. 14x3" Open element K&N, Q-jet w/ D hanger and DA rods, adjusted AV spring tension and quick can.

Current ride: 1992 Camaro RS, K&N, Flowmaster, 305, T5, Black, T-tops, 84k miles.

 

They put an edelbrock aluminum intake i think.

 

92rs5.slow,

I have never seen them either. That is why it is funny :-)

Eric