Which are faster? The 3.8 camaros or the new 3.8 mustangs?

 

I'm sure someone will correct me, but assuming that basically every fbody from 93-02 beats basically every mustang, id have to say yeah the camaro is faster?

 

Generally speaking that statement is correct...The first few years for 4g Camaros 93-95 they had 3.4L engines with i think 160ish HP 95 was a mixed yea CA got the 3.8 with 200 HP where the 94-98 Stangs are DOGS! and they gave them some life 99 but still not enought for the Chevy 3.8 I think the Ford 3.8 is ~180hp...i think a 94-98 6 Stang would take a 93 6 Camaro or itd be a good race...but the 3.8's are nice

 

Right, the 94-98 3.8 mustangs I think had something around 140 horsepower and alittle more torque than my 3.1. The 93-96 camaros had the 3.4 with 160 horsepower. Neither of them aren't too fast, probably not much faster than my 3.1, however, I wanted to know about both cars with their newer 3.8 engine.

I remember Nic saying that the newer 3.8 190 (I think?) horsepower v6 manual mustangs could hit low 15's stock! Not bad at all. Not sure about the 200 hp 3.8 camaros though. Anyways, my girlfriend has a 99 Lumina LTZ with the 3800 200 horsepower motor. Talk about a good motor, although the Lumina is heavy and is FWD, it has a really good kick. No trouble at all getting up to highway speed. I would bet they are even better on the 96 and up with a manual and RWD in a camaro.

Well, I have never read about anybody posting which car is faster, just wanted to know. Besides both newer 3.8 engines, what about the 94-98 3.8 mustang the 93-96 3.4 camaro, which is faster of those two?

 

i'd say the camaro's also..

 

2003 vs 2003 (Ok or technically 02 for camaro I guess)

I'd say the Camaro. But not by as much as they used to, the Ford V6s are improving. The 94-98 ones were only 140 HP, a freind of mine claims to have killed a 93-94 with a 3.4 badly with a 95 3.8 Stang but... he's been known to BS/stretch things.

 

I'd say drivers race. My friends V6 is now high 14s with very few mods, and all stock was going 15.4s. The new V6s, 99+ are a HUGE tsep up from the previous V6s! The Mustangs do have a slight weight advantage, which I think evens thing out!

 

My buddy has a 2001 v6 stang and it is impressively quick. It wont touch my t/a, but wouldve beat it when it had the LG4. Id beleive it was in the 15's, it felt MUCh quicker than another kids 98 I rode in, which my LG4 wouldve stomped.

 

Thats because the 98s had 140hp and the 2001 had 193hp. it doesn't sound like much, but the difference is like night and day!

 

Yeah, 53 hp gain isn't much.

 

I personally dislike both. 5spd vs 5spd I would give it to the Camaro because he has a little more hp and torque, I think around 5 in each, but still they are both rather slow. People buy the car for the look not the performance about 75% of the time, why would you buy a RS when you could get a Z-28. Some people are just hard to understand.

 

I don't mean that it is not a big gain, I mean it is still a low horsepower motor!

 

uhh personally i don't know much about cars but common sense is that a camaro ne day would beat out a mustang...same type of engine or not

 

Thats why my 2.8 regularly destroys 5.0's. I mean its got an entire 107 horsepower, but they are far more enthusiastic than those in a 5.0, so it moves faster.

A favorite assumption on one side or the other is that there preffered car is faster. This is also known as r-icer mentality. DOnt fall into the ***** trap.

Ive driven both a new camaro and a new mustang, and the power was comparable. Dare I say I like the mustang better from an interior standpoint. Not a big fan of the 4th gen interior. I love the view out of my 3rd gen. The mustang however feels more like a passenger car than a sports car. The 4th gen feels like an exotic car with the blindspots, funny seating (feels like our 69 vette) and swooping windshield. Id love one with a v-8, but having to drive one everyday with a 6 could get annoying. Sure it would look fast, but not that much happens when the gas is pressed. The beauty of the new mustang, it doesnt feel like it should be fast.

 

As far as how fast they feel, the Mustangs do feel faster but are much slower (the V8s not the V6s)!

Okay, I read the first part and could not take the second part seriousely! Common sense? What common sense? You really think the Camaro is faster because it is a GM! Right! I have personally seen both vehicles at the track, and they are both very close in performance!

As a matter of fact, the only time when the GM was significantly faster, was the 94-02 GTs! Thats is pretty much the only time, other than that (including the Cobras from those years) the performance was very close and a driver would make the difference!

But after the first part, I don't take the post very seriousely, so it is good!

 

Yeah thats it.

You got the part about you not knowing that much about cars right.

 

I am buying the '97 in my sig, just a little paperwork left to do tomorrow. I have been talking to other 4th gen owners and they are claiming about a 14.5 quarter mile with those mods... that's not too slow IMO... I noticed right off the bat that it's much faster than my '84... I don't know all the mods are on this car, but it's definitely got some goodies.

In V6 form the camaro should beat out the stang most of the time, less perhaps a few models and combinations.

One other thing... look at our 215 Hp TPI 305s... most people are pretty happy with the power, now I'm buying a v6 with probably about 210 maybe a little more, maybe 100 lbs heavier, and it is proclaimed a slug? The v6 revs higher too... and the torque at 225 for the 6 isn't that much less than 250... or 275 depending on engine of course.

I've never considered a 7 second 0-60 slow.

 

What sig? I know the oder V6s sucked, but 99-03 they were mid to low 15s (the 5-speeds). The others were in the 17s!

 

I edited it and the sig dissapeared

Had something else to say, but just got your drift.

 

The 3.8 Camaro RS, what a beautiful car!! Does it have T-tops? I would take the RS beleive it or not over an LT1 car, it's just me personally, but the RS's looks are absolutely amazing! The ground effects, everything about the car just shines! Congratulations on the car!

They are definitely good cars with the 90 degree v-6, coupled that with a 5-speed and that looks to be a winner. It is just something about the RS name that has attracted me, sure the Z28's are way faster, but I have always just liked the RS name better. Anyways I am either getting a 4rth gen RS next spring or a 3rd gen V-8 (92 3.1 getting old), but either way, good luck with what I think is the most beautiful car ever!!

 

I would definatly think the Camaro would win

 

They're V6's...who cares?

Real pony cars have V8's





















except the TTA's, those are badass

 

?? I don't remember posting this at the beginning of the week... was just checking on my outstanding posts lol... Anyway my acquisition has been delayed by holiday after holiday... I hopefully pick it up this morning... I have been looking around and it seems to me that the 4th gen RS was only Automatic... seems that the tranny was converted to 5spd after the fact... that would be what the "mechanical limit exceeded" warning was about when I carfaxed.

All I really care is that this car is faster than my '84 and the v6 can dip into the 13's N/A w/ a little work.

I need to look at the RPO codes, but if it has the Y87 code I'll be A happy man... that means Posi 3.42

 

My brother used to have an automatic 99 v6 camaro, and his friend had the same car with headers. With me in the car, my brother was dead even every time. Apparently the headers did absolutely nothing to the stock engine. One of my friends had a 99 mustang 5 speed, and that was a drivers race between the two. Stock in my 87 LB9 iroc I could just edge out on both of them, but sometimes they could stick with me. Funny thing is, only the ford is still slow these days(and his power steering went out twice last year)

 

i have run a best of 14.6 @ 94. i have a friend with a 99 stang v6 5 sp. and when mine was stock it was a good race. over 100 i would edge him out . his engine looks cooler and he has true duals,lol.

 

Not from the factory! The new V6s have single pipes all the way back, unless he added true duals.

 

yeah we added gt takeoff exhaust w/h-pipe, a cold air kit and of course synthetic oil.:lala: he might get a few more things but nothing big

 

My friend with similar mods is in the high 14s with his 2000 (I believe) V6 Mustang. He does have McCreary's on it but the car moves for a V6!

 

no way are youguys telling me those mustangs are that fast!
I actually beat one in my 91 auto it was a 99 model v-6 auto mustang I was surprised to take it! maybe my car wasn't stock when i bought it I can beat most 91 305 TBIs that my friends have but i figured theirs were just ****ty and they couldn't drive this is cool!

 

My friends 99 Camaro 3.8 ran a 16.0 stock at the track with auto. The 3.4's are dogs, I've killed a few even with mods in my Probe GL (110HP).

 

How fast? Yes they are just as fast as the new V6s, and yes with some mods can go 14s!

 

Theres at least 3 guys around here who've done that, I know one of them. It actually dosen't sound too bad either. Its confusign to look at at first, because the pipes usually mean GT.... but... its not! Actually I personally think the sound is similar to that of a jet ski when the cats are still one. I've yet to hear one in person without.

 

I beat a V6 stang with my car at the track once. He had a bunch of bolt-ons. He ran a 16.4-16.5 to my 16.0. I remember he had wires and intake for sure, but it was a while ago so I can't remember much more. My friend's stock V6 stang can only pull off a mid 17 second pass. It's an older one (not fox body) with a 5-speed. I haven't had much experience with any new ones.

 

The 1994-1998s were complete peices of s**t. They were 17 second cars at least, the new 99+ V6s are the best so far being low 16s high 15s with an auto, and mid to low 15s with a stick! Using a 1994-1998 as a comparison would be like using a 3.4 Camaro!

 

I agree, I think those 2 are about on par with each other. The thing people seem to forget is, though they got a power boost to be competitive over the years, most of the people who *originally* buy them with a V6 is beacuse they want a Camaro or a Mustang and don't really care about it being fast. People buy them used because they are cheaper and have lower insurance, then whine about them being slow. (From what I've seen at least. I'm sure not everyone is like this, but a lot are.)

 

My friend bought his because he wanted a nice daily driver and has a 1985 GT running 12.6s! He never cared how fast it was, and still doesn't, but he thinks it is great that it runs 14s! He doesn't even drive it at the track, he lets others drive it!

 

I've saw my friend race his 1998 v6 Camaro with straight pipes vs a 2005 v6 mustang.

Mustang won by about 5 feet. It was very close

 

My dad has a 97' SS and it has T-tops. It looks 100x better than the 3.8 RS. It doesnt need the fake spoiler and ground effects to look fast, because it is. The wheels, the scoop, the tires, the suspension, and the 300+ LT1 engine.. dude you have to be joking.

 

a 96 3.8 5speed camaro will beat a 96 mustang GT if driven properly.

 

did anyone realize how old this thread is

 

true. My friend driving the car weighs 330 pounds plus my other friend that weighs 175 pounds. Probably the weight difference

 

The new 05's would put up a fight, pretty peppy cars from a roll IMO. Some off them can MOVE, this comming from an L98 driver.

 

V6 cars eh? Well Id say the Camaro but..........ahhh who cares there both slow

 

This thread is a few days from being three years old.

 

Wow, Its so old... I had a different screen name and ran 13.8s back then!!!

 

Ew, just let it die!!

 

i know my 96 is quite a bit faster than the 02 stang i rode in but it had full options and mine is as base you can get

 

This thread sucks

 

wheres the 3rd gen related area of this topic

 

Exactly, and how was this not locked 3 years ago!