Was cruising home from work last evening when I approached an nsx on the interstate exit ramp. We had a bit of fun cutting traffic and such trading off on eachother's tails. Frustrating thing is that eventually every car on the street decided to be a prius and go 25 in a 40 and kept us from catching a light. Just curious how you guy could see it turning out.

Bit about the camaro...'92 rs with rebuilt '78 L82 bored .30 over with 700r4 behind it. Believe my gears to be 3.23. Have 600cfm edelbrock carb, pretty decent comp cam and 10:1 compression. Would've definitely been manually shifting with shift points at 4400, 4350, and third to fourth at 4250 at wot. Pretty sure I'd have been beat in a 1/4 by a couple car lengths. Would've been a blast tho!

 

If you caught him by the light? If your running a stock stall converter, that definitely won't help you, so I would more than likely side with the NSX. From a roll he will eat you up...

 

NSX all the way on this one but I bet it was fun

 

It was fun, but I wish we could have let it rip. Maybe we'll meet again...

 

Depends a lot on the NSX the auto NSXs have about 50 less HP than the manual version. I would still put my money on the NSX but they were never designed to go fast in a straight line they are track cars. Factory they only put down about 240 WHP I think 290 crank.

3.0 NSX from 1990 ~ 0-60 in 5.7 seconds, 1/4 mile in 14.0 seconds.

3.2 NSX (excludes jap special editions) 0-60 in 5.0 seconds, 1/4 mile in 13.5 seconds.

Some people claim lower for stock these are just rough numbers. I have seen Type T and other special edition NSXs run 12s stock.

They are super well balanced and with mid engine and RWD they just love tracks.

This may help a bit
http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/Technica...rmancenums.htm

They respond super well to modding many people get them into 11s with a SC

 

A mild 350 like yours shifting at 4500 isn't even a race for an NSX, auto or not...

 

Yeah I believed the 3.2 to do 0-60 in 4.7 so I wasn't expecting to win if we did go at it. In the moment...I probably would've gone to the highest shoftpoint that was still pulling but I'm really not sure which are appropriate for my setup. Wish I knew technically how much power I have....torque is outstanding but doesn't speak numbers.

 

Do you know what heads and cam you have?

 

Stock heads with 3 angle valve job and z28 valve springs..Comp cam xe262.

 

Which stock meaning on a 1978 L82..

 

What stock heads there are many

 

Not sure exactly which heads came stock on the '78 L82. They are just the stock "smog" ones I'm sure.

 

You should pop off the valve cover and look

 

Will do, ill repost once I find out.

 

The heads are the 882's. I am unaware if they have been ported or milled...but with the compression being 10:1...that may give you a hint. -Jesse

 

882 heads are awful. Factory stock L98 083 heads are far, far better, and those are at the bottom of the list for good performance factory heads. Aftermarket heads will shame the top end factory heads like you wouldn't believe, so you can extrapolate where the 882's are in relation.

http://forums.chevyhiperformance.com...ine/882-heads/

 

Yeah I'm kinda bummed that better heads weren't included with the motor when I purchased it...but glad everything else has been taken care of. Definitely going to invest in a new set soon.

 

What pistons do you have 882 heads have huge CC chambers about 76cc you would have to have domed pistons to be at 10:1.

882 Heads are not the worst heads out there they flow OK for smog heads and have larger valves. They are like getting kicked in the ***** with slippers and not work boots. Before I got my car the guy who had it before me claimed he made a 13.9 with the 882 heads.

Careful when you do if your pistons really put you at 10:1 then you will need to make sure your new heads are about 76cc Chambers or you man run into knocking issues. So what i am saying is stay away from 62 or 64 cc vortec heads.

Here are the huge chambers on 882 heads

 

He needs to verify his piston height and whether tehy are flat tops or domes or dished pistons before he buys heads anyway. I doubt they're really at 10:1, but it's possible I guess.

 

Yea everyone should verify their pistons before buying heads but I was saying 10:1 on 76CC heads is a strong indication that something has been changed usually 76cc heads yield about 8.8 to 1.

 

I have not been able to pull the heads off yet. I'll have to find a new dd before I give an effort to that. I hope the rebuilder's word is correct on 10:1. Are there any deats I can do to find out for a fact that they are? The advice is greatly appreciated! And to keep this thread on topic...


Came up to a stop along with a 2004 impala ss and a early 2000 jetta gli.....smoked them up to 60...then out of nowhere the jetta blew right past me. I'm really hurting to get a 5-6 speed tranny ha.

 

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