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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 07:12 PM
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88 l98 vs 5th gen v6 camaro

a few weeks back i was cruising down a main road thru my town and came up on a black 5th gen camaro.(45-50mph) i kinda knew what was gonna happen but i looked his way and he was already waitin. so i honked 3x and got **** on. heard him chirp into 3rd and watched a puff of smoke leave his exhaust. i knew they were supposed to be quick but that maro was discouraging ,so i limped home and played ps3 that night.


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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 07:39 PM
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Re: 88 l98 vs 5th gen v6 camaro

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a few weeks back i was cruising down a main road thru my town and came up on a black 5th gen camaro.(45-50mph) i kinda knew what was gonna happen but i looked his way and he was already waitin. so i honked 3x and got **** on. heard him chirp into 3rd and watched a puff of smoke leave his exhaust. i knew they were supposed to be quick but that maro was discouraging ,so i limped home and played ps3 that night.


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Yeah 312hp or so vs your 230, Chevrolet is putting the pitch fork in it's old stump pullers. Your going to need an LT1 to take down that V6 Stock for stock. It's fuc*ing embarrassing
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 07:43 PM
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Re: 88 l98 vs 5th gen v6 camaro

The V6 Camaros run mid to high 14s. It wouldn't be hard to get an L98 car to be quicker. The 2.77s really kill you.

You went from a roll too, and that is not exactly a Tuned Port motor's strong point.
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 07:51 PM
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i believe that was a low 14sec car he pulled as hard as my brothers c4. i was very discouraged and ordered heddman 68460 lt headers within a few days.


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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 07:59 PM
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Re: 88 l98 vs 5th gen v6 camaro

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i believe that was a low 14sec car he pulled as hard as my brothers c4. i was very discouraged and ordered heddman 68460 lt headers within a few days.


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Get a 3.42 rear and a stall conv and run him from a dig and he will shi* all in his pants up until 50mph.
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 08:15 PM
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Re: 88 l98 vs 5th gen v6 camaro

Granted It does weigh 3700 pounds. It has around 278 ft-lbs. @ 5100 so from a dig in the quarter mile you would have him stock if my physics ad up, and your car runs Good and puts the power to the ground.
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 08:31 PM
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Re: 88 l98 vs 5th gen v6 camaro

I have 89 formy l98 327 rear and ud pulleys cai and ported base runners and plenum, and my buddy has a 2012 v6 camero raced him many times and from a stop i can beat him but from a roll 45 mph or higher he pulls about 1/2 car and stays there it is an auto
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 08:41 PM
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Re: 88 l98 vs 5th gen v6 camaro

Those V6 camaros run hard i raced one 3 times, twice from a dead stop and i was at his rear quarter panal untill he pulled away half a car length. From a 20 mph roll it was close. He was auto but I am sure if the kid knew how to drive it he would have handed me my $%#@! He just floored it all three times and used his paddle shifter unwisely.
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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 01:37 PM
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Re: 88 l98 vs 5th gen v6 camaro

you have a stock lt1 stfu,
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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 10:25 AM
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Re: 88 l98 vs 5th gen v6 camaro

^^^OK. Whats your point?
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Old Nov 27, 2012 | 02:58 PM
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Re: 88 l98 vs 5th gen v6 camaro

I have three friends with v6 camaros and granted they are pretty fast I still walked all over them from a dig.......only one I haven't raced is the 6 speed 2012 and I believe it to be the fastest one of them all......he let me drive once and when I showed him what power shifting was he made me get out.......when you wind it out it runs damn good......would most likely hand it to me on top end.......I'm just a bolt on l98 as well
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Old Nov 30, 2012 | 10:32 PM
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Re: 88 l98 vs 5th gen v6 camaro

Originally Posted by lozantius82
Those V6 camaros run hard i raced one 3 times, twice from a dead stop and i was at his rear quarter panal untill he pulled away half a car length. From a 20 mph roll it was close. He was auto but I am sure if the kid knew how to drive it he would have handed me my $%#@! He just floored it all three times and used his paddle shifter unwisely.
They are not the fastest things on 2 wheels, my stock truck was on the same level performance wise as they were in the 1/8 mile. I take many of the 6.2 cars well past the 330' mark now.
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 06:45 AM
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Re: 88 l98 vs 5th gen v6 camaro

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you have a stock lt1 stfu,
Resize your sig dumbass and get rid of that stock 305, Don't make me get dads truck ahold of your bitch ***.
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 10:21 AM
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Re: 88 l98 vs 5th gen v6 camaro

Originally Posted by 88FormulaF_Bomb
i believe that was a low 14sec car he pulled as hard as my brothers c4. i was very discouraged and ordered heddman 68460 lt headers within a few days.


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What year C4 does your brother have? Any mods?

I had an '89 auto with 3.07s... 100% stock it ran 13.90 at 99mph.
With a cut filter lid and K&N drop in, airfoil, ported plenum, bumped timing, Holley AFPR (48psi), a Flowmaster catback, and the "frisbee" deleted, I ran a 13.44 at 102mph. Adding a set of drag radials dropped that to a 13.20 at 104mph. The TPI Corvettes respond really well to simple mods, and are killer from a dead stop.

On the street from a roll, though, they kind of suck. I have no doubt the V6 Camaro looked as though it would hang with your brother's car from a 50 roll. However, at the dragstrip, a L98 C4 would put lengths on one in the first 60ft, and continue pulling from there. A stock V6 5thgen is a mid 14 sec car
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Old Dec 2, 2012 | 12:36 PM
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thats the exact vette he has and i hate it. i can hang til we shift into 2nd then he just walks away. about 4-5 lengths at the 1/4 .stock he ran a 14.0@97 after tb bypass, frisbee delete, and k&n filter (still stock) he ran a 13.9@98 hes finishing installing a super ram and lpe headers as we speak


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