well i was getting on the freeway, on my way home as i see a newer camaro on my *** and then he pulls right past me quick. I'm thinking oh hell nah. Anyways i punch it and i start catching up. he had to slow down...traffic. Well i got besides him and tell what's up(actually nodded if he wanted to race) Well he nodded back and heard him punch it(he had some sort of exhaust). Well i then punch it as well and i keep right on his ***. We were going about 75-100. We constantly had to slow down because of traffic, but every time he floored it stayed right by him. One time i started pulling very slowly but i did Well i don't know what was wrong with his car but it seemed slow to me. Must have been out of tune or something? What do you guys think?

 

All depends what you have done to your car and what he had done to his to determine if his car was out of tune or unusually slow. It's not uncommon for a 350 thirdgen with light mods to hang with an early 4th gen LT1 car.

 

The only mods are K & N :sillylol: , Headers, & Cat Back Exhaust. I still believe that his was unsually slow though. It has to have been an auto.

 

Both cars with the V8's pretty much have the same mass, give or take a hundred pounds, and the power difference isnt very large, even if its, say a 50hp difference for example. The 1/4 mile difference would be less than half a second between the two cars, and going 75 to 100mph, thats basically 1 or 2 car lengths, or in other words "being right on his ***"
Just because someones car has a better power to weight ratio doesnt mean that they're gonna "blow their opponent away", unless if they have a significant power and weight advantage difference.

 

gour makes a good point.
I would like to reinforce this point. I raced a 96 LT1 firebird from a roll, it was dead even with me pulling a fender if anything.
when we went from a stop I beat him by several car lengths.
I have more power, but it wasn't as obvious when racing from a roll.
thats what i've found anyway