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Originally Posted by 2SS
While tracking my new car by rail to Birmingham, AL, I began pondering this question. The last "muscle" car I bought (for my then, wife), was a 1989 Mustang Convertible GT 5.0. While I'm not a huge Ford fan, it was pretty fun to drive, and I clearly remember the zip it produced when I got into it. Here's my question after comparing some HP/weight statistics. My new Camaro will have roughly a 60% increase in horsepower to weight ratio over that Mustang. Does this translate literally/linearly? In other words should I reasonably expect the G force felt through acceleration to be 60% more than that Mustang? Should my new Camaro cover 1600 ft as that Mustang only managed 1000 ft? Will my Camaro be going through 80 mph as that Mustang went through 50 mph? If any or all of this remotely true, my already heightened anticipation will jump ten fold. I don't know that much about car physics, but was confident that someone here could analyze this for me.
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a short answer to your long question...
no it won't. I will be faster but it doesn't work like that.