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2cnd chance · 10-06-2011, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Black5thgen

The Viper just just the record at 7:12 last month. A couple weeks before that the LFA set it at I think 7:14.

I WILL be getting those rims!!

Wasn't it modified???

ShnOmac · 10-06-2011, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 2cnd chance

Wasn't it modified???

Yes and no....

It was the LFA with the Nurbergring package but it still unknown if thats going to be available to everyone....

2cnd chance · 10-06-2011, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackkaz04

The golden age of muscle cars. We're in it.

Platinum!

OldScoolCamaro · 10-06-2011, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackkaz04

The golden age of muscle cars. We're in it.

For those who have been there, done that, AND bought the T-shirt, I agree with your exuberance but respectfully suggest we are in an age of muscle car performance beyond the ages that seemingly can only be described in terms of quantum physics. I pinch myself at times to see if I am dreaming or not. We have arrived.

stlrammer · 10-06-2011, 08:39 PM

Okay it's fast and handles great in the curves. 172 MPH is hot. I wonder what kind of numbers a stock manual SS would turn with the same driver? Answer? Low 8's. It would be a blast to try it out just for the experience. Of course by the time I got through the run I would have significant body damage and road rash all over my tires and rims. I would excel in the straight away though. :-)

strokerls1 · 10-06-2011, 08:51 PM

This time is close to the times the zr1 and z06 did without the cup tires...cant imagine what it would do with those tires on it. Closer to the 7.20 mark? It made up over 20 seconds for the other cars...Maybe they will come as an option and call it the Nurburgring edition like Lexus did! Big Props to GM

JP_Miner · 10-06-2011, 08:53 PM

I wish that I could have been in the passenger seat for that run!!! Awesome video

htron50 · 10-06-2011, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by OldScoolCamaro

For those who have been there, done that, AND bought the T-shirt, I agree with your exuberance but respectfully suggest we are in an age of muscle car performance beyond the ages that seemingly can only be described in terms of quantum physics. I pinch myself at times to see if I am dreaming or not. We have arrived.

Total Agree. We are actually getting into the point where potential exceeds ability? Could be Old Farts Disease, but it sure wouldn't take much if a deer ran out in front of you testing the curves on a backroad. There were times in days past when those thoughts didn't cross my mind. Today they do. Have that blessed T-Shirt! LOL

swizz · 10-06-2011, 09:00 PM

I'm starting to believe this car looks like too much car for me to own. I think I'll stick with my SS. 426hp is more than enough for the street.

FYI, not to be a homer but I've noticed on a LOT of a auto sites that there hasn't been much Ford hater chatter on this car.... not much you really could say and now the video speaks for itself.

And *crickets* at Dodge.... Viper doesn't count. They need to stick that viper engine into the Challenger and make it a production car and not just a sema car.

carman · 10-06-2011, 09:02 PM

Awesome video.

Curious as to why the LSA in the Camaro sounds so different than the LS9 in the Corvette?

Good2go · 10-06-2011, 09:23 PM

I wonder what times the GT500 has been running.

tooslow · 10-06-2011, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Good2go

I wonder what times the GT500 has been running.

Should it matter? You either want this car or your don't.

Good2go · 10-06-2011, 09:30 PM

What I want or don't want is irrelevant, the GT500 is this car's competitor, and I'd like to know how they stack up.

sw1ssauto · 10-06-2011, 09:34 PM

That was an absolutely awesome run at the 'ring by a truly badass Camaro. He beat the crap out of that monster to get that time. A truly wonderful job. It looked as though to me he just about lost it once or twice. That guy has balls of steel.

10-06-2011, 09:02 PM	#80
carman Drives: '87 IROC Z, '91 Z28 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Atlanta Posts: 15	LSA vs LS9 sound Awesome video. Curious as to why the LSA in the Camaro sounds so different than the LS9 in the Corvette?

10-06-2011, 09:23 PM	#81
Good2go Team Chevrolet Drives: 2007 Z06 and 2011 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: San Antonio Posts: 441 View My Garage	I wonder what times the GT500 has been running. __________________ Forgeline GA3's 9.5/11 with NT-05 Nitto's, Pedders Sportsryder Supercar Coilovers, MGW Shifter, LPE GT1-1 Cam, AR 1 7/8" LT's, Halltech CAI, SW Retro Chambered Cat-Back, Installed and tuned by Corey @ Henderson Performance Technology.

10-06-2011, 09:30 PM	#83
Good2go Team Chevrolet Drives: 2007 Z06 and 2011 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: San Antonio Posts: 441 View My Garage	What I want or don't want is irrelevant, the GT500 is this car's competitor, and I'd like to know how they stack up. __________________ Forgeline GA3's 9.5/11 with NT-05 Nitto's, Pedders Sportsryder Supercar Coilovers, MGW Shifter, LPE GT1-1 Cam, AR 1 7/8" LT's, Halltech CAI, SW Retro Chambered Cat-Back, Installed and tuned by Corey @ Henderson Performance Technology.

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10-06-2011, 08:51 PM	#76
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10-06-2011, 09:00 PM	#79
swizz Drives: Camaro 1SS/RS Black Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 140	I'm starting to believe this car looks like too much car for me to own. I think I'll stick with my SS. 426hp is more than enough for the street. FYI, not to be a homer but I've noticed on a LOT of a auto sites that there hasn't been much Ford hater chatter on this car.... not much you really could say and now the video speaks for itself. And crickets at Dodge.... Viper doesn't count. They need to stick that viper engine into the Challenger and make it a production car and not just a sema car.

10-06-2011, 09:34 PM	#84
sw1ssauto Drives: 2012 1SS Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Des Moines Posts: 128	That was an absolutely awesome run at the 'ring by a truly badass Camaro. He beat the crap out of that monster to get that time. A truly wonderful job. It looked as though to me he just about lost it once or twice. That guy has balls of steel.