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V6owner · 03-31-2011, 03:38 PM

I got aftermarket wheels/tires and can onky get it to 118 then in stops I got an auto

PoorMansCamaro · 03-31-2011, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by V6owner

I got aftermarket wheels/tires and can onky get it to 118 then in stops I got an auto

need a tune. or if you are really lucky, your dealer can change it to the rating of your new tires...if they are nice.

DarkneSS · 03-31-2011, 03:55 PM

I was pretty easily able to get my 6MT RS up to 140 on a closed track straight away.

65-100 is kind of slow but once you get into fourth gear you really start moving. 120-130 doesnt take very long at all.

rtcat600man · 03-31-2011, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by V6owner

I got aftermarket wheels/tires and can onky get it to 118 then in stops I got an auto

If it came with 18" wheels and tires you were limited to 118.

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Originally Posted by DarkneSS

I was pretty easily able to get my 6MT RS up to 140 on a closed track straight away.

65-100 is kind of slow but once you get into fourth gear you really start moving. 120-130 doesnt take very long at all.

Must be a manual issue. My 3rd gear (automatic) is a rip from 65 -100. Love that gear when on the highway to do some spirited driving.

CamaroC-17 · 03-31-2011, 05:02 PM

157 on 15000 foot strip. Was a slight tail wind and last half of strip had slight decline

CamaroC-17 · 03-31-2011, 05:06 PM

I wonder how fast you are really going at those speeds. The speedo is off by a percentage of whatever speed you are going. I cant remember what percent and if its higher or lower. I think 5 percent. Anyways gps shows true speed

Darth Camaro · 03-31-2011, 06:58 PM

Gone real fast..... 1.....4.....8......M.....P......H.....Can go faster but don't want trouble.......Did it for about 3 miles.......Got lucky that time.

SolarFlare · 03-31-2011, 07:05 PM

I went to 112 I should kept going

J.L.TYCHE · 03-31-2011, 07:52 PM

144

Ciscokid · 03-31-2011, 08:21 PM

2LT/RS - easy 110, stayed at 110 for a few miles. Didn't have any issues and the car felt like it could go faster. Handling was perfect!

OOLIE · 03-31-2011, 08:35 PM

I would think it would be easy as I hit 103 just making a simple pass from 48mph. Some @$$ punched as I tried to pass him, so I hit it harder and in like 3 seconds I was doing 103. I got around the moron though. LOL

usa1camaro1969 · 03-31-2011, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by rtcat600man

Must be a manual issue. My 3rd gear (automatic) is a rip from 65 -100. Love that gear when on the highway to do some spirited driving.

Not a manual issue. My 3rd gear is great up to just shy of 95(shorter tires kick the speed-limiter) and 4th isn't bad either.

jamie · 03-31-2011, 09:16 PM

I have a Manual with the 19" Pirellis and I have personally hit 145. Still had more to go but ran out of road... Its the tires. If you have an LS with the heritage (Black Steel Wheels) you have a limiter. If you are running the 19's or 20's (Pirellis) Your car is not limited to 118...

sceptor98 · 03-31-2011, 09:20 PM

Fastest I've gone in my 2LT Manual before i let go of the pedal was 143 on a straight flat strip of road about a mile in length, which is pretty fast for a V6 especially with all that weight, I have an older corvette and the fastest i've gone in it was 164 and is about 500lbs lighter in the same area. However when it comes initial acceleration the Camaro is sluggish and for lack of a better word, has poopy low end power and throttle response. What this car needs is more low end power and torque, sure horsepower is awesome but with no torque and more aggressive rear end gears these v6 crapstangs will be walking all over us.

03-31-2011, 03:38 PM	#85
V6owner Cedar Creek Woodshop Drives: One Badass 1LE Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Rosenberg, TX Posts: 2,227 View My Garage	I got aftermarket wheels/tires and can onky get it to 118 then in stops I got an auto __________________ 2014 Black 2SS/RS 1LE

03-31-2011, 06:58 PM	#91
Darth Camaro Out of my mind!!! Drives: 2010 Camaro RS Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wylie, Tx Posts: 199	Gone real fast..... 1.....4.....8......M.....P......H.....Can go faster but don't want trouble.......Did it for about 3 miles.......Got lucky that time. __________________ Its not a point of where you are going but, how you get there

03-31-2011, 08:35 PM	#95
OOLIE Drives: 2011 LS Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: FL Posts: 1,643	I would think it would be easy as I hit 103 just making a simple pass from 48mph. Some @$$ punched as I tried to pass him, so I hit it harder and in like 3 seconds I was doing 103. I got around the moron though. LOL __________________

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DarkneSS Account Suspended Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS 6MT Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Westchester, New York Posts: 3,715	I was pretty easily able to get my 6MT RS up to 140 on a closed track straight away. 65-100 is kind of slow but once you get into fourth gear you really start moving. 120-130 doesnt take very long at all.

03-31-2011, 05:02 PM	#89
CamaroC-17 Formerly Camaroc5 Drives: 2010 Camaro LT/RS M6 Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,647	157 on 15000 foot strip. Was a slight tail wind and last half of strip had slight decline

03-31-2011, 05:06 PM	#90
CamaroC-17 Formerly Camaroc5 Drives: 2010 Camaro LT/RS M6 Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Posts: 1,647	I wonder how fast you are really going at those speeds. The speedo is off by a percentage of whatever speed you are going. I cant remember what percent and if its higher or lower. I think 5 percent. Anyways gps shows true speed

03-31-2011, 07:05 PM	#92
SolarFlare Drives: 2010 IOM 1LT Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 121	I went to 112 I should kept going

03-31-2011, 07:52 PM	#93
J.L.TYCHE Tampa Gulf Coast Family Drives: 2011 Corvette Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: TAMPA FLA. Posts: 302 View My Garage	144

03-31-2011, 08:21 PM	#94
Ciscokid Drives: 2013 ZL1 Vert - BRM&2014 NRB Vette Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 213 View My Garage	2LT/RS - easy 110, stayed at 110 for a few miles. Didn't have any issues and the car felt like it could go faster. Handling was perfect!

03-31-2011, 09:16 PM	#97
jamie Drives: 2011 cyber gray 1LT Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 141 View My Garage	I have a Manual with the 19" Pirellis and I have personally hit 145. Still had more to go but ran out of road... Its the tires. If you have an LS with the heritage (Black Steel Wheels) you have a limiter. If you are running the 19's or 20's (Pirellis) Your car is not limited to 118...

03-31-2011, 09:20 PM	#98
sceptor98 Drives: 2LT Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Arkansas Posts: 16	Fastest I've gone in my 2LT Manual before i let go of the pedal was 143 on a straight flat strip of road about a mile in length, which is pretty fast for a V6 especially with all that weight, I have an older corvette and the fastest i've gone in it was 164 and is about 500lbs lighter in the same area. However when it comes initial acceleration the Camaro is sluggish and for lack of a better word, has poopy low end power and throttle response. What this car needs is more low end power and torque, sure horsepower is awesome but with no torque and more aggressive rear end gears these v6 crapstangs will be walking all over us.