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b4z · 10-16-2012, 05:06 PM

Dont have a link, but just received the mag in the mail.
Said the mustang was more fun to drive but the 1lE had grip for days, both on the skid pad and on the track.
I'd say 2.5 secs is a lifetime on a race track.

b4z · 10-16-2012, 05:08 PM

Slightly banked skid pad:
Mustang 1.18g.
1LE 1.27 g.

Mustang lap time 1.37.06 min.
Camaro lap time 1.34.74 min.

PYROLYSIS · 10-16-2012, 05:21 PM

Here's a link. Mgizzle posted it in another thread. http://www.popularmechanics.com/_mob...amaro-ss-1le-2

bannonm · 10-16-2012, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b4z

Said the mustang was more fun to drive but the 1lE had grip for days, both on the skid pad and on the track.

Since when is going slower and having less grip more fun??? Guess next time the wife asks how my day at the track was, I'll just say it was OK.

2cnd chance · 10-16-2012, 07:52 PM

Is it the Laguna Seca Boss or Boss?

tramtwo · 10-16-2012, 08:32 PM

Cars that don't handle well and are slower always are more fun to drive!! I will take the faster better handling boring 1LE.

snickerdoodle · 10-17-2012, 06:42 AM

Yeah, I'm with you to! I can't understand how blowing into a corner fast than a more expensive car is gonna ever get old... does anyone remember the 1LE beat a Audi R8 V10 around VIR? If I wanted a car who's rearend kicks out way to much I would have bought a mustang or a drift car... I'm in the 20th century soooo IRS it is.

SUKXOST · 10-17-2012, 06:53 AM

The boss is $5K more; has 18HP more; is about 250lbs lighter.....and STILL SLOWER than the 1LE.

Camaro is 2.5 seconds PER LAP faster.....that is EPIC.

b4z · 10-17-2012, 08:13 AM

Noticed the Camaro had much better weight distribution as well.

monstertodd · 10-17-2012, 08:53 AM

Have there been any "track offs" between the 1LE and the laguna seca yet?

How cool would it be if Chevy released a "laguna seca-ish" 1LE?

right to travel · 10-17-2012, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monstertodd

Have there been any "track offs" between the 1LE and the laguna seca yet?

How cool would it be if Chevy released a "laguna seca-ish" 1LE?

aka a Z28

charlie46 · 10-17-2012, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monstertodd

Have there been any "track offs" between the 1LE and the laguna seca yet?

How cool would it be if Chevy released a "laguna seca-ish" 1LE?

Oh please dont tell me that after I ordered a 1le!!!

Mgizzle · 10-17-2012, 04:19 PM

No joke, you just cant buy a better car for the money right now that is brand new than the 1LE.

fielderLS3 · 10-17-2012, 04:38 PM

Are those published lap times the Mustangs fastest vs. the Camaro's fastest, or an average over many back-to-back laps? Reason I ask is the Mustang is not at all a slow car (MT showed it can run even with an M3), so given its weight advantage, 2.5 seconds in a straight-up hotlap on a 95 second track seems too good to be true. However, it is fairly well known that Mustangs don't have the brake hardware necessary for extended track use, so if they averaged the times over an extended run, it wouldn't be surprising the Boss would have been dead in the water.

10-16-2012, 05:06 PM	#1
b4z Drives: '06 Pontiac GTO M6, '19 F150 2.7TT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 1,425	Popular Mechanics: 1LE 2.5secs Faster than Boss @ Gingerman Dont have a link, but just received the mag in the mail. Said the mustang was more fun to drive but the 1lE had grip for days, both on the skid pad and on the track. I'd say 2.5 secs is a lifetime on a race track.

10-16-2012, 05:21 PM	#3
PYROLYSIS Remember the Charleston 9 Drives: 2004 KME PREDATOR, 2014 2SS/RS/1LE Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Summerv1LE SC Posts: 5,381 View My Garage	Here's a link. Mgizzle posted it in another thread. http://www.popularmechanics.com/_mob...amaro-ss-1le-2 __________________ BRING BACK THE B4C POLICE CAMARO! 2002 V-6 5 speed rally red (current camaro) Also driven:1992 Z-28 305 auto Red w/ black stripes (anniversary), 2001 V-6 auto light pewter metallic,1991 RS V-6 auto Black

10-17-2012, 06:53 AM	#8
SUKXOST Do you even lift, bro? Drives: 2013 1LE Camaro Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Sumter, SC Posts: 3,159 View My Garage	The boss is $5K more; has 18HP more; is about 250lbs lighter.....and STILL SLOWER than the 1LE. Camaro is 2.5 seconds PER LAP faster.....that is EPIC. __________________ My 1LE (645WHP/597WTQ) build/journal Thread: 1st ever 1LE COTW http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=255461

10-17-2012, 04:19 PM	#13
Mgizzle Drives: 2013 Camaro 1LE 1SS Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Detroit Posts: 1,252	No joke, you just cant buy a better car for the money right now that is brand new than the 1LE. __________________ I work for General Motors and am not an official spokes person for General Motors. My views and opinions are my own and not those of General Motors.

10-17-2012, 04:38 PM	#14
fielderLS3 Drives: 2016 Mazda6, 2011 Mustang 5.0 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Portage, Wisconsin Posts: 4,049	Are those published lap times the Mustangs fastest vs. the Camaro's fastest, or an average over many back-to-back laps? Reason I ask is the Mustang is not at all a slow car (MT showed it can run even with an M3), so given its weight advantage, 2.5 seconds in a straight-up hotlap on a 95 second track seems too good to be true. However, it is fairly well known that Mustangs don't have the brake hardware necessary for extended track use, so if they averaged the times over an extended run, it wouldn't be surprising the Boss would have been dead in the water. __________________ 2022 1SS 1LE (Arrived 4/29/22) "The car is the closest thing we will ever create to something that is alive." . 2022 1SS 1LE (Coming Soon)

10-16-2012, 05:08 PM	#2
b4z Drives: '06 Pontiac GTO M6, '19 F150 2.7TT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 1,425	Slightly banked skid pad: Mustang 1.18g. 1LE 1.27 g. Mustang lap time 1.37.06 min. Camaro lap time 1.34.74 min.

10-16-2012, 07:52 PM	#5
2cnd chance Too Many Great Choices Drives: Grand Sport/Z07 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: A Mountain Road Posts: 7,454	Is it the Laguna Seca Boss or Boss?

10-16-2012, 08:32 PM	#6
tramtwo Drives: 2021 1LE Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: N'Awlinz Posts: 6,315	Cars that don't handle well and are slower always are more fun to drive!! I will take the faster better handling boring 1LE.

10-17-2012, 06:42 AM	#7
snickerdoodle Drives: 2013 1LE AGM 2SS RS M6 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: United States Posts: 249	Yeah, I'm with you to! I can't understand how blowing into a corner fast than a more expensive car is gonna ever get old... does anyone remember the 1LE beat a Audi R8 V10 around VIR? If I wanted a car who's rearend kicks out way to much I would have bought a mustang or a drift car... I'm in the 20th century soooo IRS it is.

10-17-2012, 08:13 AM	#9
b4z Drives: '06 Pontiac GTO M6, '19 F150 2.7TT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 1,425	Noticed the Camaro had much better weight distribution as well.

10-17-2012, 08:53 AM	#10
monstertodd Drives: 2010 Cyber Grey Metallic 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tega Cay, South Carolina Posts: 4,032 View My Garage	Have there been any "track offs" between the 1LE and the laguna seca yet? How cool would it be if Chevy released a "laguna seca-ish" 1LE?