Top Speed of SS?

[boxmonkeyracing]

Originally Posted by mlee

2010 Camaro tires are actually Z rated. which is 149 and over... so GM gave it an extra 6 mph and set the governor.

S- Up to 112mph
T- Up to 118mph
U- Up to 124mph
H- Up to 130mph
V- Up to 149mph
Z- 149mph and over
W- Up to 168mph
Y- Up to 186mph

IMO The max MPH your Camaro can do at the end of a quarter mile track is as fast as you need to go.

Just makes sense to me...

some straights are longer then 1/4 mile. so you want a higher top end then that instant acceleration.

[coolman]

I think with the front end blocked in and taped up it could get to about 170 until drag started to take's it tool.

[mlee]

Originally Posted by boxmonkeyracing

some straights are longer then 1/4 mile. so you want a higher top end then that instant acceleration.

Sure interstate 10 has straights longer than 1/4 mile.

I'd like to see one track where a 2010 production "Camaro" would compete, that has straights longer than a quarter mile.

[camarogolfguy]

Originally Posted by tyler20c

Anyone know what the top speed of an SS is without a limiter? just curious.

Fast, very fast.

[dieseldave24v]

I can tell you that the SRT engineers say my Challenger will run 176 MPH. This was the recorded speed by the SRT engineers. The Camaro is a little lighter and I would GUESS about the same drag coieficiant. I would imagine they would be within 10 MPH of each other.

[camarogolfguy]

Originally Posted by Banshee

Texas mile has a decline at the end.

Sounds just like my car.

[ahart04]

Originally Posted by savage71ChevelleSS

I've been 148 on a road here called Ronald reagan blvd. There's no way anyone would be doing mild curves on a public road at those speeds

[superstockcam]

I ran up to 144 "on the digtal speedo" a couple of times in mine sunday, it felt twice as stable as the 08 ZHZ Corvette I rented at that speed! my Garmin showed max speed of 139. That was in 5th @ 5800rpm, if I wasn't thinking of the front bumper cracking I might have gone for the limiter...love those long straight Nevada roads!
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[boxmonkeyracing]

Originally Posted by mlee

Sure interstate 10 has straights longer than 1/4 mile.

I'd like to see one track where a 2010 production "Camaro" would compete, that has straights longer than a quarter mile.

well eventually nasa american iron series might allow them in.

[blueallie]

Originally Posted by mlee

2010 Camaro tires are actually Z rated. which is 149 and over... so GM gave it an extra 6 mph and set the governor.

S- Up to 112mph
T- Up to 118mph
U- Up to 124mph
H- Up to 130mph
V- Up to 149mph
Z- 149mph and over
W- Up to 168mph
Y- Up to 186mph

IMO The max MPH your Camaro can do at the end of a quarter mile track is as fast as you need to go.

Just makes sense to me...

You're wrong. Yes the tires are z rated but they have a y after the ZR. As in 86Y or something like that. That means speeds up to 186mph.

[antivenom]

Went to Milemarker 1 in Miami the other week. 151 in the standing mile is what we did bone stock. That was close to redline in 4th gear when I hit the mile mark. We ran the slightly modded 09 ZR1 at 189 that day. Now if we just had longer than a mile to go........well we still had 5th gear to go through and the useless 6th gear.

[coolman]

When it runs out of speed that's as fast as it will go.

[RobbieSS]

Brought it up to 150 and it felt as stable as my 335i. Now back to driving like my grandmother.

[antivenom]

Better yet here is the video of it hitting that speed.