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mikeSS · 03-20-2013, 06:42 PM

that whole break in thing is pretty overrated. don't even think about that .

another thing is the car is heavy, 426HP sounds great and all until you look at how much it weighs.

Angrybird 12 · 03-20-2013, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeSS

that whole break in thing is pretty overrated. don't even think about that .

another thing is the car is heavy, 426HP sounds great and all until you look at how much it weighs.

Going off my experience with breaking in about 30 different new cars over the last 42 years I assure you it's not overrated...

bradshaw · 03-20-2013, 06:49 PM

Totally agree, I noticed it did seem to break in at about 8000 miles, but boy did it make a difference with headers and a tune!! Before I could barely spin the tires in 1st, now it will even chirp the tires in 3rd!! It is a completely different car, really woke it up.

GraySS2011 · 03-20-2013, 06:52 PM

Maybe you are just getting more used to it? How did it feel when you first bought it?

mikeSS · 03-20-2013, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Angrybird 12

Going off my experience with breaking in about 30 different new cars over the last 42 years I assure you it's not overrated...

well fist off its not the 70s or 80s anymore.

second i have heard of people saying engine performance is best when its got some mlles on it. Still though, i do not believe a car is going to change to the point where someone is not happy with the car to being happy with the car. its simply not that much of a drastic change.

Angrybird 12 · 03-20-2013, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeSS

well fist off its not the 70s or 80s anymore.

second i have heard of people saying engine performance is best when its got some mlles on it. Still though, i do not believe a car is going to change to the point where someone is not happy with the car to being happy with the car. its simply not that drastic change.

Notice it with both of my 5th gen Camaro V6s too...
Just say with my 2012 when I first got it I couldn't get it to spin the tires in any fashion, now I can at will with almost 10,000 miles on it. My 2010 was the same way too.

AdamZ · 03-20-2013, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SSOOCH

What's your quickest 1/4 mile time?

12.6...60' times aren't too hot

Iam Broke · 03-20-2013, 07:10 PM

Yes, I agree with the OP that it seemed painfully slow when it was stock. I sold a cammed & bolted WS6 when I got the SS and expected a bit more than it had. Of course the SS is 800+ lbs heavier than the TA.

I was ready to put a 3.91 gear in it to help but did the whole SC/headers/exhaust instead. At ~550 whp it runs like it was meant to. 4.3 sec logged 60-100 mph in a third gear pull via HPTuners logging.

knitetrain05 · 03-20-2013, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SSOOCH

What's your quickest 1/4 mile time?

I have just 2017 miles. I have not raced it.

knitetrain05 · 03-20-2013, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by GraySS2011

Maybe you are just getting more used to it? How did it feel when you first bought it?

I have alway kind of felt this way about it

2Muchmark · 03-20-2013, 09:44 PM

Maybe it only feels slower because its a bigger car? Smaller cars always feel faster. Remember go-karts? Those things feel like 100 miles per hour...

Angrybird 12 · 03-20-2013, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by knitetrain05

I have alway kind of felt this way about it

I guess you could be seeing multiple effects, from a engine that has not reached its peak to maybe still having a sensor issue. Or the lackluster stock gearing.
I would run it hard for a couple hundred miles. That may liven it up some.
Do you have any kind of engine diagnostic reader you can tie into the diagnostic port and map all the sensor outputs while you drive? It may be helpful to the technician in analyzing what may be going on.

HaulnJ · 03-20-2013, 10:16 PM

Gen5's are just so much smoother and better all around than previous Camaros. Maybe that's why it feels slow to you. I've owned a couple of 67's and an 88 IROC. I'll take the power, ride and looks of my 2010 anytime.

Avenging Orange · 03-21-2013, 12:48 AM

Just give it more time/miles. Then when you feel like really waking it up.... add a cai, long tubes and a good tune. It doesn't take much with these cars. My buddy and I (not intentional) have identical Camaros. Have same mods. Tuned by the same tuner. And are within a few hp/tq of one another. His has 3400 miles.............mine has 13,400. His still has a hard time spinning the tires............mine, breaks em lose in 3 gears.

03-20-2013, 07:10 PM	#22
Iam Broke PHAT B33 Drives: 2012 TF3 Camaro 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Dark of the Moon Posts: 1,460 View My Garage	Yes, I agree with the OP that it seemed painfully slow when it was stock. I sold a cammed & bolted WS6 when I got the SS and expected a bit more than it had. Of course the SS is 800+ lbs heavier than the TA. I was ready to put a 3.91 gear in it to help but did the whole SC/headers/exhaust instead. At ~550 whp it runs like it was meant to. 4.3 sec logged 60-100 mph in a third gear pull via HPTuners logging. __________________ Another 1 of 371 '12 T3 LS3 M6's built.

03-21-2013, 12:48 AM	#28
Avenging Orange Drives: 2010 Inferno Orange 2SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Clermont, IN Posts: 3,297	Just give it more time/miles. Then when you feel like really waking it up.... add a cai, long tubes and a good tune. It doesn't take much with these cars. My buddy and I (not intentional) have identical Camaros. Have same mods. Tuned by the same tuner. And are within a few hp/tq of one another. His has 3400 miles.............mine has 13,400. His still has a hard time spinning the tires............mine, breaks em lose in 3 gears. __________________ 2010 Inferno Orange 2SS/RS M6 Black Leather, Sun Roof, OBX Headers, Borla touring axle back, Cold Air Inductions CAI , non synthetic fluids, BMR total bushing upgrade/1" lowering springs, DSE 32mm rear sway bar. GM fe4 shocks/struts/LCA's, AAM 3.91 diff, Vertini RFS1.8 20x9 +30. Conti ExtremeContact Sport 275/35/20. sjm autoprod ABL dash kit. Mike Norris tuned 413/419. Avenging Orange: 43 years of not buying into the Hype........and damn proud of it!! https://youtu.be/9JD9it6SmB8 https://youtu.be/xmelTlEzI34 KICKING CANCERS ASS SINCE 2015!!

03-20-2013, 06:42 PM	#15
mikeSS Drives: 2015 c7 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MI Posts: 7,462	that whole break in thing is pretty overrated. don't even think about that . another thing is the car is heavy, 426HP sounds great and all until you look at how much it weighs.

03-20-2013, 06:49 PM	#17
bradshaw Drives: 2010 LS3 2SS M6 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Lafayette, La Posts: 158 View My Garage	Totally agree, I noticed it did seem to break in at about 8000 miles, but boy did it make a difference with headers and a tune!! Before I could barely spin the tires in 1st, now it will even chirp the tires in 3rd!! It is a completely different car, really woke it up.

03-20-2013, 06:52 PM	#18
GraySS2011 Drives: 2011 Cyber Gray 2SS 6 speed Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Chelmsford MA Posts: 504 View My Garage	Maybe you are just getting more used to it? How did it feel when you first bought it?

03-20-2013, 09:44 PM	#25
2Muchmark Drives: 2013 2SS RS 1LE Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Montreal Posts: 857	Maybe it only feels slower because its a bigger car? Smaller cars always feel faster. Remember go-karts? Those things feel like 100 miles per hour...

03-20-2013, 10:16 PM	#27
HaulnJ Drives: 2010 SS/RS LS3 GFX Heritage grill Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Anchorage, Ak. Posts: 181	Gen5's are just so much smoother and better all around than previous Camaros. Maybe that's why it feels slow to you. I've owned a couple of 67's and an 88 IROC. I'll take the power, ride and looks of my 2010 anytime.