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rickyrocket · 08-27-2013, 09:33 PM

Lots of "STEEL",you can bend the qtrs.with your bare hand

cactuseater · 08-27-2013, 11:47 PM

Weight to horsepower ratio. Gotta pick your fights. Be careful because you could be very surprised when that Nissan GTR pulls up and you think you have a set.....

kevinw · 08-29-2013, 08:49 PM

eblachette. wow, your v6 beat a v8. that is impressive!

OrangeVert · 08-29-2013, 10:01 PM

Rented a Mustang and it was too light (and cheap components, imho). Camaro is too heavy - but goes like heII! I'll take that one.

JR 1 · 08-30-2013, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rickyrocket

Lots of "STEEL",you can bend the qtrs.with your bare hand

The quarters, fenders, door skins, hood and trunk outer, etc. aren't stuctural. The steel I'm referring to is the actual body and chassis structure.

Jer4251 · 08-30-2013, 07:42 PM

well the ZL1 convertible is 4380 lbs!. my car is a hog, but still hauls ass

Midlife conVert · 09-02-2013, 08:01 PM

Don't by the v6 if you have an inferiority complex, buy it because it is what you want... I love my Vert and bought it because it is what I wanted.

eblanchette · 09-02-2013, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by kevinw

eblachette. wow, your v6 beat a v8. that is impressive!

Hehe indeed, I tought he was going to win, and we tried 2 times in a row just to be sure it was'nt a missed shift or something.

Those v6's are good with a few bolt-ons and tune, even the convertible one.

kevinw · 09-02-2013, 09:18 PM

jer4251. wow, your tank weighs over 4300? for a car? man, my envoy 4x4 dont weight much more than that! your camaro is a truck. no wonder you need 580 hp to haul ass. thats alot of ass! lol lol lol

Jer4251 · 09-02-2013, 09:26 PM

580 wasn't cutting it. up over 650 now and still climbing

meSSohappy · 09-03-2013, 12:44 AM

My 2011 vert 2ss with me in it weighed in at 2000 kg on the nose at our local hwy scales.

LuckyZL-1 · 09-03-2013, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Jer4251

well the ZL1 convertible is 4380 lbs!. my car is a hog, but still hauls ass

+1 on the hauls ass!!!!

kevinw · 09-03-2013, 07:58 PM

JEr. wow. 650. where do you possibly use all that hp? speed limit here in kansas city is 70 mph

tonyko1 · 09-03-2013, 08:08 PM

May weigh a bit much, but you want physics on your side for a lot of reasons; accidents, handling, stability.

I was riding side-by-side with a vette and not sure of the engine but when he let loose, he was gone.........

08-27-2013, 09:33 PM	#15
rickyrocket Drives: 2015 blk 1 SS Join Date: May 2012 Location: Coventry RI Posts: 1,309	Lots of "STEEL",you can bend the qtrs.with your bare hand __________________ 15 1 SS

08-29-2013, 10:01 PM	#18
OrangeVert "Catharine" Drives: '11 2SS/RS LS-3 IOM/IO vert Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Southern NH Posts: 2,129	Rented a Mustang and it was too light (and cheap components, imho). Camaro is too heavy - but goes like heII! I'll take that one. __________________

08-30-2013, 07:42 PM	#20
Jer4251 Camaro Addict Drives: too many Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: 912 Posts: 1,274	well the ZL1 convertible is 4380 lbs!. my car is a hog, but still hauls ass __________________ 1990 IROC-Z Vert LS 1996 SS Vert LT4 1992 Z28 Z03 T5 1992 Z28 Z03 L98 2018 Sierra Denali 6.2 1997 Z28 Z4C 1995 Z28

09-02-2013, 08:01 PM	#21
Midlife conVert Drives: Black 2LT Convertible Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 489	Don't by the v6 if you have an inferiority complex, buy it because it is what you want... I love my Vert and bought it because it is what I wanted. __________________ Check out Alabama Camaros on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/173934389435353/

09-02-2013, 09:26 PM	#24
Jer4251 Camaro Addict Drives: too many Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: 912 Posts: 1,274	580 wasn't cutting it. up over 650 now and still climbing __________________ 1990 IROC-Z Vert LS 1996 SS Vert LT4 1992 Z28 Z03 T5 1992 Z28 Z03 L98 2018 Sierra Denali 6.2 1997 Z28 Z4C 1995 Z28

08-27-2013, 11:47 PM	#16
cactuseater Drives: . Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Posts: 856	Weight to horsepower ratio. Gotta pick your fights. Be careful because you could be very surprised when that Nissan GTR pulls up and you think you have a set.....

08-29-2013, 08:49 PM	#17
kevinw Drives: 2013 Black 2 LT vert Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: kansas city Posts: 1,764	eblachette. wow, your v6 beat a v8. that is impressive!

09-02-2013, 09:18 PM	#23
kevinw Drives: 2013 Black 2 LT vert Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: kansas city Posts: 1,764	jer4251. wow, your tank weighs over 4300? for a car? man, my envoy 4x4 dont weight much more than that! your camaro is a truck. no wonder you need 580 hp to haul ass. thats alot of ass! lol lol lol

09-03-2013, 12:44 AM	#25
meSSohappy Drives: 2018 ZL1 A10 Join Date: May 2012 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 1,374	My 2011 vert 2ss with me in it weighed in at 2000 kg on the nose at our local hwy scales. __________________ DAVENPORT STAGE 2 PLUS - 2" ARH ceramic coated headers - 3" ARH catless exhaust - Stock NPP mufflers - Kong ported SC - Katech 103 ported TB - Rotofab 5" Big gulp CAI - 22.5% lower pulley - ATI Harmonic balancer - Cordes SC expansion tank - MSD hi temp ignition wires - Koolsox spark plug insulators - custom tunes - 660hp/725tq pump - 713hp/763tq race

09-03-2013, 07:58 PM	#27
kevinw Drives: 2013 Black 2 LT vert Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: kansas city Posts: 1,764	JEr. wow. 650. where do you possibly use all that hp? speed limit here in kansas city is 70 mph

09-03-2013, 08:08 PM	#28
tonyko1 Banned Drives: 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS Convertible, IBM Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,015	May weigh a bit much, but you want physics on your side for a lot of reasons; accidents, handling, stability. I was riding side-by-side with a vette and not sure of the engine but when he let loose, he was gone.........