08-30-2017, 06:46 PM | #253 | |
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Perhaps utilize your money in classes on humility. How one person chooses to live his/or her life is to their own. If they are happy with their choices... what's the big deal? Sheesh. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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08-30-2017, 06:59 PM | #254 |
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Lol you mean like the whole, "who would buy a V6 when they could have a V8?" mentality? That kind of humility? He spent pages dissing on everything and everyone who owns a V6 and their "turd engine," go have a look. In the end one of us can actually afford the 2SS and the other one is just a DB who wants to pretend he can.
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08-30-2017, 07:03 PM | #255 |
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I vote you get the V-6 1LE Camaro with NPP option, there are some tuning options on the V-6 engine which I have seen on videos and sites something like 290RWHP.
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08-30-2017, 08:49 PM | #256 | |
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08-30-2017, 08:56 PM | #257 |
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if you can afford it v8 no question
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08-30-2017, 10:46 PM | #258 | |
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My 2nd gear would top out at about 70. I could smoke the tires in 1st gear, and fish tail it hitting 2nd. 3rd gear would hit with a positive shift but not a hard punch. It was a fun car though and still give it props. |
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08-31-2017, 08:38 AM | #259 | ||
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If you're under $50k base salary then an SS is going to chew holes through your wallet car payment wise even at its lowest option and if you choose a car that costs as much as you make annually..forget about it.. it's going to HURT unless you neglect other areas of your life.. I'm not duping / bashing anyone by saying this, but when I chose my V6 I was making only half as much as I currently make and had no insight that my income would increase so I chose something that I could pay for without financially hurting me paying a $1,200 house note, gas, water and electric, fuel, ect ect.. If you're paying only for the car then yea you're fine.. but some of us have other financial obligations than Camaro's. And yes, I was comparing it to a LS1 4th Gen.. it will be hard for any NA V6 to compete with a vet Quote:
When I got my 1LT, while I loved the new features on the 2LT RS and 2SS, I couldn't justify paying $40k+ for it.. The LGX V6 was a big step up from my 5th Gen V6 even, weighing several hundreds of pounds less, offering more power, handled much better, and makes shockingly better fuel mileage (and while we're on that subject I just want to point out that all three models of Camaro's (I4, V6, V8) are making MUCH better fuel mileage than the average car on the road today, shocking that these are sports cars.) Now I didn't buy my car to race or run at the track, thats the job for my 99 Z28 LS1, however; my V6 isn't so far behind my LS1 that I can call it incompitent.. the car deserves respect for what it is... A 335 HP V6 is nothing to sneeze at. It runs laps around our Infiniti G37 and is pretty close to keeping up with my mildly modded (intake / TB only) LS1. I currently still own and drive a 99 Z28 with 3.23's in the rear axel - While there is a difference between it and my LGX, it's no longer the extreme differences we have seen in the past between V6's and V8's.. hence why I said "near" LS1 territory. not quite there..but they're pretty damn close. My LGX would definitely keep up with my 99 Z28. Don't let its silent acceleration fool you that car biulds up speed pretty quick and doesn't run out of steam on the highway (gearing) like the 4th Gen V6 did. Also please note that the M6 F-Bodies that dipped into the 12's were few and almost every condition had to play out to the favor of the LS1 for that to happen such as the moon and gravitational tides had to line up perfectly while it reflected blue light at a drag strip local to a K-Mart shopping center..most of them were around 13.3 time slip with the average LS1 F-Body being around 13.6.. and a LGX hero run has been made at 13.5 where they average LGX runs around 13.8 ..where as a 4th Gen LT1 is a low 14 second car stock... so no..they are not far off from a STOCK 4th Gen LS1, and there are even videos on youtube where an intake / exhaust LGX V6 completely destroys a mildly modded 4th Gen (no exaggeration, look this up..it shocked the hell out of me.) Last edited by Need4Camaro; 08-31-2017 at 08:48 AM. |
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08-31-2017, 11:10 AM | #261 | |
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Just watched the video. Golf R, even more power potential. As much as I LOVE my 1LE, if the Golf R was more reasonably priced, AND if they still made it in a 2 door, I would have bought one. But, alas, things worked out well.
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08-31-2017, 11:58 AM | #262 |
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Car & Driver Lightening lap times (VIR)
V6 1le = 3:04.0 Audi RS5 = 3:04.3 Audi R8 V8 = 3:04.6 BMW M6 = 3:04.7 BMW M5 = 3:05.2 BMW E93 M3 = 3:05.4 Porsche (997) Carrera S = 3:05.8 2015 Subaru WRX STI = 3:10.5 2015 VW Golf R = 3:12.3 |
08-31-2017, 12:32 PM | #263 |
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That is awesome! How the hell does the V6 1LE outrun some of those?
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08-31-2017, 01:14 PM | #264 |
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08-31-2017, 04:22 PM | #265 |
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Handling & power to weight. During Car & Drivers lightening lap they said it was faster through the infield @ VIR than an Audi R8 V10 plus & Jaguar Ftype Project 7.
& While not as beastly as an SS it has a flat torque curve that delivers horsepower all the way to redline & a decent 10.5 lbs per horsepower. Note: it's also faster around VIR than the current Mustang GT. |
08-31-2017, 04:31 PM | #266 | |
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In 10 years when the bottom trim has the power that the current SS has, that too will suck because there will be a trim with more power. That's the logic you are working with here. |
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