Which, if any, Stock Jap Cars Can Beat ANY Camaro?

I just sold a 1994 Z-28 LT1 with Moroso cold-air and oversized cat-back and shift kit in the tranny....... I raced a WRX suburu which has every bit of my respect. It was very close with my Camaro winning by maybe a half car or car length. Through 1st gear I had the WRX by a fender but my car bangs 2nd gear "very hard" and jumped him by a door or so...... by 3rd I had him maybe at my taillights or rear quarter (I was busy watching the road) but I know when I let off I had a split second to look over beside me before he caught me, I tried giving him a thumbs up but he wanted no parts of and continued top speed down the road and out of sight....... poor sport?....LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My neighbor has a 83 Camaro with a 2.5 four cylinder auto , but you probably didnt know they built such a thing , huh, real powerhouse, I can beat it with my diesel Nissan Sentra. Get it moron

Hmmmm, you didn't specify 0-60 or 1/4, so.....just to name a few:

Acura NSX Subaru WRX STI Subaru SVX Turbo (I believe) Nissan 350Z (Infiniti) Toyota Supra Turbo Mitsubishi Evo

Well....hell....here's a good link.

Btw, I post this so you don't embarrass yourself or us.

You're a hostile little bastard aren't you, zonie? If I give you a sticker for your riceburner, will that make you feel better?

Long Live the Camaro!

Great link Martin.

Of course knowing that a Kia Sedona would wax my '84 2.8 Camaro's ass at a traffic light is not nice to hear. All you 4 cylinder Camry drivers better watch out though. It's on!!

At least my V6 Fieros can take all the Geo Prisms you can throw at them (ha!).

Junqueboi

The Fiero GT w/Turbo is very nice setup actually. I've even seen some after market V8s stuffed into them. (craziness) I just never liked working on the Fiero because there's no room in the bay. Of course, compared to the 4th Gen. Firebird.....it's got buckets of space.

Martin '01 Formula - MTI Air Box Lid, K&N Filter, Hurst-6, SLP Cold Air Induction & Smooth Intake Bellow Corsa Catback w/Premium Tips '83 V45 Magna

You know most of the list pretty much makes sense. But I am having a really hard time buying that the 96 v6 Camaro can outdo a 92 Z-28. I know they can't compete with the 4th gen Z-28's but I'm pretty sure they do 0-60 faster than a 4th gen v-6.

Power to weight ratio man.

Martin '01 Formula - MTI Air Box Lid, K&N Filter, Hurst-6, SLP Cold Air Induction & Smooth Intake Bellow Corsa Catback w/Premium Tips '83 V45 Magna

That still makes no sense. The 3rd and 4th gens a basically the same chassis. And acceleration is torque not HP. Also that IIRC from the list the 95 v6 is slower than the 92 Z but the 96 is faster? I think somebody got some numbers wrong.

The Accura (Honda) NSX and, (though not Japanese), the Subaru WRX, can in some circumstances beat some models of F-bodies. They have all wheel drive, and have traction advantage getting off the line.

Nothing from Japan can touch most of them though, especially LS1s.

Here's a nice article:

http://p>98' Camaro wrote:

Here is a gem of wisdom:)

Al

What the hell are you talking about Al? (And, please, don't take this as a personal attack.)

I simply didn't respond to Cy, 'cause there wasn't a point to it. But if you think this is some great gem of wisdom, your nuts and so is Cy.

I'm well aware of what torque is. Now, how do you get torque?

Forget it...this discussion is stupid. As for the web page, I don't really care. Take the info for what it's worth. I didn't write the damn page, and I'm not going to waste my time defending it or talking about an hp/torque curve.

Martin '01 Formula - MTI Air Box Lid, K&N Filter, Hurst-6, SLP Cold Air Induction & Smooth Intake Bellow Corsa Catback w/Premium Tips '83 V45 Magna

Well I was going to not say anything further on the issue. But with that stuff I have to. This has been hashed out in the group more than once. Now, you need both HP and torque, but if you take two cars with the same HP but one has more torque the one with more torque will accelerate faster. Torque is how fast that rotational/work rate can change, HP is how fast/much work can be done. Higher HP means nigher speed, higher torque means faster acceleration. Ideal is to have both, but one of the reasons drage racers like big blocks is that they have lots of torque, indy cars have less torque, but lots of HP for high speed. Here is a reference to what HP and torque are and why each is important for different reasons.

Cy, My question was rhetorical. I know what torque is. Glad you answered it, but it was meant to make readers think more than respond.

Martin '01 Formula - MTI Air Box Lid, K&N Filter, Hurst-6, SLP Cold Air Induction & Smooth Intake Bellow Corsa Catback w/Premium Tips '83 V45 Magna

Cy, My question was rhetorical. I know what torque is. Glad you answered it, but it was meant to make readers think more than respond.

And here I said I was going to leave it alone, and I didn't. GAH! More to the point, F:lb (Power:wieght) is more involved than simply saying torque, and you know that. Your answer was not germane to my original response.

Take a look at a car like the Ford T-Bird from '96, you'll see some interesting numbers like 200hp 283lb/ft. Or my bike for instance (or any bike for that matter.) BOTH have to be figured into power to weight. The ratio is more than just hp.

Martin '01 Formula - MTI Air Box Lid, K&N Filter, Hurst-6, SLP Cold Air Induction & Smooth Intake Bellow Corsa Catback w/Premium Tips '83 V45 Magna

That was actually my point. The two cars on the list that I didn't feel made sense were because I'm pretty sure the weight and all are pretty much the same, and I KNOW that the hp and torque are higher on the 92 Z then on the 96 v6. Frankly, the 96 v6 Camaro should have been in the same area as the 95, not way up the list with cars that from everything else I have seen should be faster cars then it. The point being (as I am sure you know) that if everything else is equal the car that can put greater torque to the rear wheels will do better at 0-60.

On the bike thing I can certainly agree. When I had my little Yamaha

I can't believe how long this thread has lasted... LOL...

Long Live the Camaro!