Camaro vs Challenger, Let the Battle Begin!!!!
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Camaro vs Challenger, Let the Battle Begin!!!!
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=124937
Found this very interesting article on another enthusist site. Some bad news for those of you that were hoping for the LS7......Enjoy!!!!
Found this very interesting article on another enthusist site. Some bad news for those of you that were hoping for the LS7......Enjoy!!!!
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This crap is starting to bother me. The G8 only gets to 60 so fast because of the 6 speed transmission........and to say "despite the rediculasly tall gears" is a stupid statement. It does do the 1/4 in what a car that hp should. The laws of physics tells us that a car almost the same weight with 420hp is going to be faster by ....oh I dont know .5 seconds or so. And guess what the charger srt8 runs in the 1/4 at the track? Low 13's just what it should. The G8 is slightly quicker then the charger RT (as it should be with the slight hp and weight advantage) in the 1/4. The diffrence is a little more to 60 because of the transmission in the G8. Most times its going to be a drivers race. To even throw the srt8 in there shows a lack of brain cells.
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This crap is starting to bother me. The G8 only gets to 60 so fast because of the 6 speed transmission........and to say "despite the rediculasly tall gears" is a stupid statement. It does do the 1/4 in what a car that hp should. The laws of physics tells us that a car almost the same weight with 420hp is going to be faster by ....oh I dont know .5 seconds or so. And guess what the charger srt8 runs in the 1/4 at the track? Low 13's just what it should. The G8 is slightly quicker then the charger RT (as it should be with the slight hp and weight advantage) in the 1/4. The diffrence is a little more to 60 because of the transmission in the G8. Most times its going to be a drivers race. To even throw the srt8 in there shows a lack of brain cells.
Aw well - I wouldn't call the comparison crap just because IF the Charger had a 6-speed it would be faster...
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Gear multiplication and effective ratio. 1st gear is steeper and thus will get the G8 moving faster from a stop. The end of the 1/4 is all hp........and makes sense that it falls just a few tenths quicker then an RT.
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That article is either too old or was written by idiots, because it states the Camaro will be built in Australia......
We all know it's being built in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
I cannot stand articles that make statements as if they are undisputed facts which any half informed person on the subject knows it is 100% wrong.
We all know it's being built in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
I cannot stand articles that make statements as if they are undisputed facts which any half informed person on the subject knows it is 100% wrong.
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"The Camaro shares its basic component set and family of engines with the Pontiac G8. It will, in fact, be built on the same production line in Australia as the Pontiac and its Holden-branded brethren."
"And we expect the Camaro will be somewhat lighter than the G8 sedan's 4,100 pounds. Figure Chevy will claim a curb weight somewhere around 3,800 pounds."
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you already seen that the challenger lost 4" from the charger and only like 80lbs. Im sure it'll be greater than that, but realistically, how much and why? I know there is only 50lbs difference from a 4dr civic and 2dr coupe, so the extra doors and hardware isn't THAT much either.
