Camaro's final indignity, corrected.
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Originally posted by Z28Wilson
Those will have to be some awfully big stickies up front
Those will have to be some awfully big stickies up front
This really sucks. I've been an NHRA fan since I was little and I learned about the Mustang/Camaro rivalry from the Funny car guys.
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In Pro Stock, they were replaced with Cavaliers a while ago.. Funny thing is, the Cavlier pro stock body has at least as good aero's and has a longer wheelbase, which the drivers say makes the car alot easier to drive....
Interesting thing to note, the street vers of Cavaliers do have a longer wheelbase than a 4th gen Camaro!
Funny how the 2004 IROC series is using the LS1 Firebird body..
Interesting thing to note, the street vers of Cavaliers do have a longer wheelbase than a 4th gen Camaro!
Funny how the 2004 IROC series is using the LS1 Firebird body..
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Originally posted by Ken S
In Pro Stock, they were replaced with Cavaliers a while ago.. Funny thing is, the Cavlier pro stock body has at least as good aero's and has a longer wheelbase, which the drivers say makes the car alot easier to drive....
In Pro Stock, they were replaced with Cavaliers a while ago.. Funny thing is, the Cavlier pro stock body has at least as good aero's and has a longer wheelbase, which the drivers say makes the car alot easier to drive....
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What was it, Pro Street cars?, that were actually based off real production cars? around the 10 second ets right? not fast, until your realize they use the stock unibody and the cam is limited to stock lift I believe, and they have to use stock appear heads, and stock displacment #'s..
I forget.. But your right.. all the other faster classes are just shells.
I forget.. But your right.. all the other faster classes are just shells.
Originally posted by Z28Wilson
Well in all honestly, there's nothing about NHRA car bodies that resemble the production car...even less so than NASCAR. The fact that GM "used" F-bodies in NHRA really refers to the Camaro and Firebird stickers on them and not much else.
Well in all honestly, there's nothing about NHRA car bodies that resemble the production car...even less so than NASCAR. The fact that GM "used" F-bodies in NHRA really refers to the Camaro and Firebird stickers on them and not much else.
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Originally posted by Ken S
What was it, Pro Street cars?, that were actually based off real production cars? around the 10 second ets right? not fast, until your realize they use the stock unibody and the cam is limited to stock lift I believe, and they have to use stock appear heads, and stock displacment #'s..
I forget.. But your right.. all the other faster classes are just shells.
What was it, Pro Street cars?, that were actually based off real production cars? around the 10 second ets right? not fast, until your realize they use the stock unibody and the cam is limited to stock lift I believe, and they have to use stock appear heads, and stock displacment #'s..
I forget.. But your right.. all the other faster classes are just shells.
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Originally posted by CaminoLS6
Unless things have changed recently, this is not true of Pro stock( obvious exception is the converted front drivers). I haven't paid attention in some years so I could be way-off,but I think even the cars based on FWD models use the production body shell as a starting point. Funny cars have been thin shells for a very long time.
Unless things have changed recently, this is not true of Pro stock( obvious exception is the converted front drivers). I haven't paid attention in some years so I could be way-off,but I think even the cars based on FWD models use the production body shell as a starting point. Funny cars have been thin shells for a very long time.
why did GM do this? are they trying to pull every last plug away from the fbody until it can come back to make it some huge surprise or somethin? i dont see why they couldnt continue to use the camaro and firebird stickers? hell they did last year?
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Originally posted by 87camracer
why did GM do this? are they trying to pull every last plug away from the fbody until it can come back to make it some huge surprise or somethin? i dont see why they couldnt continue to use the camaro and firebird stickers? hell they did last year?
why did GM do this? are they trying to pull every last plug away from the fbody until it can come back to make it some huge surprise or somethin? i dont see why they couldnt continue to use the camaro and firebird stickers? hell they did last year?
I think Pro Street cars use basically the production bodies (with perhaps fiberglass panels replacing steel) and obviously no interior and full cage. NHRA Pro Stock seems to also carry a bit more production body bits and more production-like dimensions than the Nitro classes, but even then I think they're more shells than actual cars. We need an NHRA expert here.
