Author Topic: Any camaro guys out there (Read 1028 times)

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 29, 2006, 07:47:30 PM »

What's next, Vega revival?

bkbandit · « **Reply #16 on:** April 29, 2006, 07:53:15 PM »

Texas is somewhat easier to keep it runin everyday. In new york city its a pain in the ass. Ur lowest temp is what 55, here on a day where its 15 im not startin it up. Those open roads over there must be nice. Here the road will eat up ur suspension quick with all the dam bumps(my tax dollars at work). U really have to drive like a old lady. There not scrapin the gto, there supposed to work on the body(i hate the dam design on the thing, its like a powerful rental car). Pontiac has too many cars to make room for a trans am but u never noe. Both the camaro and trans am where built on the same chassis for years, the only thing that i miss is the 400cid pontiac but i noe that aint never comin back.

I saw the challenger at the show and theres a guy that has one around my way, they didnt even try to change anything. For a minute i though it was a foose car. And the interior is pretty cold looking. Its alrite but with that on the market wat do u do with that 300m ....oh wait sorry charger. Of course it would have lplenty of competition on the market but where would it fit in dodges roster.

My other problem wit drivein a first gen car every where is i cant do that to the car. I would drive it once a week prob wax it twice but when its rainin or snowin i cant have that thing parked in the street. ill go nuts.

ANd that gas price didnt stop raiseing yet. Here its like 3.50 and im pretty sure by summer its goin to 4 and change.

bkbandit · « **Reply #17 on:** May 02, 2006, 09:36:10 PM »

As was talkin cars with my boy and he told me about the lotus elise. The thing is supposed to race porches for half the price(40 45 grand). Thats a hell of a deal, also that lambo and ferrieri(i noe i didnt spell that right) are coming out with cars to compete in this 40 50 grand price bracket. I told him that the mustangs camaros as well as the vettes have to drop in price if they still want to have any type of price bracket to work in. He told me no and that the american car company r too stupid to do this and will make the camaro 40 grand. Personally i think that makeing 40 grand race cars will make everyone happy and just has to force pony cars to lower there price and give u the good ol' bang for ur buck performance that all these old timers tell me about.

What do u guys think.

WldThing · « **Reply #18 on:** May 02, 2006, 09:52:49 PM »

If I was going for muscle and looks.. I'd pick up a 05 Saleen, or a Roush Mustang..

Uber Sexiness.

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #19 on:** May 02, 2006, 10:56:47 PM »

Yuk! Ain't me.

DiabloTX · « **Reply #20 on:** May 04, 2006, 03:14:30 AM »

I dig it. I think it has design cues of a '69 but doesn't hit you over the head as a "hey I'm retro look at me!" thing. If they build it, you damn skippy I'm buying one.

Also, remember it's just a concept vehicle, I am sure if GM decides to produce it it will be toned down a bunch.

moot · « **Reply #21 on:** May 04, 2006, 07:14:53 AM »

Sort of O/T, but is it possible to build/rebuild/find a good muscle car for under 10 grand?
The more spartan the better..

mars01 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 04, 2006, 08:07:44 AM »

70 1/2 SS/RS here! Yeah after 73 they start getting weird. some cool ones in the run tho. After the 3rd Gen forget about em, they look like friggin Saturns. At least the new car is a step back in the direction of Muscle and the timing couln't be more nastalgic. Just in time for the gas crunch of our gen.

BTW - Yeah they fked up the grill on the new one Fs the car.

Nice car Frenchy, not sure about the gay guy sitting on it tho LOL

Not that there is anything wrong with that LOLH.

JBA · « **Reply #23 on:** May 04, 2006, 09:20:01 AM »

can anyone say "David Hasseloff" kit come here please.

Cougar68 · « **Reply #24 on:** May 04, 2006, 09:49:36 AM »

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Originally posted by moot
Sort of O/T, but is it possible to build/rebuild/find a good muscle car for under 10 grand?
The more spartan the better..

As long as you're not looking for one of the popular models it's very doable. My '68 Cougar will be around $12k when it's done, but that's with modern suspension and a complete rework of the car from top to bottom. The Cougar shares a lot of parts with Mustangs of the same year so the supply is readily available. You can pick up a decent runner for about $2500, throw $4k worth of work into it and have a pretty sweet ride.

moot · « **Reply #25 on:** May 04, 2006, 09:59:00 AM »

Yeah I'm not looking to win any show awards, just rip the pavement.
Thanks.

Iceman24 · « **Reply #26 on:** May 04, 2006, 03:45:36 PM »

I've got a 68 cam, took me about 5 years to get the car in perfect condition, I haven't had in dyno'd yet ( mainly cause I baby it and don't care to race it ) but I'm guessing it's puttin out about 360-375 hp. I used to have a nice site up with pics on it, I'll see if I can get it back up and running again soon and post the link... Its metallic silver with midnight black stripes, and my personal touch I added T-tops instead of a convertable top.... Its 1 sweet car, I think I would die if anything happened to it lol. It has some original parts, but mostly everything is newer aftermarket ie. edelbrock or flowmaster, especially engine and drive components. I'm gonna go work on the site and see if I can get it back up and running, has nice pics while the car is in different stages, basically everytime I added some new parts I took pics and staged them so it shows the process of it being rebuilt from a heap of rusted junk to the sweet sweet ride it is today... I think its even prettier than a P38 , and thats saying allot by me lol

Spooky · « **Reply #27 on:** May 04, 2006, 04:11:48 PM »

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Originally posted by bkbandit

What egine is that lt camaro running, i hope it aint the stock engine, those late 70s engine sucks, the famouse 77 smokey and the bandit car only had 220 horse on a 400cid.

well it's a pretty lame 350, but once I got rid of the emission control plumbing and refit the engine with some hotter parts (intake manifold, exhaust, camshaft, carb...) it went from 145 to 300 HP, purrrrrrs like a kitten !!!

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #28 on:** May 04, 2006, 08:21:02 PM »

Damn, did Chevy make it uglier again? I don't recall it being that nasty looking before.

Yuck, it look like the Micromachines 60s sqaushed toys.

The toys were ok. The real thing is just another sign that GM is run by idiots.

bkbandit · « **Reply #29 on:** May 04, 2006, 11:59:33 PM »

DID ANYBODY OTHER THEN ME SEE IT IN PERSON?

What would u like to see from gm.

I like the body, only thing that can change is the mirrors and maybe the grill but the body is good. Engine wise i would put crate engine(350 ram jet 350 horse 400 lbs of torque) hook it to a t56 tranny and a solid rear end(3.73). That sounds like a fun car. The exhuast on the concept model is nasty soundin, has to be heard to be appreciated. So i would keep that. Interior wise i hav seen it, i dont noe about the seats but i cant say anythin till i sit in it. Biggest problem would be the price. I figure the thing should be 24 25 grand after all is said and done. The SS ls2 should be 29 grand.

It isnt hard to build a muscle car around a solid drive train.