Chevy finally stepping up to the plate

[HB555]

Viper may make a comeback, I just read somewhere.
I am very happy with my 1962 360HP 327 FI Vette. Roman Red, black interior, white soft top, red hardtop, 4:11 Posi, 4 speed and still the most consistant fun I have ever had with my clothes on.
Wife thinks her 63 Stingray Roadster is hot (pumped up and built 327 also 4 speed and positrack), but she has never beaten my time at an autocross or drag race. 

Never owned a Pony, but have appreciated many I have seen over the years.

[clerick]

I'd say its about time ford stepped up to the plate. When the camaro came out in 2009 the v6 model had 300hp the 2009 mustang gt had 300hp. 

There was no 2009 Camaro.

And last I checked the V6 stang DOES have a 300+ BHP V6.

[SilverZ06]

There was no 2009 Camaro.

And last I checked the V6 stang DOES have a 300+ BHP V6.

the 2009 was actually released as a 2010 model. even so the 2010 gt had 315hp. and yes the mustang now finally stepped up to the plate and the v6 now has 300. My point being it isn't Chevy who is trying to catch up. Its ford.

[clerick]

the 2009 was actually released as a 2010 model. even so the 2010 gt had 315hp. and yes the mustang now finally stepped up to the plate and the v6 now has 300. My point being it isn't Chevy who is trying to catch up. Its ford.

The mustang is lighter, faster, more powerful and handles better, a LOT better. Who's ahead?

[321BAR]

The mustang is lighter, faster, more powerful and handles better, a LOT better. Who's ahead?

not to mention that new engine theyre using now for the GTs are well... beautiful testing by Ford to be 412HP but other tests saying up to 435HP? as a standard engine in the GT? even then the V6 in the 2011 still has a decent 305HP

[olds442]

4..4........4.........427!  WTFG Chevy






now bring back oldsmobile and the 442/cutlass and ill be insanly happy....how i would love to see the words "455" on the side of a new car.

EDIT: chevy being non american???? why? becuase the person who founded them is french?   guess ford is a german company because hennry ford is german.

[CAP1]

That's a pretty weak argument considering your thread is about current vehicle models not 50+ year old cars.

 actually my thread is about chevy finally bringing somethign to compete with the cobrajet.

 now, if you wanna compare the vette to the mustang........a base corvette owner will find himself somewhat embarrassed against a gt. in the twisties, or the straights.

[CAP1]

depends on the vette nowadays. ill never even think of owning a stock regular meant for the average guy. either its a 60's vette or a Z06 or ZR1...


too bad dodge shut the viper down a few years ago

 yea, that i think was a mistake on dodges part. perhaps they did it to free up the engines to install in their drag pack challenger(which uses this engine), which is again something with a pretty dam big engine going after something with only a 330ci. 

[CAP1]

There was no 2009 Camaro.

And last I checked the V6 stang DOES have a 300+ BHP V6.

 he was referencing the 09 mustang. it still had the truck 4 liter in it back then, as the 3.7 was still in development/testing. when ford dropped that 3.7 into the 'stang, it forced chevy to step up again. to still be 2nd. 

[CAP1]

the 2009 was actually released as a 2010 model. even so the 2010 gt had 315hp. and yes the mustang now finally stepped up to the plate and the v6 now has 300. My point being it isn't Chevy who is trying to catch up. Its ford.

  dude......the camaro's been playing catch up for over 40 years.

 in 2010, the 5 liter was in testing......on race tracks, before being released. the 4.6 liter was never released in normal production with high horsepower, although they could have. i really don't know why they didn't. but the fact is that the 5 liter was on the tracks hammering nearly everything out there, living all day at 6k to 8k rpm. now it's on the streets. the 3.7 liter i think was still being tested too.

 so....we have a 5 liter mustang that easily out runs the 6.2 liter camaro, and it gets better gas mileage. it will out turn the camaro too. then we have the 3.7 liter mustang that will also easily out run the 3.6 liter camaro, while still out turning it. seems like ford's out front to me. makes it hard to "catch up", if you're out front, eh?   oh yea.....the so called power increase for 2011 from 300hp to 312 on the camaro? it's a numbers game. nothing was changed, except the numbers and where they read them from.

[CAP1]

not to mention that new engine theyre using now for the GTs are well... beautiful testing by Ford to be 412HP but other tests saying up to 435HP? as a standard engine in the GT? even then the V6 in the 2011 still has a decent 305HP

 the v6 mustangs have been clocked in the 13's too. which(once again) makes even them faster than about 90% of the regular production hot rods from yesteryear.

[CAP1]

4..4........4.........427!  WTFG Chevy






now bring back oldsmobile and the 442/cutlass and ill be insanly happy....how i would love to see the words "455" on the side of a new car.

EDIT: chevy being non american???? why? becuase the person who founded them is french?   guess ford is a german company because hennry ford is german.

 never said chevy wasn't american. the camaro isn't though.

[clerick]

never said chevy wasn't american. the camaro isn't though.

GM has gone 'down unda' for most of it's performance cars, corvette being the biggest exception. Camaro, CTS and the GTO were all based on Aussie platforms.

[CAP1]

GM has gone 'down unda' for most of it's performance cars, corvette being the biggest exception. Camaro, CTS and the GTO were all based on Aussie platforms.

 I KNEW THE goat and camaro were......i had only suspected the cts

[icepac]

Quantity of posts will never spin wrong to correct.