Highs and lows, comprising 104 tested Camaros since 1967.
http://www.motortrend.com/news/camaro-h ... 9B652EA210
A similar article chronicling the generations:
http://www.motortrend.com/news/chevrole ... 9B652EA210
50 years of Camaro performance
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A 75-1/2 Cadillac Seville (a substantially more expensive car but not a performance car) made 180 with an Olds 350 and analog EFI.Lowest power density (hp/liter): 27.2 (’75 LT, 5.7L/155-hp V-8)
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It is fair to point out that this was not the least powerful Camaro made.Least powerful: 2.8L/135-hp V-6 (’87 RS)
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Taking 60s performance down a few pegs:
15.4 @ 92...90s B-body, 95 Maxima or even 89 SHO. All of those had 4 doors and weren't even compact cars, either.
My point to Bill a couple weeks back of that it didn't take until 2010 for performance to come back. This article conveniently validates what I was saying. You can't just go by rated HP.
14.5 @ 95...Bob isn't that about what your 94 Prelude ran with intake and exhaust? A 93 Camaro Z28 was a couple ticks faster than this. 1986 Grand National ran about this time, with an auto.Sharing the title of the first production Camaro to run in the 14s are both the 1967 Z/28 (14.8 at 96) with the close-ratio four-speed manual and the 1967 SS396 (14.5 at 95) with the standard four-speed manual (15.4 at 92.0 with the optional HD three-speed automatic).
15.4 @ 92...90s B-body, 95 Maxima or even 89 SHO. All of those had 4 doors and weren't even compact cars, either.
My point to Bill a couple weeks back of that it didn't take until 2010 for performance to come back. This article conveniently validates what I was saying. You can't just go by rated HP.
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kevm14 wrote:It is fair to point out that this was not the least powerful Camaro made.Least powerful: 2.8L/135-hp V-6 (’87 RS)
There we go. There were plenty of other slow ones, as well.Slowest quarter-mile elapsed time: 18.7 sec (’68 4.1L/155-hp I-6)
Lowest trap speed: 74.2 mph (’68, 4.1L/155-hp I-6)
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Wtf??
Fastest slalom for a production car: 68.9 (’94 Z28)
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Yup.Chris, thanks for this overview of Camaro performance over the years. As a child from the "musclecar" era, I've always found it interesting that what WE thought was sooo fast from back then wasn't so fast once we reached the '90s and on.
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It was still 25 years from 1968 to 1993 when the performance came back. (I still like the 80's cars for their styling (Camaro and Monte/National))