Bye to my Maro

someone finally bought my camaro. it was a 17 year old boy (like myself) who wanted a camaro. he paid 1900 cash and now my searh begins for a v8 manual camaro. if any one sees any good deals around cocoa beach FL (32931) let me know. woo hoo

thats awesome! moving up in the world eh lol.....do you have any plans on specifically what you want next?

ummm preferably(SP?) a third gen, v8, 5spd, nice interior, no rust, low miles for mods

awesome...gonna be ebaying?

for sure, and autotrader. i found 4 that i am going to call about tomorrow.

yesterday i helped my dad take our John Deere A (1949) down near the road....not a hour later my dad sold it for $400.....im still sad..........i juat pray he doesnt try and sell my favorite 1938 farmall..........now back on topic.........i have a friend with a iroc who doesnt know how to fix cars....he says it is missing a timing light........and i think he is confused on that one....

ummm preferably(SP?) a third gen, v8, 5spd, nice interior, no rust, low miles for mods

sweet, my 92 RS was my favorite camaro i've owned...i've owned 3 others and none come close to the RS w/ a 350 tbi....good luck tomorrow!

Wow, you got a decent price for your car and good luck for the search, I am sure autotrader will help you out, I bought 2 out of the last 4 cars from ads I saw on there.

Do you just want a 350 or would you settle for a 305?

I am just wondering, don't know of any for sale around you.

i would settle for a 305, but only if its a manual. but if i find a nice 350 with low miles, i guess i will settle with an automatic.

Either way your going to have to settle unless its a custom car cause the 350 wasn't offered with the T5

like john said, there werent manual 350's in third gen, unless it was swapped in... 305's came with 5 speeds tho...

Congrats 88. Hope you find what your looking for soon.

Just my opinion, but I beleive 4th gen 3.8s are faster, and better with gas than 305s. I wouldn't get one unless you REALLY want a V8... or you're planning to drop any type of 350 in there.

But I know pretty much everyone on this board is a huge fan of thrid gens, so whatever floats your boat.

out of the box a 4th gen 3.8 is faster than a 305... but u start throwing the mods on, and you'll be seeing nothing but third gen taillights...

same could be said for hte 3.8 :x

but i'd rather start with a 305 than a 3.8..

Regardless of if he went with a V8 Third Gen or 3.8 Fourth Gen both would be a improvement over his 2.8 Third Gen IMO.

same could be said for hte 3.8 :x

i was saying when you throw equal mods on both of them you get more of a gain with a 305, if you do similar mods to both cars and run them against each other the 305 will start owning shit

Why wasnt a 350 offered with a T5? Was it that they couldnt handle that much torque or what?

yep

Why wasnt a 350 offered with a T5? Was it that they couldnt handle that much torque or what?
Exactly, the 350 was nearly on the verge of the T5 torque rating, so they limited it to Auto's, although I think it could have taken the abuse.. Those are some bad ass 5.0 Stangs cruising around with T5's I am pretty sure the majority of 350 equiped third gens could have held up with a t5.

I think thep roblem would be if you did only a few mods i/h/e and bigger injectors you'd start shredding the T5's cause of the power-output.

The T5 is fun tho. Takes its abuse. I think mine has seen definately better days but still keeps chugging along with all the synchros broke. :( Nasty grinds once in a while.

well i have been douing research, lots of it and found with a 305 tbi just headers and cat back exhaust frees up 30 horsepower on average, just because those are being choked up the butt. and i was gona put a better cam in, and tbi, and bigger injectors, heads, intake manifold, spacers, bolt on stuff, cowl hood, big ass circle air filter. actually i found a carbed 350 in a 3rd gen hooked up to the t5, but it was put in there. and i thik it might still be for sale.

....orrr u could do what i did, dunno if any of u remember me i used to post as squirrel nuts, either way i trade my 98 3.8 maro yesterday and got an 02 gti 337 it weighs 500lbs less has a 6spd and with the mods about 221whp/247wtq........helluva lot faster than any of my 3 fbodys even my old lt1 woulda had trub with this thing. plus i mean the handling is nust i can take 90degree turns at 50+. and i think we all kno pocketrockets get em' wet.

don't worry buddy, this lt1 won't have trouble at all...

i beat a gti once, i never pushed past half pedal, and i shifted at 3700 rpm... beat him by 2 cars...

dont get me wrong i still love fbodys and we still have 2 at the house but no im old enough that mommy doesnt pay the insurance or gas nemore so goin from 15-32 mpg was a big seller on the deal, i mean performance upgrade from wut i had and twice the mileage?? y not

Congrats on your new car but there are plenty of people out there getting near 30 MPG from LT1/LS1 and making well above 300 rear wheel horsepower and I have never ever ever had any problem what so ever taking a GTi , being stock or otherwise.

Congrats on your new car but there are plenty of people out there getting near 30 MPG from LT1/LS1 and making well above 300 rear wheel horsepower and I have never ever ever had any problem what so ever taking a GTi , being stock or otherwise.


u gimme proof of any lt or ls 1 making 300+ whp and gettin 30mpg and ill give u my car hahaha plus insurance is stil a f****r on these dam fbodies

Cuda will show you, and I think john just got another car :x

u gimme proof of any lt or ls 1 making 300+ whp and gettin 30mpg and ill give u my car hahaha plus insurance is stil a f****r on these dam fbodies

http://www.cranecams.com/?show=streetShark , I make well above 300 wheel horsepower and get between 25 - 30 MPG highway. I am glad your taking pride in your new car but it is not the end all of a all around good car. So please refrain from blowing smoke up my ass. Also insurance depends on your age and where you live. So that point is debatable. Good luck with your new car

John

i get 28 mpg on the highway, with a cam, and 30lb injectors... a rough estimate of about 400hp...

u gimme proof of any lt or ls 1 making 300+ whp and gettin 30mpg and ill give u my car hahaha plus insurance is stil a f****r on these dam fbodies
Give me your car.

Mine made 333 RWHP and got 31 MPG on the highway.

i dont kno y yal r gettin so pissy wit me im not sh** talkin ur cars all im sayin is that the kid was lookin for a new car i switched from amro to gti thought i recomend the alternative ... never said nethin bad about ur cars cuz i love em and im srry but considering my 8 got about 18 mpg avg and both my 6's got about 13-15 avg i highly doubt a highly modded car will get 30+....srry but no happenin.

It all depends on how you mod your car but the name of the game is being efficient and the more efficient the car is the more power it will make and the better gas mileage it will get. So when you increase your cars ability to breath, that improves gas mileage and power and when you provide a stronger/longer spark to your vehicle. That will generate more power and greater gas mileage and when you improve on your vehicles ability to expel burned gases , that will also improve your vehicles ability to generate power and improve gas mileage. So , like I said, it all depends on how you modify your vehicle.

i dont kno y yal r gettin so pissy wit me im not sh** talkin ur cars all im sayin is that the kid was lookin for a new car i switched from amro to gti thought i recomend the alternative ... never said nethin bad about ur cars cuz i love em and im srry but considering my 8 got about 18 mpg avg and both my 6's got about 13-15 avg i highly doubt a highly modded car will get 30+....srry but no happenin.


I drove from Long Beach, CA to Phoenix, AZ in my LS1 Z28. 377 miles one way. I made it there on a single tank of gas, cruising 70-75mph, with a few spurts to 90mph.

I averaged 27.3mpg. I would of gotten higher, but since it was summer I had to run the A/C. We left at 3am... got there at 8am. It was hotter than hell in the desert in the middle of the night.

Not to mention the high winds that buffeted us the entire way.

Also, LS1's... especially 2001-2002 LS1's are known to dyno just a nut hair above 300whp stock.

Keys to your car please.

Keys to your car please.

Kinda late there.. if the kid comes through John or Curtis will get his GTI.. this is a the VW Golf right? Because if so.. those cars are kinda slow.. I took one on.. and won with about 1 car length. GO MONTE CARLO! :icon16:

my lt1 gets 30mpg with the list of mods below...estimated 350hp
$85ish a month for full coverage

i highly doubt a highly modded car will get 30+....srry but no happenin.
I am not getting pissy.
Just that you said you would give your car to someone who owned a car that got over 30 MPG and had over 300 RWHP.
Mine did. Before I got into the motor.
Kinda nice cruising in 6th gear at 80 MPH pushing 1700RPM's.

When I dyno'd at 333 RWHP, my car got 31 MPG on the highway. It wasn't highly modded to get to that number.
More recently it got 27.5 MPG on the highway while making 376.8 RWHP on the stock tune.
Believe it or not....it is true.

Does it matter a whole lot that your over a mile up?
*edit*

I know for horsepower it does since moreair=more power, but I didn't know about milage....

-Ryan

Altitude shouldn't matter.
Not that it matters really. It was on a road trip back to Iowa. Mileage stayed consistent for both the trips.