Civic Si vs. Camaro

Do you think a 99 Civic Si could beat a 95 Camaro if they were to race?? Assuming both are stock...

I asked my friend about this and he said no but I think cause he's big on american cars and hates imports. Let me know what you think.

Well, it would all depend on what model of Camero it is. Give us some more info on what your planning :evillaugh

Oh, and welcome to the club here at AF. :D Hope you decide to stick around :licker:

thanks...

hehe, well I'm planning on getting an Si in the next year or so and this chick at my school has this camaro, which I'm sure has nothing under the hood and is probably the lowest grade, and she thinks her car is the fastest in the world or something. It pisses me off and I wanted to know if I could beat her if we ever raced.. once I get my car...

grr :angryfire she pisses me off!!

Well I would say that she would probally win, even if it is a V6, However, it also depends on how well she can drive, If she knows how to drive that car, then I wouldnt try it, But if she doesnt know other hten jsut pushing the pedal and going, then you may have a chance. Im trying to be unbiased here.

I doubt she can drive plus she probably has an automatic. That'll give me a little more advantage... Maybe after I get a few engine mods I could beat her... Of course, that'll have to wait til I get my car ;)

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At work a friend had a 99 Si and another had a 2000 Camaro 3800. The Camaro was just barely faster. If I'm correct, I think that the V6 is said to go to 60 in 7.1 and the Si is 7.4?

Also, it seemed that any modification that was made to the Camaro made a much larger difference than for the Si.

If she's got a V6, I'd say you stand a chance. If it's a Z28, I'd weld your doors on so they don't get blown off.

I checked the specs at www.edmunds.com and found out that a stock standard edition 97' Camaro V6 has 200HP, 220TORQUE and weights 3300.

enzo@af is correct, the site listed a run 0-60 is 7.6 sec.

It might be close till 70~80 but I think the Camaro will pull away. Would be a good race. :)

Rob

lol I drove in a 2000 Camaro 3800 V6 too. It had an exuast upgrade. Prolly 210bhp, and 230 lb-ft. lol That thing was fun for a V6... It smoked the Si, Prelude, Accord, etc.

If it's a Z28 though, I think you'll lose much faster. But if you bolt on a turbo....hmmm...

yes i know i am new to this board and yes SS camaro's are fast... but a very decent driver in an si can catch a few v6 camaro's sleeping...
i was at the illegals once, and pulled up next to a v6 (he was very cocky - he also had a chick in the front seat. and i think 2 people in the rear

we lined up
me: you wanna run ( i knew it was a v6)
kid: nodds head
girl in front seat: are you serious
me: get mads mad- pulls rev up... looks over
girl in front seat: he's serious
kid: grins

flagger: ?!?!?!what a civic??!?!?! then starts...

i jump, he spins
i get 2 - 3 cars on the jump
pull maybe a car another car length till top of second
and shift to third and shut down at about 70...
tap brake lights to let him now that i gave up... wait a little and see him fly by... girl waves goodbye... it was kind of hilarious
the fact that she waved as they flew passed me...
on the way back they park up and tried to act like nothing happened

yes i know some will flame, but that's what happened, i really thought that he was gonna smoke me or put up a better run... i was asking my friend in the passenger seat if he was even racing

nice story i belive it ofcourse you could take a camaro with 500-600 extra pounds than usual and a semi good not as good as he could be driver :)

yes in most cases on the street i would say that a Civic SI will beat a camaro V6 because most V6 camaro drivers are in it for the looks more than the power and hwy you know those kind they couldnt drive fast if their life depended on it :licker:

Once while in my moms 93 Civic hatch i raced my friend in his 95 camaro v6 convertable (he had 200,000 miles i had 120,000) and i accualy pulled on him and beat him by about 5 cars going about 80 MPH

but since then i have gotten me 11 second camaro :) buh bye civic!;)

not to crap on domestics or anything..but a camaro made it to 200 000? not bad!

hehe yeah im suprised too especially the way he drives (crap)

just hope you're the better driver. I have no idea which car's faster... but i like the si better!

lol, is it just me or am I the only one who thinks that "K" doesn't want to do engine mods just to beat this otheer girl in a race? A Camaro is not "hot stuff" but it would beat a Civic stock, any model. I say just forget about it if at all possible, b/c if you race her (assuming you don't do any upgrades) chances are she will win, then she will be even more cocky and arrogant and you will be fresh out of new, unbeaten cars:)

I think you might have a chance against a V6 Camaro. V6 Camaro's suck ass. So do V6 Mustangs. People who buy those cars deserve to get their a$$ kicked by hamster cars like Civic SI's.

When I first read the title of this post I thought you were going to post that you beat a Camaro Z28/SS. Luckly though, you aren't smoking anything and you realize that you have a hamster engine and that you can't beat those god cars. :cool:

my little rice car can take down v6 mustangs and camaros

darkwing has a point.

if you lose you will be even worse off

Who wants to see a pic of the car i drive?:devil:

Originally posted by Carsrmylife4ever
Who wants to see a pic of the car i drive?:devil:

I would :D

'69 Camaros are the shit... how fast is it?

-Grendel

ahhhhhhh V6 camaro's thats like having a civic DX. i think a Si with a good driver can take a auto stock "96" thats two big disadvantages here. plus the power to weight isn't as good on that heavy cow with only a v6 motor to a light nimble Si with a i4. in a drag, i would put my money on the Si. on the highway where top end counts however, i don't think the v-tec with make up for 2 less cylinders. and i notice alot of new people today. welcome to the board. this board will suck your life away. hehe

no I don't think so.

i dont know why you want a civic. if you want to drag race people then you are buying the wrong car. civics are slow, even the si, not to mention FWD. they are economy cars, and the si is just an economy car thats fun to drive as well. thats all though, just fun to drive. my first sports car, a 1988 944s would have crushed a brand new SI without even wincing; and i only paid 3,500 for it.

you make mention of engine mods...like what? i got a reality check for ya, the engineers at honda know how to make n/a horsepower, and unless you are going to tear the engine to pieces, force induct it (in hondas also read: tearing engine to pieces shortly thereafter), or swap in another engine you arn't going to get more than a couple horsepower out of any myriad of mods. you might even lose some. factory airboxes are often designed the way they are for a reason...i wont touch the factory airbox on my 944 turbo.

Man, alot of v-6 bashing in here. I got a v-6 who wants to race?? :smokin:




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