Are V6 Camaros Fast??

Are V6 Camaros Fast??
And Wats Their 1/4 Mile...

There's a broad spectrum of V6 Camaro's.. You're going to need to be more specific. I have no idea what size V6 motors the 1st and 2nd gens came with, but the 3rd gens came with the 2.8's, and 3.1's.. the 4th gens came with the 3.4, and 3.8's.. Stock, most V6's aren't fast, as they are designed for economy purposes. But any engine can be made fast.. For instance, this guy here:
http://www.turbov6camaro.com/home.htm

A couple days ago he ran this in his 3.8L
60 --- 1.833
1/8 --- 7.6
mph -- 91
1/4 --- 11.78
MPH -- 115

The 3.8's are better and easier to modify, as they a larger aftermarket for them.

Many 3.8s are in the 13s and finally more and more are breaking into the 12s, and 11s even too. We finally have sufficient aftermarket and tuning capabilities to make this progress.

ZZP and Intense both have 9 sec 3.8 grand prix's.

As stated Andrew ran an 11.78 yesterday... backup run is pending fixing whatever is causing cylinder 3 to become flooding with oil.


Defne fast.

Defne fast.
1.moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker. 2.done in comparatively little time; taking a comparatively short time: a fast race; fast work

you can make almost anything fast with some money:popcorn: :grinyes:

The '89 Pontiac TransAm "Pace Car Edition" was a low 13 second car, as delivered, with a "warmer" version of the Buick Grand National engine.

When it comes to cars, the term "fast" is relative to what you're wanting to compete or compare against. If I drive a '69 GTO, NO, your V6 is NOT fast... If I drive a '91 LeMans, yes, your V6 is a BEAST! Do I drive one of these? Nope.

Just keeping things in perspective...(:-

Jim

hmmmm

i'm impressed

babs, you can read!

babs, you can read!whatever do you mean?

To answer your question without hypotheticals, no. Quarter mile time is 16+ seconds, and gets higher as the years get lower.

stock, some of the newer ones arent bad..the old ones were pretty shitty. i loved my 2.8 cuz of the gasmileage/lightness (relatively) but..for power/weight i gotta say my friends 240 was better.

potential? hell yes.

With the amount of money it would take to make a v6 run with V8 (LS1), you might as well just buy a V8.

With the amount of money it would take to make a v6 run with V8 (LS1), you might as well just buy a V8.
some would say that, but its the challege to get it to run 13's or whatever you consider fast. It might be more money but in the end I think youll be happy you modded the car with sweat and blood......:grinyes:

3.4s....no. 3.8s...yes

some would say that, but its the challege to get it to run 13's or whatever you consider fast. It might be more money but in the end I think youll be happy you modded the car with sweat and blood......:grinyes:

I'd be happier knowing I saved myself a lot of hassle.

it's so much better seeing the looks on V8 owners faces that get beat then going "yea, my LS1 has the pame ptriot heads and tsp cam that 7836478632954323698756345 other people have"

3.4s....no. 3.8s...no

edited for ya!

edited for ya!

lightly modded, a 3.8 will beat a 94-98 gt...

and why pay the same insurance on a 6 when you could have an 8? :screwy:

insurance for me would be double on an 8 than the 6, I checked.

Twizted..... tahnks, I needed a laugh

The '89 Pontiac TransAm "Pace Car Edition" was a low 13 second car, as delivered, with a "warmer" version of the Buick Grand National engine.

That was the 25th anniversary T/A. It had the exact same engine as the GNX/Grand National. The difference was that the GNX/Grand national had a speed limiter in the programming (set to about 125mph I believe), in the T/A's programming the speed limiter was removed (set to 255mph).

It might be more money but in the end I think youll be happy you modded the car with sweat and blood......:grinyes:
Until someone with a V8 that spent a couple thousand less comes along and blows you away. There is NO replacement for Cubic Inch Displacement.
Anything you can do to a V6 can be done to a V8, usually for less money, and with better results (more power).

except for lightening...the V6 got the V8 on that one ;D

lightly modded, a 3.8 will beat a 94-98 gt...

94-98 GT's are slow....I thought everyone agreed about that.

ha, i had a fast v6.... and it took alot of damn money to do it. then i got greedy and wanted alot more power and built a ls1 for her. more money and it was all a damn wast. but the v6 i have now is really fast..lol

the 3.8 w/ manual tranny are quick, but w/ test driving many v6, i have found the autos w/out the traction control are just as quick.

lightly modded, a 3.8 will beat a 94-98 gt...

a stock 2.73 geared vert will take a 94-98 GT they are pigs, my stock 02 v6 stang has taken them

a 3800 with the Y87 package (3.42 gears, posi, dual exhaust, Z28 drivetrain) should be able to run high 14s - low 15s, 3.4s dont really have much of an aftermarket, butr you can put FWD heads on them for more power

94-98 GT's are slow....I thought everyone agreed about that.
umm...who are you? pretty much everything you've contributed to this thread has been wrong.. :loser: