My Camaro

[CamaroSSBoy346]

As many of you know, my 1:1 car is a 2000 Camaro SS, and heres my tribute to one of the greatest new/extinct (stopped production in fall of 2002) muscle cars. As with this kit (Revell's 2002 Camaro SS 35th anniv ed.) and the 1:1, the Camaro comes with one of the greatest engines. The LS1, which is also used in the C-5, and is the base of the LS6 engine IN the Z06/LS6. This one will have a pair of Z06 Rims, and will be a hardtop. So far, all i've done was putty the front facia up. Its pretty inaccurate, and i re-carved one of the body lines. This will also feature a pair of Corvette fuel rail covers, and the SLP front mount license plate holder. (like on the 1:1 car) If you want some 1:1 pics check out http://www.cardomain.com/id/camarossboy346 . Also check out page 3 . aND YES, IT WILL BE SILVER.




My camera..
Just threw on a junk chassis/interior..



(up in the mountains of Pocono Pennsylvania at my time-share resort... might have to get some lowering springs..)

[EMAXX]

Very cool. Keep us posted and post lots of pics. I love Camaros. Awesome, powerful, and very beautiful cars.
very beautiful 1:1 car you have there too. How is the mpg, and the insurance on it?

[CamaroSSBoy346]

insurance is about $300, it can get 19 MPH when i dont have a heavy right foot. But it gets 17 MPG most of the time.. lol

[Sebstar]

what kinda power (kw) do they have?

[ProSStreet]

bad ass

[Camber]

Awesome.. I live 20 minutes away from the pocono mountains in scranton...

[Hawk312]

Can`t wait to see this one! Then again, I am partial to SLP cars for some reason.

it can get 19 MPH when i dont have a heavy right foot. But it gets 17 MPG most of the time.

You are talking city right? I was able to get 30-35 mpg on the highway fairly easily when mine was stock. Even with the supercharger and new fuel system, I would imagine I am still up over 25 mpg city. Not bad for 525hp, huh?

what kinda power (kw) do they have?

Not sure what "kw" means, but they are advertised at 320HP, which is about what most dyno at the wheels. This is about 350-370HP at the crank. 0-60mph times would be high 4 seconds to low 5 seconds. Quarter mile times are low 13`s typically (mine went 13.2 with bad traction), and a good driver will get it in the 12`s with drag radials. At the end of the strip, you will be doing 108-112mph approximately, according to what I was running. Top speed is a governed 159mph.

[Honoturtle]

This is great! And you got the best sort of reference there is!

Also, nice to see you correcting some of Revell's mistakes.

[ratdat]

Hey this is cool..making a model of your own car No excuse for any innacuracies Cool thing is you can try stuff out to see wether it'd look goon on your real car like lowering or different wheels.
It's rare to see these late Camaros over here..shame they stopped making them.

Is that a Datsun 510 tuner I see in the background there ?

[CamaroSSBoy346]

My times were made on a drag calculator. 13.57 @ 105 EST. 307 (?) RWHP EST. 325 RWTQ EST. All i know is, on these country roads it pulls harder then anything i've ever driven. I also have to get my car checked, i think it has a custom exhaust system. Its alot louder then all the other SS's in my area (about 5 or 6) I just gotta get my spare tires on the back so i can light 'em up (and once i get my garage built). The fastest 100% stock Z28 (non SS) was ran to a 12.98 W/ a T56, driven by Evan Smith. The fastest SLP car is also a 12.9 called "Orange Crush" a Sunset Orange WS6 T/A. (Just to compare, the Mustang 2001 GT 4.6 2v only runs 14.9, and the 4v (Cobra) only runs 14.3 or so). Also check out some of the pics i took from Richmond Int'l. Tmes are written on the windows, check some of the times out* Also, (GM) HP numbers increased by 5 with the 2001 model line up (320-325), and of course, the SLP LE SS which makes 345 HP. Although, i couldnt get the LE edition.... 17.5 for a standard SS with 38,662 miles.. who could pass that up..heh. Although it know has close to 60K miles. But im driving it less and less, so eventually time will catch up.


This SS only has a hypertech chip. Its a chip for automatics (like mine) so when you drive at WOT the transission will shift at redline.

This mustang had a MAC cold air intake i belive, and its head light was removed (better air flow)
..Heres one for ya Hawk, unfortunatly this was the test and tune session, so times werent recorded.

And FYI, the Mustang spilled oil all the way down the track

SS vs SS! the Vert ran a 13.56, not sure waht the red one ran.

For the non belivers.

[CamaroSSBoy346]

heh, yeah, thats a 510. It also has an RB2XDET?
Its definatley a skyline engine i know that..

[ratdat]

Originally Posted by CamaroSSBoy346

heh, yeah, thats a 510. It also has an RB2XDET?
Its definatley a skyline engine i know that..

Someone sent me one of those from the States. Hehe..I noticed that they had a six cylinders under the hood!

A 12 second 1/4 is incredible for any factory car. I'm amazed that 4.6 litres of mustang only runs 14.9. My 510 ran 14.85 the first time I ever took it to the strip and that was with a feeble launch ...the hard launch on the previous run busted the diff and I busted it's replacement on the run after Two diffs in three runs...I went home after that (on a tow rope )

There's not much here in the UK with the kind of muscle a V8 has. My 510 is quick and fun but V8 deliver the power so differently. I have a '69 Javelin and the torque that has is unreal. It was used exclusively for amateur drag racing for years and in it's hey day (early 80's) ran mid 11's. The best in it's current guise is 13.01. I love it even though it's hopless at going round corners or stopping

[86_SR5]

mike, thats cool your building your car, any possibilities of it having something your car doesn't except for the Z06 rims?

[CamaroSSBoy346]

Nope. Hell, i even converted it to automatic (revell version is 6 speed)

[86_SR5]

heh, well. Whenever I get my trueno (like my SR5) its gona have a supra TT motor in it (thanks to the F n F supra) race seats, cage, sound, maybe laffing gas, and possibility of LHD.