COPO in the 8's

[coolmanvette75]

Its been a few days and I'm suprised nobody else has made a thread about this. The other day COPO Camaro #3 made a few runs at the track. 2nd pass right off the trailer it ran an 8.88. Not bad IMO for right off the trailer.

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[grazi]

Wow

[zraffz]

awesome

[1QWIKBIRD]

I'm going out on a limb here and calling lame, you can't title the thing for the street!

Awesome performance, no doubt. Is GM going NHRA stock class racing or doing this just so the new Camaro won't get killed by Ford and Chrysler at the strip? Solid rear axle, four link etc. Any chance that stuff can be "found in the trunk" or "purchased at the parts counter" when ya pick up your '12 at the local dealership?

When is the next body redesign scheduled for the Camaro?

[MyFirstZ]

That's pretty sweet. Not for me though, can't keep a car purely for the track.

[coolmanvette75]

Is GM going NHRA stock class racing or doing this just so the new Camaro won't get killed by Ford and Chrysler at the strip?

Yes that is what this car is intended for. All 3 motors are built around certain varients of stock/super stock classes

[coolmanvette75]

Anf just an update. Car #8 just ran an 8.80 at 157

[Blackbirdws6]

Runs like it should. They sound nice and easy way to get into a new drag car without much effort.

[Featherburner]

I'm going out on a limb here and calling lame, you can't title the thing for the street!

Awesome performance, no doubt. Is GM going NHRA stock class racing or doing this just so the new Camaro won't get killed by Ford and Chrysler at the strip? Solid rear axle, four link etc. Any chance that stuff can be "found in the trunk" or "purchased at the parts counter" when ya pick up your '12 at the local dealership?

When is the next body redesign scheduled for the Camaro?I read that every part has a GM part number and can be ordered over the counter including the body in white. But, if the car costs 90 grand can you imagine how much the parts will cost?

[coolmanvette75]

I read that every part has a GM part number and can be ordered over the counter including the body in white. But, if the car costs 90 grand can you imagine how much the parts will cost?

Yup you couldnt build it for less than you could have bought a copo for...

[Pampered-Z]

Looking at that launch I'd bet there is more in it!

[NJSPEEDER]

Yawn, a race car that runs 8's = be done.

Too bad the big 3 are too busy building cars that weigh 7000lbs to a mediocre price point to make really fast street cars any more.

[Mike]

Yawn, a race car that runs 8's = be done.

Too bad the big 3 are too busy building cars that weigh 7000lbs to a mediocre price point to make really fast street cars any more.

blaming the companies is getting old, it is the consumer that has changed the landscape of the products being offered. outside of the very small community of weekend warriors, no one wants a stripped down bare bones car anymore.

[NJSPEEDER]

Even if you keep all the comfort stuff the manufacturers leave a lot of performance sitting on engineering benches. While marketing talks about performance no one is putting any real effort behind it. They pop off a few useless cars like this and claim it as some great victory for the marque when the only thing it really has in common with a street car is a body shell.

-Tim

[jam01]

how dare you post about a camaro on this forum.

[The_Bishop]

Are you serious? There are a hell of a lot of 300-400+ horsepower vehicles available, right in the showroom, and they all get pretty phenomenal mileage while running clean and lasting in excess of 100k miles.

When did that ever happen before?!

Even if you keep all the comfort stuff the manufacturers leave a lot of performance sitting on engineering benches. While marketing talks about performance no one is putting any real effort behind it. They pop off a few useless cars like this and claim it as some great victory for the marque when the only thing it really has in common with a street car is a body shell.

-Tim

[NJSPEEDER]

300Hp in a production pony car been done for 20 years now, even 400 hp cars have been available for a long time and with each passing year both improve just a little snippet at a time.

Still doesn't explain why all this hype is being poured over a race car when a lot of the same technology will bolt right into a street car. If GM or any of the big 3 really wanted to prove anything they would step up and do it. Stop pretending that an 8 second race car means anything.

[zraffz]

Stop pretending that an 8 second race car means anything.

Everything you said is 100% true. I do however think it's more or less what would happen if these companies started releasing even faster cars. An 11 or 12 second car can roll off the lot and be tamed and still give that feeling of anxiety when you lay into it while it breaks the ass end lose and the speedometer rapidly climbs.
I'd imagine anything significantly faster than that with the average person driving it on the street would be a death wish within the first few attempts at WOT.

[WildBillyT]

At one point they will hit product liability and that will be it. Producing cars too fast for their own good.