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The Michigan FBody Association is a centralized website for FBody enthusiasts to discuss what's going on in the Michigan area. MiFbody.com was created to allow for an easy one-stop place to find out what's going on in Michigan as far as FBody events, to find out what clubs are available in your immediate area, and for an easy place to post classifieds for items you want to sell! Our goal was to create a more close-knit community of FBody enthusiasts in the state of Michigan, and to bring Camaro and Firebird enthusiasts alike together for some amazing FBody events!
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RIP Doug,You will always be remembered
3/3/53 ~ 12/22/10 Western Michigan Camaro Club - President 2002 Hot Rod Magazine Ltd. Ed. by Berger 1985 Camaro IROC-Z 1974 Camaro Type LT / Z28 2002 Trail Blazer LTZ 2003 Honda VFR 800i Interceptor
Oh that is great! Was there ever one for 85? I would love to own a whole collection of these videos of camaro test drives. Thanks!
WMCC Member (well, I get the newsletter) 1973 Camaro Type PT (Type Pro-Tour)
1973 TransAm 455 4-Speed, In need of Resto.
1985 Camaro IROC-Z, All Original Silver Hardtop
1997 Camaro Z4C SS LT4, #18 of 100
2002 Camaro Z7D SS, #4 Brickyard 400, Robby Gordon http://www.aasencamaros.com
It was FAST 21 years ago for a production car.... the corvette wasn't much faster... Mine does 13.98 at 102.5mph w/ MT's on the rear... and it is a stock L98 w/ a hollowed out CAT. Fairly respectible still for what the car is.
The factory rating on the 2000 SS was what 13.0 at 109 mph? the 87 IROC only has 225 hp, that's 120 hp less than the 2000 SS... doesn't seem like a lot of improvement in 21 years
Ya, a 50% increase in hp rating; at what rpm I don't know and what TQ rating too...... but only a second better in the 1/4 mile? with that much HP increase..... should be doing better times???
Ya, a 50% increase in hp rating; at what rpm I don't know and what TQ rating too...... but only a second better in the 1/4 mile? with that much HP increase..... should be doing better times???
not really.. horsepower is not linear to 1/4 time or trap speed..
horsepower requirement goes up at an exponential rate vs 1/4mile time and trap speed..
Torque means nothing in the 1/4... HP is everything
That is not my point.... in all that time, the 1/4 mile only improved over my stock L98 by a second.... 1/4 mile time = not much improvement........
How old are you? In 1987 the IROC was king of the road, it creamed Mustang GT's left and right. The only domestic car able to beat it was the Corvette. Yes, maybe today production cars are a little faster in the 1/4 but not by much. They aren't making high compression 60's muscle capable of 12's in the 1/4 anymore. And to get a car in the 12's today means losing wieght and engine mods......
I don't think the 87 numbers on the Camaro are anything to laugh at.
Torque means nothing in the 1/4... HP is everything
I disagree
Torque gets you off the line.... HP gets you past the line....
The car with the most torque will likely have the better 60', which could make for a better over all ET, depending. The HP is a measure of rate of work done and affects acceleration over the length of the track, which has a big effect on ET.
Look at a diesel truck (no, not with a chip) Scads of torque but little HP, easy to move away from a standing start but not a lot of MPH. If you had a drag car with 500 ft/lbs and 20 RWHP, it'd leave like a rocket then peg out at about 44 MPH (3000 lb car, 1/4 mile).
Flip it over, the car with 20 ft/lbs and 500 RWHP takes a week to get to the 60' mark but is running 128 MPH at the stripe. Think "turbo Buick". The 500 HP car will out-accelerate the torque car.
That's an exaggeration, but the end effect. TQ and HP are related mathematically -
(TQ * RPM ) / 5252 = HP
400 ft/lbs @ 4000 RPM = 304 HP @ 4000
400 ft/lbs @ 6000 RPM = 456 HP @ 6000
Which is why you you raise the RPM operating level in a race engine.
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