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175 messages, Last post on Nov 10, 2008 at 11:35 AM
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Between Ford, Dodge, and Chevy, the muscle car has been revived. Ford started the trend with its throwback exterior on its new Mustang. Dodge has since came up with a barely historic revival of the Charger nameplate and a Challenger concept both equipped with retro "Hemi" V8s. The Chevy group has revived the Camarow after a short rest of the previous generation Camarows. This is clearly an engaugement in a modern muscle car shootout. With all that said what is the best bet at what cars gonna win the king of muscle in modern times. I'd place my vote with that Camarow concept. 6.0L V8 in a light frame. That things a gonna fly! |
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Replying to: 79customd (Jan 14, 2006 4:51 pm) BTW, there's no W in Camaro. |
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Replying to: 79customd (Jan 14, 2006 4:51 pm) You can forget about that "light frame" part. I'll be amazed if the production Camaro weighs an ounce under 3600 pounds, and it will probably be closer to 3700.
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Compared to the power of the 6.0L the weight of the vehichle will be easily powered. The 6.0L moves the Silverado SS down the road in tests so the same engine in a lighter frame such as a car, will be a speedster  BTW I knew I wont spelling that right.
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Replying to: 79customd (Jan 15, 2006 9:30 am) |
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Probably correct, The Camaro is gonna want to slip out due to very uneven power to weight ratio, and while your spinning you aint going no where. The 5.3L would probably be quicker than the 6.0L all thing said and done unless they do like Chrysler and make a heavier platform such as the LX. |
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The odd thing about the retro Challenger and Camaro concepts (and let's remember that they're concepts and not production cars....if produced they could look very different) but: I really like 67-69 Camaros, but have never liked any of the Challangers, regardless of year (Chargers are another story though...). But I love the new Challanger concept and cannot stand that Camaro concept at all. Odd to me that I see it that way.
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| So called modern muscle cars still use outdated engines, antiquated suspensions and transmissions by cotemporary sports cars standards from Europe and Asia. So where is is 'modern' in all this? They have one thing going for then - styling. The title of this thread might as well be "Pig with lipstick" | |
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and some of us don't mind (believe it or not)...although I think you do overstate it a little....
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Replying to: seminole_kev (Jan 15, 2006 12:06 pm) While it's probable that new muscle cars get more sales than they scare away, the Big 3 will have to be careful in their marketing to avoid an old-tech, living-in-the-past stigma.
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