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I raced a friend of friends 1980 Camero with a 1994 350 crate motor and a laundry list of mods. I felt kinda bad after I won cause the kid was like 19-20 and did all the work himself. He was pretty bummed afterwards. Anyway from what I remember he had it bored to a 355, cams, some other stuff I cant remember, header, exhaust, 3000 rpm stall convert, some kinda shifter? some kinda transmission? and probally more **** I can't remember .
So we went from a dig first. Got him off the line pretty good. To his defense he had some pretty shitty tires. Flipped the switch and I pulled pretty good on him. Azenis own the street! Have not spun on a launch yet.
Went from a 20mph roll in 1st. Even through first, flipped the switch in second and started to pull at the top of second, third gear pulled more. We went from a dig again. I had a killer launch. Tires gripped so bad I had tourque steer that almost pulled me into his lane. He was spinning pretty bad and I had like a 3 car lead off the line, shift into second decide not to hit the switch. Wise desicion cause he glet off and gave up. So yeah it felt good to beat a V8 although it was a small one in a 4200lb car. Like I said I felt bad for the kid. He's young and with way more knowledge about cars so I'm sure he'll have a bad *** car built someday that will blow me away.

 
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Switch = boost controller, or nitrous arming?

Nice kill though ... I'm sure he'll be back for another piece of you when he gets a new pair of shoes and some more work.

 
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he's running NOS. Dont really "flip the switch" with a boost controller... it's more like "turning the ****".

 
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80's comaros are slow... well anything from the 80s is slow lol
before s2000man comes in here, yes I know the ferrari f40 jaguar, xj220, corvette zr1, lotus, and umm thats about it. yes thsoe were fast...
Everything else slllllllooooooooooowww

 
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the car was from the 80's but the motor wasn't.

"..1980 Camero with a 1994 350 crate motor...0"

Nice job Redline

 
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correct 1994 350 crate motor with 1500mi on it bored to a 355 and a **** load of other mods. I think the motor was rated at like 220hp stock and who knows how much all that work he did added, but it probally isnt that quick because of how heavy it is.
Thanks man. If he had traction it may have been closer?

Wanted to race this RX8 but he pussed out.

 
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I was expecting to read about an auto 5.0 come on man

 
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good kill man.

 
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that camaro, even with it's mods, is like a high-mid 14 second car. and with that poor a driver driving, who knows what he was running.

good kill

 
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he's never ran it at the track but thats why he wanted to run me cause he was thinking mid 14's and I told him I should be running that. My other friend said the 3000rpm stall converter with the gears he has is not a good combination? I think he has some new gears and a traction lock(think thats what he said, makes both wheels spin I believe) so maybe we'll rematch when he gets everything on and some new tires. He is also gonna come out to our club sponsered dyno day in a few weeks so then I'll see how much power he is making.
Sorry to dissapoint everyone
Everyone I call out that I may have a chance at beating is either too *****, scared to lose to a weak little civic or they say their car is broke or not running right. This was just a friendly race that I thought I'd share with you. I don't even know why I posted it cause like I said I feel kinda bad cause he is a good kid. Most of the time you get the *******s that you just can't wait to beat their ***, but this was not the case at all.

 
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Well he sure didnt buy an LT1 Crate motor.... my stock cube/stock heads 350 LT1 with cam, headers, and stall went 12.40's in a 1997 Z28 (without a tune mind you)... which is very similiar in weight to a 1980 Camaro.

Tell him to have it professionally tuned.

 
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Unless that guy has a new cam or new heads, that 94 crate motor isn't that great. Do you know what gears he has?

Good kill BTW, I told you to watch out for that torque steer in first . It will take you into another lane if your not careful.

 
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it's probably the GM Goodwrench 350 crate motor. Those have like 250HP now, so back in 94 they were probably pathetic. It's probably carbed too, so the throttle response may be all F'ed up if he's an amateur. If he had some good tires and a good 350 he'd win.

 
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good kill. and a 350 gm motor is nothin to scoff at. i prefer a 455 though.

 
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was the camaro automatic?

noneless, nice kill. i was immediately going to call bs if it were the recent v8 lineups lol.

 
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Which year of the 455 do you like? I think those engines are the torque monsters but don't like to rev too high and have like 350 or 360 hp.... I think. Nothing however beats the new GM zz572r motor. When I graduate college, that motor will be in my project car.

 
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my car is not running right 4real...havent boosted it since like March (ask my tuner...AKA Jake) b/c I want some of that juiced D17

 
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yeah I want some too. Who will be the fastest 7thgen in shreveport/bossier? Get that thing fixed!

 
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the Pontiac 455 suffered from restrictive heads, low compression (on some), and smog equipment. It is relatively easy to make a 500HP pump gas 455 now (someone actually compared getting 500HP out of a 455 vs. a B18. they were just talking about how insanely cheap big blocks can be built vs. small displacement motors, I know that this isn't normally an applicable comparison, but he was comparing a full race Honda vs a streetable 455, so I thought that it was fair).

 
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its fun aint it. good kill

 
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and porsches... like the 959
and countachs, and the testarossa

 
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First off, a 1980 camaro is not 4200 lbs. Its approximately 3600 lbs. My dad has a 1980 z28 with heads, cam, exhaust, headers, and shift kit. The car isn't as torquey down low as my car its on top end where it pulls. If it was a crate engine, i'm not familiar with any that had 250 hp. the zz4 which is gm's current 350 offering, has 350 hp, 410 lb feet of torque i believe. So good kill, but the car might need some tuning.

 
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i was talkin about the 1970+ buick riviera. 455 cubic inches 350 stock hp and 375 stock tq. my dream project car. if you guys like pumpin hp our of 4 bangers, then think of what i could do with that. convert it to fuel incjection, with some new cylinder heads. variable valves with 4 valves to each cylinder, supercharged and with slicks. only a dream... its easy to make these cars run over 1000 hp.

 
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nice kill

 
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damn...were his tires completely bald?!?!
sure the car is an 80's model, but the motor is built! with that motor he shoulda been pushing 350-400hp! not doubting ur story any, just think he was a little scared of what he had...

 
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Excellent kill!

 
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959 wasnt on sale in the us
countachs arent that fast...
and testarossas are slow

 
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80's 5.0 stangs are NOT slow

 
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you'd be the first non-experimental street car with a variable valve timing pushrod engine. GM has been trying to perfect this technology, maybe you could give them some pointers.

 
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not all crate engines are high peformance, some are for the average joe with a blown 350 in his work truck, those are stock HP or a little more. Every GM crate engine isn't 300HP.