Bye-Bye G8...HELLO Caprice!! - Page 4

z06boy · 07-13-2009, 11:40 AM

I like the G8...not sure about the Caprice but ...maybe.

*edit* Just looked at the Lumina and it does look decent...for a four door as did the G8.

unknownroad · 07-13-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by karl_1052

I think the lumina looks as good as the G8

That looks miles better that the proposed caprice.

i can't believe they wont' be doing a Z28 Camaro. WTF is a Camaro without a V8?

Dave · 07-13-2009, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by unknownroad

That looks miles better that the proposed caprice.

i can't believe they wont' be doing a Z28 Camaro. WTF is a Camaro without a V8?

the same thing it is now, an over priced over weight false memory aimed at old people. Just like the other two

Avatard · 07-13-2009, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Yeah I guess the Camry, Altima and Accord are just night and day better.

I would have to assume only to those who don't know how to drive.

Make mine rear drive please. It's not that I haven't learned to make a front drive car hustle around corners...but it's not pretty, and it's no fun.

karl_1052 · 07-13-2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by unknownroad

That looks miles better that the proposed caprice.

i can't believe they wont' be doing a Z28 Camaro. WTF is a Camaro without a V8?

The Camaro SS still has the V8, the Z28 package was a higher performance version of the v8.

Either way, the new camaro is ugly as feck.

101lifts2 · 07-13-2009, 03:20 PM

The new Camaro ugly? Are UUUUUUUU smokin crack?

Thing is tight as hell.

Homeslice · 07-13-2009, 03:26 PM

Better looking than the Challenger, for sure.

The Challenger looks like a bananna, with the way its rear end kicks up, and how the part closest to the ground is recessed into the body.

karl_1052 · 07-13-2009, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by 101lifts2

The new Camaro ugly? Are UUUUUUUU smokin crack?

Thing is tight as hell.

It looks like GM gave a room full of five year olds sugar, and crystal meth, then made them watch Power Rangers for 24 hours straight. Then they showed them a pic of a nice 69 camaro, and asked how they could make it look better. they took a meth break first of course.

pauldun170 · 07-14-2009, 09:42 AM

Camaro SS + 6spd manual = busted output shaft.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/13/b...ures-reported/

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Eric Bryant :
July 13th, 2009 at 8:59 pm

Hmm. I’d like to know if the Camaro uses the same 27-spline output shaft version of the trans that was used in 4th-gen F-bodies, or the 32-spline version that was utilized in the SSR. If it’s the former, then yeah, they’re going to break like twigs (I have personal experience with this in a 4000+ lb car with 400+ HP). If it’s the 32-spline version, then I would perhaps think that this is an issue with the quality of the output shaft and not a design flaw, as that should hold up to a lot more power than a stock SS can put down.

EDIT: Just saw a pic of a snapped output shaft. Looks like a 28-spline configuration (if I counted correctly while looking at an out-of-focus photo on a 10.1″ screen). That seems a bit inadequate for a car that weighs nearly 4000 lbs and puts nearly 400 HP to the rear wheels. But the surface of the broken part looked glassy-smooth, and didn’t seem at all like a properly-manufactured part that was overloaded. If I had to guess, this is the result of a material or manufacturing problem.

z06boy · 07-14-2009, 09:48 AM

Output shafts are/were a weak link in the C5 Z06. I'm not sure about the C6 Z06.

When I had the 3:90's installed I had hardened outbut shafts installed as well.

I never broke one but did it "just in case".

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z06boy Letzroll Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lake Norman area, NC Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6 Posts: 5,265	Output shafts are/were a weak link in the C5 Z06. I'm not sure about the C6 Z06. When I had the 3:90's installed I had hardened outbut shafts installed as well. I never broke one but did it "just in case".