Camaro best for the mustang?
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Camaro best for the mustang?
Does anybody else agree that when Chevy brought back the camaro it was the best thing for the mustang? I mean do y'all think that we would have the new 5.0 with out it? I just want to thank Chevy for bringing the camaro back. I love seeing the camaro fanboys get mad?
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I was thinking this exact same thing. Competition always improved the bread. I think that the camaro being such a good car was important too. If the mustang kept outselling the camaro, I would be driving a 4.6 instead of a 5.0.
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i kind of think if it were`nt for the 05 stang there would`nt be a camaro at all ..though i`m not sure when the last maro was built or when they came back ..i just dont pay attention to ugly things ...
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And I don't think the 5.0 is that big of a deal from this standpoint - if Ford had put the engineering for better breathing & higher rpm into the 4.6 like they did with the 5.0, would those extra .4 liters/21 cubes mean so much? No.
We've seen what the aftermarket can do with the time tested 4.6 over and over again (without melted #8 piston & chinese transmission problems the '11 & '12 suffered). But the 4.6 had been around a long time in all variations and so while investing in the engineering, to add the 5.0/302 moniker back to the line made more sense than an improved fire breathing 4.6L DOHC 4V.
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Funny how when I think of this era of muscle i forget about the challenger. And my buddy has one but it's just an R/T. And I do agree with the 05 mustang point of view I have never thought of it like that. And to the Shelby or zl1 def Shelby but I will take my boss over both any day.
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I agree glad their both around, just wish my friend would understand that. He's so diehard Chevy it's crazy, tells me I spent too much on my 13' GT and that I should have just got a used ls1 to go "fast". Thinks his bolt on 02 ss ran with a 550whp terminator. No logic required.
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Generous Motors bringing back the Shamoomaro was like bringing a knife to a gun fight! Just pitiful! Plagued with workmanship and poor engineering issues just make the Chevy boys that back them look so stupid! Just to buy one after reading the crying over the problems over at Cam5 proves either people live in denial, or people are just a few bricks shy of a full load!
I guess it is best expressed this way.... the Camaro needed to be a lot better than it was to even make a blip on the radar of quality JUST FOR ITS OWN SAKE.... and quit posing like it was such a 'big success' which it surely wasn't! It's just another lump of GM crap that got shoved down the throat of the American tax payer and the blindly loyal swallowed!
I guess it is best expressed this way.... the Camaro needed to be a lot better than it was to even make a blip on the radar of quality JUST FOR ITS OWN SAKE.... and quit posing like it was such a 'big success' which it surely wasn't! It's just another lump of GM crap that got shoved down the throat of the American tax payer and the blindly loyal swallowed!
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And also outsold the Mustang...just saying!!! I witnessed a 16 year old that loves my Boss but couldn't help himself but to sit in every Camaro at the Philly car show?!? I asked him why he likes the Camaro so much and he replied it just looks cooler! I made him walk home the SOB!!!
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And also outsold the Mustang...just saying!!! I witnessed a 16 year old that loves my Boss but couldn't help himself but to sit in every Camaro at the Philly car show?!? I asked him why he likes the Camaro so much and he replied it just looks cooler! I made him walk home the SOB!!!
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I agree. The S197 opened it all up. And Ford kept improving the Mustang regardless of cashamo & challybigbutt coming so as to draw new buyers and keep existing buyers coming back. The 08 Bullitt topped out the 4.6 line and hit the streets before the Chally did.
And I don't think the 5.0 is that big of a deal from this standpoint - if Ford had put the engineering for better breathing & higher rpm into the 4.6 like they did with the 5.0, would those extra .4 liters/21 cubes mean so much? No.
We've seen what the aftermarket can do with the time tested 4.6 over and over again (without melted #8 piston & chinese transmission problems the '11 & '12 suffered). But the 4.6 had been around a long time in all variations and so while investing in the engineering, to add the 5.0/302 moniker back to the line made more sense than an improved fire breathing 4.6L DOHC 4V.
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I agree glad their both around, just wish my friend would understand that. He's so diehard Chevy it's crazy, tells me I spent too much on my 13' GT and that I should have just got a used ls1 to go "fast". Thinks his bolt on 02 ss ran with a 550whp terminator. No logic required.
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Does anybody else agree that when Chevy brought back the camaro it was the best thing for the mustang? I mean do y'all think that we would have the new 5.0 with out it? I just want to thank Chevy for bringing the camaro back. I love seeing the camaro fanboys get mad?
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I was a GM guy back in the 70's, so when I heard they were coming out with a new Camaro I was pretty excited. Mainly to see competition I suppose. But when it came out it was a total disappointment to me. It's just an awful car IMO. I detail one for my neighbor twice a year. Every time I bump my head getting in & out of it I realize just how much nicer my Mustangs are. The interior is cheap looking, & it just feels like a big, bulky car.
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I was a GM guy back in the 70's, so when I heard they were coming out with a new Camaro I was pretty excited. Mainly to see competition I suppose. But when it came out it was a total disappointment to me. It's just an awful car IMO. I detail one for my neighbor twice a year. Every time I bump my head getting in & out of it I realize just how much nicer my Mustangs are. The interior is cheap looking, & it just feels like a big, bulky car.
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I was a GM guy back in the 70's, so when I heard they were coming out with a new Camaro I was pretty excited. Mainly to see competition I suppose. But when it came out it was a total disappointment to me. It's just an awful car IMO. I detail one for my neighbor twice a year. Every time I bump my head getting in & out of it I realize just how much nicer my Mustangs are. The interior is cheap looking, & it just feels like a big, bulky car.
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I worked for GM and retired from their spin-off, Delphi; I can get their special employee pricing on anything they make, if I choose. I'm not rich, but a Corvette (been there, done that) or a Shelby or a tricked-out Challenger is not beyond my means... I like my Mustang.
no specail pricing on that.