quattro20v

He was in front of me and we both punched it in 3rd gear, managed to get up to 4th gear when we ran into traffic. He didn't pull away and I think that surprised him.

How much HP do these have?

As you can see from my signature, I'm running a hybrid RS2-spec (temporarily) which I figure is good for 300 HP.

UR-Idiot Savant-S6

Z28? If so, ~280 hp.

parkpy

1993-1997 LT1s had about 275HP.
1998-2003 LS1s had about 285HP.

I really don't feel like Camaros LT1s are that great of highway cars.

Tornado //S6

I don't think they're really great cars period, except for maybe 1/4mile times

parkpy

That's a very ignorant statement

escargot

(How's that for ignorant?) =P

parkpy

So what if I like Joe Dirt? I do what I want!

:P

cpayne

Or not great cars....period.

Mr.FRU-T-Pants

In other words, you're probably making about 275-280hp at the crank. Just adding a turbo doesn't give you more power in and of itself. It simply changes the dynamics of boost, and the potential for more psi/airflow. Now if someone actually TUNED the Motronic to make use of that turbo and EM, it would be a different story. The RS2 manifold makes more of a difference on its own with the stock setup. You were probably pretty equally matched with the Chevy, powerwise, and he had you beat slightly in the weight department. All in all, you did well. Fun story. Always good to get the look of surprise. :-O

germantoy

and as for the myth that they are only straight line cars get your fing head out of your ***