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Old 08-02-2008, 06:14 PM   #251 (permalink)
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Re: new camaro specs on chevy website

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Originally Posted by I-Love-Pontiac View Post
28 MPG is the figure AFTER being adjusted for the tougher standards. The Camaro 3800 had 31 MPG on the sticker.

So yeah. They should be compared. If GM can get 28 MPG out of a 60 year old engine, they should be able to get AT LEAST the same from a "modern" DOHC VVT V6. But apparently they can't. Freakin losers.
wrong and wrong, go and actually look up the adjusted numbers on the epa's website, the LS1/6-speed is officially corrected for 17/26, not 28 (although many people have been known to get high 20's mpg). Also F-bodies were a little lighter and more aerodynamic (probably) than the new Zeta model.

But if you're saying LS motors aren't "modern" just because they don't have OHC, you need a reality check. Maybe the 300 hp LS1 is about as fuel efficient as a 300 hp v6 because the LS1 is a good design, as opposed to being "Freakin losers".
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