The Lounge - I want a SS

K well ive been wanting an Camaro SS for many years now im trying to get one but the damn financing Sheesh I test drove it Like i Like it Black On Black Leather 6-SPeed that thing was fast but yah i cant get financed maybe i will get it i hope i do but then ill have to sell my Hatchie! ="(

Have driven an SS many times and they are nice, but way too long for me. That hood is like 12' long. Basically, would you rather build the hatch and beat an SS, or have an SS and get beat by a hatch?

or put bolt-ons with a cam and a set of heads on the SS and eat 10 second 1/4's

ORIGINAL: Street Sniper

Have driven an SS many times and they are nice, but way too long for me. That hood is like 12' long. Basically, would you rather build the hatch and beat an SS, or have an SS and get beat by a hatch?



You think those hoods are are long, you should try driving my old '85 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. THAT"S a long ass hood! But man did that thing float down the road. Never felt safer in any other car than that one. Kinda miss that car...

well one thing that drives me toward the SS is the Power and mileage it gets if i was to soup up the hatch id get ****ty milage which i cant afford in my business the SS gets 27 a lil less than my hatch but i dont know just love the damn things

No shame in loving a 93-02 F-Body, I love mine :)

A camaro SS gets 27 mpg???

They are nice cars but that reminds me about what a guy said to me the other day. I was leaving my salon and there was a guy getting into a SS. He said why are you wasteing your time on a honda to make it as fast as my car is stock. I told him that I wasn't trying to make a camro, trans am, mustang killer. I just like honda's and I just want mine faster than most ricers. He said that's a dumb answer. I said well I got something at home for your SS and just got in my little honda hatch and drove off. Some of those redneck guys that drive those cars ( not saying everyone that has one is a redneck) are just idiots.

ORIGINAL: 05 civic

A camaro SS gets 27 mpg???


I drove to NC one time and got around 33mpg on the highway ;)

Thats some good milage for a car with that much power. I don't know what none of my cars get to the gallon.

I bet your Vette will get in that area on the highway in 6th gear going 70 to 90mph

I wouldn't have guessed that. I guess my car gets good mpg also. When I get it out tho I drive it pretty hard since I don't drive it much.

get a trans am/firebird. they look better than camaros IMO.

Wow im impressed. I had no idea an SS could get such good gas mileage

LS and LT engines are a lot more efficient than a lot of people think. I think within the price range, not only is the base C6 almost twice as fast as the competition, it gets by far the best gas milage. those big block engines are underrated as a DD engine.

Well i Might Begetting One if the financing goes through and they havent Sold It

Good luck with your purchase

Thank you Cutt Well Im Happy to Say i drove home my new 2000 Camaro SS Power everything 6-speed cruise control monsoon stereo Drives great And now the sad Part My Hatchie Is now for Sale posted price in the f/s thread

There is no way for you to hold on to your hatch. I would hate to have to sale my

Wow Im so jealous! haha.. I love the Fbodys. My bf has been playing with the thought of selling his Silverado to buy a SS probably since Ive known him. But now he has been looking at the new Silverado SS, or 03 (I believe they only made em in 03) Trailblazer SS. I think he just wants one cause they come with the LS2. Good luck and have fun with your new car!!! O and be careful, cause it probably will be a lot different going from the Civ to that. And those things fishtail pretty easily.

thanks its awesome i didnt even hit 5th gear on the freeway last night i was in fourth doing 70mph @ 1500 rpm i drove 60 miles and wasted less than a quarter of the tank

SOme pics of it

One More for kicks

ORIGINAL: md420

or put bolt-ons with a cam and a set of heads on the SS and eat 10 second 1/4's


so, if tens are so easily attainable, then why are there so many 13-14 second f bodies at the track?

A friend of my father's has a new vette, not sure what model. It gets 31 mpg on the highway and turns over 1700rpm at 75mph.

how much did you pay for that ss

You think those hoods are are long, you should try driving my old '85 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham.
hell yes man! that was my first car! the thing was a friggin boat. comfy though. it was like a lazyboy with a steering wheel

the reason for 13 Second F-bods is ill let you in on a secret either they have no money to Fix the week Differential or they cant drive the week Differential must be replaced with a 12 bolt or a (' in rear cuz if you get that bad boy to hook on that stock rear end say bye bye you cant put its slicks or you can also say goodbye basically if you wanna be faster and hook its gonna cost you i know the 9inch cost about 2500 plus you need a steel driveshaft and a better clutch then once you got that down you can get those 13's down basically the biggest problem is launching em cuz they can burnout for days well the stick models i havent droven an auto if you notice at the track they burnout alot the guys with high eta's i paid 15K for this one

that was the longest sentence ever..

and i am well aware of the capabilities of f-bodies..i was being sarcastic...but i hear so much of "this or that with a little work will runs 10s"...with a "little work", my car could run 10s....as long as that "little work was all weight reduction...:D

heh i never say that all i know is its one of the fastest stock cars i know if you wanna go faster its def gonna cost you yah i dont care much for punctuation lol

Nice looking car you got there, black on black is the best color for sport cars IMO

How well will you like it when gas hits 4 bucks a gallon?

They are not that bad on gas.

The reason many are 13/14 second cars are because you get alot of people that dont mod them/rag the hell out of em/dont know how to drive. A 01/02 SS with a good set of street tires is a high 12 second car. You put a set of $1500 heads on it and a cam and your in the 11's if you can put the power down. God forbid you do forced induction. Gen III gm small blocks and that includes the truck engines and absurdly easy to make power with and regaurded as the best small block V8 design ever. You can take and swap in a 6.0 block from a truck with all stock internals and push in the area of 1000hp with F/I.

but i think that what you are forgetting, is that you cannot just bolt on 600 extra hp, and go out and run it..there has to be alot of other things built up to handle the added power

dude this thing is great on gas on the highway on the street its a lil rough but i dont give a crap about gas being 4 bux thats why i kept my honda i drive it allweek to work i agree with Md on the possible best smallblock so far

plus, its going to take more "disasters" to get the gas prices that high..

ORIGINAL: Patrick

but i think that what you are forgetting, is that you cannot just bolt on 600 extra hp, and go out and run it..there has to be alot of other things built up to handle the added power


I understand that, the point I was making is as far as the block and internals they are good foir monster power.