[s-cars] URS4 vs Camaro SS

[Rob Pecsar]

Here's are comparison...the SS has you beat by a small margin, and a 6th
gear. He has an LS1 engine with 325 HP/350 ft-lbs torque...however, you
talking about a 5.7 Liter vs our 2.3 Liter

Rob Pecsar
'92 S4 MTM 1+



Ed Walsh wrote:

> Guys,
>
> How fast are those Neu Camaro SS?  Do they have the
> LT1 motor?
>
> I had one following me tonight (93 S4 with MTM 1+) on
> the on ramp to Rte. 3 in MA (sea level).  I was
> following a Camry or something in third at about 50,
> he was tailgating (in the typical Massachusetts
> fashion). As soon as we picked up the highway, I
> shifted to the left lane and buried it in third and
> looked in the rear view. He was maintaining the same
> distance.  Huh.  I thought I would have munched him.
> We soon pass the Camry and there is no traffic in
> front of us. Yeah!  He shifts over to the right lane
> as I grab fourth.  We run about the same distance
> apart to about 6500 RPM in fourth.  I notice that the
> tach has just about stopped moving (the engine was way
> out of breath) and shift to fifth.  I see 130mph
> indicated.  And I am feeling good.  My autobahn burner
> was going to show this 1/4 mile pile a thing or 2
> about aerodynamics.. Wrong! All of a sudden at about
> 135mph, this freakin Camaro just walks away from me...
> *poof*... It was crazy.  I look down at the tach and
> see it barely making progress, so I shut it down..
> Never had time to look at the boost gauge, so I don't
> know what was happening there.
>
> My observations:
>
> The MTM1+ car is quick in midrange, but looses mucho
> gusto in the 5500rpm to 7000 rpm range.  After about
> 130mph in 5th, speeds increased at a snails pace.
> Could I have heat soaked the intercooler?... It was
> just one run, so I doubt it.  Could the LT1 have that
> much up top?  Was the guy running NOS?.  Does the RS2
> battle gear overcome the K2plateaus plateu?
>
> Anyway, it was fun, and was in safe traffic
> conditions.  I wonder whose face looked more confused.
>  His as he learned he was going to have a tough time
> pulling on me, or mine when he overtook me like I was
> drivOscar Mayere Weinee mobile......
>
> Ed
>
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