Bye-Bye G8...HELLO Caprice!!

[101lifts2]

The new Camaro ugly? Are UUUUUUUU smokin crack?

Thing is tight as hell.

[Homeslice]

Better looking than the Challenger, for sure.

The Challenger looks like a bananna, with the way its rear end kicks up, and how the part closest to the ground is recessed into the body.

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

The new Camaro ugly? Are UUUUUUUU smokin crack?

Thing is tight as hell.

It looks like GM gave a room full of five year olds sugar, and crystal meth, then made them watch Power Rangers for 24 hours straight. Then they showed them a pic of a nice 69 camaro, and asked how they could make it look better. they took a meth break first of course.

[pauldun170]

Camaro SS + 6spd manual = busted output shaft.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/13/b...ures-reported/

Eric Bryant :
July 13th, 2009 at 8:59 pm

Hmm. I’d like to know if the Camaro uses the same 27-spline output shaft version of the trans that was used in 4th-gen F-bodies, or the 32-spline version that was utilized in the SSR. If it’s the former, then yeah, they’re going to break like twigs (I have personal experience with this in a 4000+ lb car with 400+ HP). If it’s the 32-spline version, then I would perhaps think that this is an issue with the quality of the output shaft and not a design flaw, as that should hold up to a lot more power than a stock SS can put down.

EDIT: Just saw a pic of a snapped output shaft. Looks like a 28-spline configuration (if I counted correctly while looking at an out-of-focus photo on a 10.1″ screen). That seems a bit inadequate for a car that weighs nearly 4000 lbs and puts nearly 400 HP to the rear wheels. But the surface of the broken part looked glassy-smooth, and didn’t seem at all like a properly-manufactured part that was overloaded. If I had to guess, this is the result of a material or manufacturing problem.

[z06boy]

Output shafts are/were a weak link in the C5 Z06. I'm not sure about the C6 Z06.

When I had the 3:90's installed I had hardened outbut shafts installed as well.

I never broke one but did it "just in case".

[pauldun170]

never mind
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/16/f...spawn-chevrol/

[Reyna1]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Camaro SS + 6spd manual = busted output shaft.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/13/b...ures-reported/

The problem is a manufacturing issue with a batch of Tremec 6060 transmissions, which are not made by GM. I'd still rather have an auto. I'm tired of shifting the manual in my car...

BTW the new Caprice is a no go as of last week (from what I heard).

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

It looks like GM gave a room full of five year olds sugar, and crystal meth, then made them watch Power Rangers for 24 hours straight. Then they showed them a pic of a nice 69 camaro, and asked how they could make it look better. they took a meth break first of course.

Sorry Karl, but you are one of the only ones that said the Camaro looks like shit. To each his own I guess.