ok so i have the 1980 with the 350 and i figure its pushing out about 300hp and if im not mistaken thats about what a lt-1 camaro makes?...but i was jw whitch is lighter..my guess is the 4th gen.......im trying to decide wether to sell ym car and grab a 4th gen (lt-1 is all i could afford if i did) or keep my car..but idk what a better starting point..like if my car alredy has the power and weigth of an lt-1 then i mise well start there insted of getting a whole new car..but if the4th genis a better starting point then ill go that route....(my car still needs alot of work befor i can sell it for enough to even out for the 4th but befor i go too much into making my car the way i want it. i wanna see what i have to work with.......if im gonna sell it ill just make it presentable and fix up the loose ends....so pretty much my question is...with 3:73 gears would ibe evenwith or beat a lt-1 camaro?

 

I have a 70 with a zz4 350 (carb) AND a 2000 Z28 350 LS1. I cant really compare them, since the 2000 is much more "civilized" (computerized fuel/air delivery).The 70 has the feel of a more raw grab your *** in the seat and hold on kind of thing, but has more HP rating. If I HAD to put them both together and race them, I think the newer Z28 would win. I love them both, and my insurance company loves me.

 

yea i like havin a car that even tho i only have it cammed alittle...seemes like the meanest car at school...but the newer cars have for the most part more power and more of the creture comforts..im still torn cuz i love the older cars that are just rugged and mean.....just cant beat technology nowadays...hopefully someday ic an have both like you lol or even better yet...a 70 with all the tech and comforts of a 2000

 

The most power that was available from the factory on the 1980 Camarowas 190 HP with a 350 engine, and only on the Z28 model. The 4th gen Z28 with LT1 engines, were rated from the factory anywhere from 275 to 285 HP (305 HP w/SS package) depending on year and model. So unless you modified the engine on your 1980 car, the 4th gen LT1 cars have a pretty serious power advantage right from the factory.

 

the motor in my car is way far from stock from what the p/o told me it was a crate motor bought for a 4x4 blazer and the blazer was rolled to the point that it was scraped and the motor was put in my car....then it sat till i got it and i rebuilt it....and it was pobably a cheap crate motor and online the lowes price andhp crate i found was 290hp and it has headers and a intake so i was hopein if it was that motor then it would be around 300hp

 

Putting a 300 HP engine in car will not out run a car designed to have 325 HP. I read a artical in hot rod about a guy who had a first gen BB and a 4th gen LS1. Both car ran low 12s. He said the big differents is the 69 scared him, every run he seem like he was on the edge. With99 he did it with one arm out the window and cranking tunes.

 

Well said.

 

i guess im gonna stick with the 2nd gen i have then....cuz even that doesnt seem to feel like its on the edge persay....but then again its not a big block and only 300hp.....i love my car but you kno i get tired of every1 sayin i drive around "junk" cuz my interiors ratty im fixin somthin every weekend...its got a first timer bodywork and the whole cars rough......and alot of times i dont see why i do all this work when i can probably sell it and get at least halfway to my 4th gen whitch would be faster to start with.......

 

My earlier post was stickly about which car is faster. If you got rid of 80 you would regret it. My first car was a 74 Type LT 350/4speed. I got it when I was 15. I sold it when I was 23. I remember thinking, its just a 74 these things have almost no value. 20 years later I have my dream car and I can buy just about any Camaro I want. I am looking for a 74 Type LT

 

k then ill keep my camaro and just keep making it faster as i get better at driving and working on cars an have more money...cuz i kno id regret it if i sold it because me and my dad built it and its got that value now..and i got it when i was 15 to lol(16 almost 17 now)...but like i said befor its hard to keep it around were i live cuz every1 around here are stuck up snobs and if it isnt new and expensive its junk and my car isnt exactly show material...i mean when i got it it was a pile of parts and i drive it everyday now..but its still a long way from what i want.....cuz its missing alot still like heat ..i still wanna drive a 4th gen to see what its like.....but i wanna drive alot of cars just to see what there like lol.....the other thing with around here is no1 shares my intrest in the older cars like theres the 5.0 stangs and the4th gencamaros and the ricers and the minitruck s-10s....but im the only 1 with a car older than 85(theres a couple 3rd gen camaros) so like im actually lonley in my old camaro lol..but hopefully when summer rolls around and i take my toy to shows(even tho its not sho material im showin it anyway cuz im proud of what i built so far)i will meet other kids around here that arent into just stereo and wheels....i only kno of 1 other kid i met at a gas station that goes to my school and hes got a 71 dart lol but i only see that car a school.....i never see him on saturday otherwise wede probably cruise....sorry im just kinda goin off here i can talk alot lol..but yea im gonna keep my car and it will just get beter and faster as it goes and maby someday ic an have both cars