CTS-V vs. 1990 Camaro with mods
 

how do you guys think i would do against a CTS-V with my Camaro, once it's done with the motor and trans swap that is.

i know my motor is making 355 hp and 401 ft-lbs of torque, it's going to be mated to a 4L60E out through a 3.23 posi rear-end (i want to keep good gas milage and top end speed)

heads up who would win?

RE: CTS-V vs. 1990 Camaro with mods
 

would be a good race. at 3800 lbs 400hp 395torque the cts is fast stock. that torque maxes @ around 4k rpm's too so he'd be using all of it. If stock I think he'd have to keep the traction control on to even hook up though which would slow him quite a bit. I have no clue what the redline is on those but the hp maxes @ over 6k rpm so that doesn't seem too usable. Have to say you'd win if tuned but diff story if he was tuned for the 1/4.

RE: CTS-V vs. 1990 Camaro with mods
 

even with the 3.23 rear end?? i figured i would need at least a 3.42 or better to keep up

RE: CTS-V vs. 1990 Camaro with mods
 

yeah the cts has 3.73 rear. Tuning still would have a lot to do with it though. on a side note would the mpg be affected that much if you went with the lower ratio? seems like it wouldn't be much more than about 1-2 mpg. Most of it would depend on how you drove it.

RE: CTS-V vs. 1990 Camaro with mods
 

yeah, good race, but def go lower in gear, maybe 3.55 or 3,73 would not kill ya

RE: CTS-V vs. 1990 Camaro with mods
 

well, that's the thing. my ultimate goal is to get this thing to the Nurburgring where the straights are long enough that if i had the 3.23, i wouldn't have to worry about going to high of revs. this car isn't going to be set up for drag racing

RE: CTS-V vs. 1990 Camaro with mods
 

yeah, but i still say 3.55 is a damn good gear for that car, itll rev high and still get mileage, and have very good top end