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Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:20 am
by spoiledred94
I know they are 3.x L what not but I was headed downhill past a 2012-13 Camry at xxx and he wot himself and flew past me. Are they SC? He made me LOOK bad.
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:31 am
by blackbeauty99
Power to weight ratio my friend....take dodge omni GLHS and put it up against a mustang...guess who wins...:D TURBO 2.2!!
My buddy has a 00 Camry 3.0 with 5 speed and it hauls pretty good....
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:33 am
by CMNTMXR57
3.5L DOHC 24v, VVT V6.
268hp
248lb/ft of torque
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:15 am
by spoiledred94
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:43 am
by swampthing
Yeah that's the sad thing about driving a car with a power train from 1996 technology has surpassed it, most modern v6's have more power. Don't get me wrong though, a pulley and a few bolt ons would do a lot towards bringing it back up to par
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:03 am
by Bonneville92V688
Later Camry is pretty quick with the 3.5. Not a fan of Toyota whatsoever, but boy can that 3.5 MOVE. Toyota got the HP and TQ curves right on that engine, along with a nice axle ratio.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2vHtddVdbA
Another one that can move is the 3.7 V6 Mustang. I've been in a tuned one with ghost cams and headers. Wow.
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:51 am
by nos4blood70
You won't keep up with one in a GXP. It's what we get for liking GM. It's like when I got dusted by a some 4 door econobox Hyundai the other day.
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:42 am
by MattStrike
L67 DOHC conversion... Who's in?
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:44 am
by swampthing
Getting completely off topic...I wonder what happened to that 4.2l stroker kit that they were making for the 3.8 in Australia
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:00 pm
by nos4blood70
GM left it up to us to take the potential out of the 3800. It's a shame they didn't do it themselves, otherwise the 3800 and hell even Pontiac might have still been around. We may never know.
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:02 pm
by CMNTMXR57
nos4blood70 wrote:You won't keep up with one in a GXP. It's what we get for liking GM. It's like when I got dusted by a some 4 door econobox Hyundai the other day.
Not sure if you're serious or if you're trying to get me rolling...
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:23 pm
by nos4blood70
CMNTMXR57 wrote:nos4blood70 wrote:You won't keep up with one in a GXP. It's what we get for liking GM. It's like when I got dusted by a some 4 door econobox Hyundai the other day.
Not sure if you're serious or if you're trying to get me rolling...
;D I think you know.
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:29 pm
by CMNTMXR57
Ok, that's why I didn't take the bait.
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 12:45 pm
by gweg_b
And this is why 90% of the time I act uninterested. It's better to let them think they can beat me than them actually proving it. My pride stays intact that way.
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:52 pm
by 00Beast
They don't beat me.
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:00 pm
by gweg_b
I'm that way with the Bonneville (might change once I get rid of that knock).
But, as, with Ed, I've crushed the pride of many in the G8.
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:53 pm
by Saturn Simon
spoiledred94 wrote:I know they are 3.x L what not but I was headed downhill past a 2012-13 Camry at xxx and he wot himself and flew past me. Are they SC? He made me LOOK bad.
No, but they are DOHC with variable valve timing. 268hp in the current model I believe.
Zero charisma though, which is what counts for me.
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:57 pm
by CMNTMXR57
00Beast wrote:They don't beat me.
Yea, I don't have that problem anymore either.
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:06 pm
by spoiledred94
swampthing wrote:Yeah that's the sad thing about driving a car with a power train from 1996 technology has surpassed it, most modern v6's have more power. Don't get me wrong though, a pulley and a few bolt ons would do a lot towards bringing it back up to par
As budget, guts and family dictate: performance improvements only when replacing a bad OEM part. Though the bolt ons are very tempting.
Those GXP's are fast too?
Re: Camry vs Bonneville
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:36 pm
by CMNTMXR57
Not really, against these Camry's either.
To save me some typing. Written by yours truly;
that I had a wake-up call one day when I had a full out war with a new Toyota Camry (the guy lived in my sub-division and made it known that he wanted a piece of the GXP). Anyway, one day we went at it and I had a hard time beating him! I could hardly pull away from him. For 20 minutes He and I went at it through many roads where acceleration was involved, some where handling and braking was needed, and in all, it was an overall chassis/vehicle workout. I barely beat the guy! It wasn’t until a flat out stretch, where we were into triple digits, where I literally started to inch away with the superiority of the multi-cammed 8 cylinder finally showing it’s supremacy. I was flat out embarrassed! I was mad! I know we’re not supposed to post stuff like this, but in retrospect, it really set me off (it’s working me up writing about it because I don’t like to be beat, especially by a *dang* Toyota that isn’t a Supra), and was really a driving force in me accelerating my timeline for the STS-V.
