RE: Chevrolet Camaro GT3: Time For Tea?

[_Deano]

Pure aural bliss.


I'm sure my subwoofer is moving about the floor

[redroadster]

Now send it rallying for some great noises through the forests,epic.

[hondansx]

Fantastic! Doesn't look like a proper GT3 car versus, say, the Z4 though. How has it done so far?

[irocfan]

sounds awesome, looks evil and sure seemed to be "haulin' ass" compared to the Fezza

[Killer2005]

Phwoar. That is epic

[Coddy85]

I think my pants are wet....

Made that Ferrari sound like a toy!

[Cable]

Ozzie Osmond said:

????????

I simply do not get the sexualisation of cars. They're just cars!

Just as a car design can be influenced by a culture, such as American or European, a car can have a masculine of feminine cues.

A normal Camaro is pretty darn masculine, this one is so butch it should be called El Macho.

Edited by Cable on Thursday 13th November 08:34

[Reardy Mister]

Pretty sure its what Craig Lowndes was running in NZ last week:

http://www.speedcafe.com/2014/10/28/lowndes-race-c...

[GroundEffect]

The GT3 regulations must be extremely tricky to balance. For example, the Mclaren GT3 is around 500PS but less weight...against 650PS with a bit more in this thing! The balance must be all over the place per circuit.

Oh and the new 650S GT3 is a looker:

[GravelBen]

Reardy Mister said:

Pretty sure its what Craig Lowndes was running in NZ last week:

http://www.speedcafe.com/2014/10/28/lowndes-race-c...

Yep, the car owner is a client at work and just had it imported from Reiter a month or two back. Great bit of kit by the sound of it.

Whether its the exact car in the video or another the same colour I don't know, but the timeframe is about right for when he was over there testing it.

[loveice]

Wizardskills said:

Well that looks cool .

Isn't 82 BHP per litre a bit low though for a race car? Unless regulations are limiting it of course.

Well, you have to think this way. With over 1200kg of weight, they need around 650bhp to compete in GT3 races . Then, they will face the choices of having a big displacement engine that's low rev and huge amount of torque, or a small displacement engine which might produce the same amount of bhp but at much higher rev with much less torque. I think I would always choose a big displacement engine which will probably be slightly more reliable, too.

Edited by loveice on Thursday 13th November 12:25

[FastRich]

I think I just had a "gentleman's moment".

Epic car.

Dear Santa....

[200Plus Club]

i think the word here is "awesome".

[tdm34]

fk YEA! is another phrase that aptly describes it.....

[daytona365]

Except, for all the blood and thunder, it's power/weight ratio is very good but hardly class leading.

[hondansx]

That's why i asked whether it was competitive. It looks fantastic, but like a car built in someone's shed compared to the McLaren posted.

[Troubleatmill]

hondansx said:

That's why i asked whether it was competitive. It looks fantastic, but like a car built in someone's shed compared to the McLaren posted.

Those Gm Chevrolet boys seem to know a thing or two about winning at Le Mans. So I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand.

[irocfan]

Troubleatmill said:

hondansx said:

That's why i asked whether it was competitive. It looks fantastic, but like a car built in someone's shed compared to the McLaren posted.

Those Gm Chevrolet boys seem to know a thing or two about winning at Le Mans. So I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand.

thing is though that the 'Maro can't outshine their halo car....

[Troubleatmill]

irocfan said:

Troubleatmill said:

hondansx said:

That's why i asked whether it was competitive. It looks fantastic, but like a car built in someone's shed compared to the McLaren posted.

Those Gm Chevrolet boys seem to know a thing or two about winning at Le Mans. So I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand.

thing is though that the 'Maro can't outshine their halo car....

Expect the Halo car to have a bat st mad version after the Camaro version sells out.
You don't build a GT3 car to lose

[ChemicalChaos]

I presume the C7 'Vettes that race currently are in the class above (GT2?)?

Whatever happened to the old GT1 class anyway?