2013 Camaro SS
Discussion
Nice car and detailed write up. My US car interest started relatively recently, but am loving the experience so far: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
The noise issue was one that got to me too, sometimes you want to hear the V8, others you could do with a bit of subtlety/long distance silence. I opted for the factory NPP Corvette exhaust so I can switch between both modes with a remote control, is that system available for the Camaro? Have you ever used the back seats (fnar
)? If so, how accessible and useable are they? What are your plans for the car? Any roadtrips?
Regards, Dave
p.s loving that 4th gen iroc, the shape gets better with age.
The noise issue was one that got to me too, sometimes you want to hear the V8, others you could do with a bit of subtlety/long distance silence. I opted for the factory NPP Corvette exhaust so I can switch between both modes with a remote control, is that system available for the Camaro? Have you ever used the back seats (fnar
)? If so, how accessible and useable are they? What are your plans for the car? Any roadtrips?Regards, Dave
p.s loving that 4th gen iroc, the shape gets better with age.
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In honesty I went the same way as Chicken diner and disposed of the rear boxes. The funny thing is that with warm engine on partial throttle it's quite civilised - give it some gas and, well it's rather 'vocal'!@Fishy the rear seats are strictly 2+2 territory - not the easiest but for occasional use it's ok. Further plans? TBH not a whole lot, I'm happy with 400hp and similar torque. Maybe mess around with the suspension a little (1.5" seems about right) and some different wheels. Road-trip wise I'm hoping to get a few days to France next year as well as a few long weekends up North but nothing too much
My car (2013 Mini John Cooper Works) also came, indirectly, via Targa Florio. The chap I bought it from, who had purchased it from them, told me that they enjoy a reputation for selling high quality performance cars. Recently, I had occasion to contact them and found them to be very helpful.
Nice thread mate !.
I used to own one of IROCFANS cars, a 88 Camaro IROC-Z 5.0 TPI Auto in Red.
It had a few little tweaks here and there, Superchip remap, TPI Airofoils, and a 150hp shot of Nitrous to wake it up.
Would leave 2 solid black lines on the motorway at 70, awesome car.
In the end i sold it, as it was a daily driver for me, and ever winter it would try to kill me daily. They were not designed to go around wet UK roundabouts.
The gearbox had a shift kit, so it would snap gears faster than you could say "snap". So the rear wheels would break traction all the time. It got old......
Awesome car though. I miss setting off car alarms just by cruising along urban roads at 30mph.
I used to own one of IROCFANS cars, a 88 Camaro IROC-Z 5.0 TPI Auto in Red.
It had a few little tweaks here and there, Superchip remap, TPI Airofoils, and a 150hp shot of Nitrous to wake it up.
Would leave 2 solid black lines on the motorway at 70, awesome car.
In the end i sold it, as it was a daily driver for me, and ever winter it would try to kill me daily. They were not designed to go around wet UK roundabouts.
The gearbox had a shift kit, so it would snap gears faster than you could say "snap". So the rear wheels would break traction all the time. It got old......
Awesome car though. I miss setting off car alarms just by cruising along urban roads at 30mph.
Saabaholic said:
Nice thread mate !.
I used to own one of IROCFANS cars, a 88 Camaro IROC-Z 5.0 TPI Auto in Red.
It had a few little tweaks here and there, Superchip remap, TPI Airofoils, and a 150hp shot of Nitrous to wake it up.
Would leave 2 solid black lines on the motorway at 70, awesome car.
In the end i sold it, as it was a daily driver for me, and ever winter it would try to kill me daily. They were not designed to go around wet UK roundabouts.
The gearbox had a shift kit, so it would snap gears faster than you could say "snap". So the rear wheels would break traction all the time. It got old......
Awesome car though. I miss setting off car alarms just by cruising along urban roads at 30mph.
hi there chap - sad to hear that you've had to lose the IROC, part of me still misses that car. In truth though the new Camaro is streets ahead of the IROC (though I'd still not be overly happy driving it in the ice and snow)I used to own one of IROCFANS cars, a 88 Camaro IROC-Z 5.0 TPI Auto in Red.
It had a few little tweaks here and there, Superchip remap, TPI Airofoils, and a 150hp shot of Nitrous to wake it up.
Would leave 2 solid black lines on the motorway at 70, awesome car.
In the end i sold it, as it was a daily driver for me, and ever winter it would try to kill me daily. They were not designed to go around wet UK roundabouts.
The gearbox had a shift kit, so it would snap gears faster than you could say "snap". So the rear wheels would break traction all the time. It got old......
Awesome car though. I miss setting off car alarms just by cruising along urban roads at 30mph.
a11y_m said:
Lovely car (anything with a decent V8 is good with me!), that colour is amazing, and liking your write-up. I (very) briefly considered one but I need proper rear seats and - no matter how I try to look at it - a 2+2 just wouldn't work for me.
TBH the only car in that class that'd meet your brief would be the Challenger - they are quite a bit more ££ though (otherwise I'd have had one rather than the Camaro!).Another small update...
For most of this year and last I'd had an idea to replace the black wheels with something bigger and, well, less black. I appreciate that black seems quite 'on trend' at the moment, but I've disliked them from the moment I saw the car. Armed with permission from SWMBO to go and splurge in the end I decided that I couldn't justify the extra cost given:
A - the state of the £/$ exchange rate
B - potentially far higher costs thanks to this year's bogeyman, CV19 (transport for US parts seems to have become rather unpleasant)
C - possible fitment issues (apparently the SS is quite sensitive to aftermarket rims)
So I booked in a session with a local specialist to have them powder-coated. Man who knew that choosing a colour could be that bloody hard (the colours I wanted I wasn't able to get a paint code for - pics were no good because different angles, obviously, give different shade).
All that being said I'm properly pleased with the results - they really look good in sunlight, not that we've had much these last few days!
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For most of this year and last I'd had an idea to replace the black wheels with something bigger and, well, less black. I appreciate that black seems quite 'on trend' at the moment, but I've disliked them from the moment I saw the car. Armed with permission from SWMBO to go and splurge in the end I decided that I couldn't justify the extra cost given:
A - the state of the £/$ exchange rate
B - potentially far higher costs thanks to this year's bogeyman, CV19 (transport for US parts seems to have become rather unpleasant)
C - possible fitment issues (apparently the SS is quite sensitive to aftermarket rims)
So I booked in a session with a local specialist to have them powder-coated. Man who knew that choosing a colour could be that bloody hard (the colours I wanted I wasn't able to get a paint code for - pics were no good because different angles, obviously, give different shade).
All that being said I'm properly pleased with the results - they really look good in sunlight, not that we've had much these last few days!
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irocfan said:
well I guess that all good things as they say... to that end my Camaro days are, finally, drawing to a close. I've really enjoyed every minute of owning the SS and will miss it when it goes on sale but I did get an offer of a replacement which is pretty much my dream car
Intrigued to know what you are getting? I have been on the hunt for a C6 Corvette for a while now to no avail. With prices seemingly heading up at a pace am considering other options. My only experience of a Camaro was a V6 rental in Toronto that left me unimpressed but an SS might need further investigation.
Shnozz said:
irocfan said:
well I guess that all good things as they say... to that end my Camaro days are, finally, drawing to a close. I've really enjoyed every minute of owning the SS and will miss it when it goes on sale but I did get an offer of a replacement which is pretty much my dream car
Intrigued to know what you are getting? I have been on the hunt for a C6 Corvette for a while now to no avail. With prices seemingly heading up at a pace am considering other options. My only experience of a Camaro was a V6 rental in Toronto that left me unimpressed but an SS might need further investigation.
but that's all I'll say until Saturday (big kid? Moi? You'd better believe it! )'#soexcited
Nice looking car, our first Camaro (LT1) came from TF as well:
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The second was an inferno orange SS with ZL1 bodykit:
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The third was a real Bumblebee, RS complete with the V6:
My wife's current Camaro is an RS Anniversary (2.0T):
We have that alongside my Mustang GT:
I was wondering why it had an RS badge on it? I thought the RS models were all V6 and were an LT with enhanced kit?
|https://thumbsnap.com/AbPfUZaf[/url]The second was an inferno orange SS with ZL1 bodykit:
[url]The third was a real Bumblebee, RS complete with the V6:
My wife's current Camaro is an RS Anniversary (2.0T):
We have that alongside my Mustang GT:
I was wondering why it had an RS badge on it? I thought the RS models were all V6 and were an LT with enhanced kit?
Great write up and nice car.
I have never been 'into' American cars, but that looks stunning, and all the better for the wheel colour change IMO.
I have a silver car with silver alloys, and have thought about a wheel colour change, but I do not like black, mainly because the wheels look lost as a previous poster has said.
if I may ask, what is the Road Tax on something like this...?
I have never been 'into' American cars, but that looks stunning, and all the better for the wheel colour change IMO.
I have a silver car with silver alloys, and have thought about a wheel colour change, but I do not like black, mainly because the wheels look lost as a previous poster has said.
if I may ask, what is the Road Tax on something like this...?
MustangGT said:
I was wondering why it had an RS badge on it? I thought the RS models were all V6 and were an LT with enhanced kit?
I *think* the RS package is an appearance package, it'll be an RS/SS package (in this case a fully optioned SS2 package, only item 'missing' is a sunroof). Being as it's a Euro spec car the SS has been removed from the pack to avoid potential issues in Germany hence just RS.Paul S4 said:
if I may ask, what is the Road Tax on something like this...?
Road tax on euro spec cars is 585 (or whatever the full rate is these days), US import is half that. Annoying? Yes, but in fairness it's only (roughly) 4 tanks of petrol extra so in real terms nothing more than an annoyance, the other thing to bear in mind is that both Euro and US versions seem to hold on to their value quite well so overall. 
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