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94 Firebird vs Corvette Posted By: bigsteveg On: 04-22-2008 @ 13:03:47 Reply | Edit So I've seen a lot of postings and conversations about these vehicles with the same motor but the corvette was faster.... because of GM protecting the larger investment.. Has anyone figured out what GM has done differently to lower the HP on the firebirds? Air intake? Exhaust? ECM? -- 1994 Firebird Formula, 383 Stroker, Cooper Zeons, Black Metalic Corvette Rims, 6 speed manual... Bumblebee Yellow! "Took the restrictor plate off to give the YELLOW Dragon some juice. But it ain't exactly street legal so keep it on the down low." Posted By: Calaban007 On: 04-23-2008 @ 01:05:12 Reply | Top | Edit Supposedly Vettes got a 4 bolt main and Fbodys got a 2 bolt main. Vettes got true dual exhaust, fbodies got a restrictive exhaust setup. I'm also fairly certain the Vette is lighter than the Fbody. Probably more but that's all I could think of off the top of my head. --  1995 Camaro Z28 & 1989 IROC-Z Stock restoration in progress, well almost stock  http://www.myspace.com/163296073 Posted By: BlackScreaminMachine On: 04-23-2008 @ 11:18:37 Reply | Top | Edit Based on a weight vs hp ratio the vette is faster, a lil more areo dynamic and lighter. There is the IRS to deal with from a stop. So its really a issue of faster from a stop vs a roll/topspeed. In essence the vette ON PAPER is faster. -- 2002 Navy Blue Metallic Trans-Am, 6 Speed, Leather, T-tops. SLP Flow Pack, Dynatech SuperMaxx, Corsa, Textralia clutch, Moser 12 Bolt, and BMR Suspension. 
Posted By: hot_red_z28 On: 04-27-2008 @ 23:14:48 Reply | Top | Edit Yep, not really much difference in the engine bay... I'm not sure they even gave the vette a different tune... The vette will be a tad faster out of the box because of the things mentioned above... --  Posted By: Calaban007 On: 04-27-2008 @ 23:25:17 Reply | Top | Edit I'll put it this way, there were two nice looking c5 vettes at the track when I went and they were only pulling 14.9's in the quarter. I pulled a 14.8. I think a lot of it was it was like 85+ degrees and humid. I want to go back when it's like 70 degrees or so. --
1995 Camaro Z28 & 1989 IROC-Z Stock restoration in progress, well almost stock
http://www.myspace.com/163296073 Posted By: lt4weeda On: 04-30-2008 @ 14:44:52 Reply | Top | Edit Well here in my town another kid in high school has a vette we both have the lt with a 6 spd and when my car decides to run right it seems like i can get him by half a car tops, but then all that has to be is who shifts better on the pass -- 1994 Camaro- lt4 with CAI, t56 6 spd transmission 1968 Camaro- 327 out of a combine with a moroso cam 500 lift 273 in/exh duration, edelbrock timing kit, 700 cfm edelbrock carb, mark williams 9in. rear end 4.77 gears, and a painless wiring kit
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