2012 Camaro ZL1 550 HP Supercharged

[Dave]

Originally Posted by z06boy

Well not with him driving for sure.

Guy is fucking insane. Gan san is worse

[zlicius]

don't you have to get the Z06 vette to get this

"Magnetic Ride Control suspension"

[goof2]

Originally Posted by zlicius

don't you have to get the Z06 vette to get this

"Magnetic Ride Control suspension"

Nope, its an option on the regular Vettes.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Plenty of gauges have numbers on them.......But the needle still stays in one position all the time. Or if it moves, it moves slow as molasses. Get a real gauge like a VDO.

Yes the gauges are buffered, but the pressure is reading what the pressure is after the buffereing period, which is only a few seconds. Have you ever conntected an oil pressure gauge to an engine? It will bounce around a bit. I'd rather have the guages buffered.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Hesitate as in takes longer than a 4-cylinder to rev up and then rev back down........Too much reciprocating mass inside a big engine........And they waste energy shaking the car and stretching the motor mounts rather than putting the power down.

None of the V8's I've driven felt like they were as "connected" to the throttle as a good 4-cylinder is.

Yeah I know, how a car performs is more important than how it feels when you blip the gas, but I grew up driving 4's so that's the type of feeling I prefer.

Well...it may take longer for an 8 cylinder to rev up vs. a 4 cylinder, but remember you have half the power.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Well...it may take longer for an 8 cylinder to rev up vs. a 4 cylinder, but remember you half the power.

assumption. a lot of mustangs have lost to similar thoughts

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Yes the gauges are buffered, but the pressure is reading what the pressure is after the buffereing period, which is only a few seconds. Have you ever conntected an oil pressure gauge to an engine? It will bounce around a bit. I'd rather have the guages buffered.

WTF is the point of buffering?

I put a VDO mechanical oil pressure gauge on my Rabbit GTI (it didn't have a sensor, you had to hook up an oil hose to the back of it), and that thing was awesome how it responded. At startup it would stay pretty high for awhile, since cold oil is thicker......But after a few minutes it would start dropping down as the oil heated up. Eventually it would drop down to say 20-30 psi at idle, but then rise to 60-70 psi when you blip the throttle. I don't remember the exact pressure but that's not the point. Why would you want it buffered? A true enthusiast wants to know exactly what's happening when it happens.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

WTF is the point of buffering?

I put a VDO mechanical oil pressure gauge on my Rabbit GTI (it didn't have a sensor, you had to hook up an oil hose to the back of it), and that thing was awesome how it responded. At startup it would stay pretty high for awhile, since cold oil is thicker......But after a few minutes it would start dropping down as the oil heated up. Eventually it would drop down to say 20-30 psi at idle, but then rise to 60-70 psi when you blip the throttle. I don't remember the exact pressure but that's not the point. Why would you want it buffered? A true enthusiast wants to know exactly what's happening when it happens.

its to keep mechanically illiterate fucktards from bringing the car back for unnecessary diagnostic service because "the gauges were moving". shit you not.

certain cars dont have them, the nsx's oil gauge is sensitive enough you can see a drop when the vtec system switches cam profiles. scc also made a big stink about the srt4 having "real gauges"

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Dave

its to keep mechanically illiterate fucktards from bringing the car back for unnecessary diagnostic service because "the gauges were moving". shit you not.

sad but probably true

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

sad but probably true

100% true. i work for whats basically a car rental service and you'd be floored at the kind of stuff these morons report. my favorite is the seatbelt alarm, which they always SWEAR they wore.