I mended another thing and drove a Chevruhlay Camerro

"John_Harbinson" (jensenkid97)
11/04/2015 at 10:16 • Filed to: None

Replaced the high pressure power steering line on a mid 80’s Z-28 Camaro, with the ANEMIC 302 (edit: 305) “high output” and a slushbox. I feel bad for anyone who shelled out for this thing new, it’s just such a gutless, underpowered car. The damn thing doesn’t even have a glovebox, because weight reduction?? And I don’t fit in it. PSA, unless you like doing the gangster lean, and happen to be over 6’1” don’t buy an 80’s camaro. Just don’t do it. It’s a one tire fryer too (reportedly). Just such a shame, still a cool car, but like, not what I’d thought it would be.

DISCUSSION (8)

crowmolly > John_Harbinson
11/04/2015 at 10:20

Chevy 305.

The Chevy 302 is a totally different engine.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > John_Harbinson
11/04/2015 at 10:21

You can’t expect much from 80s American cars. Good platforms for building a cool car though. Since my Oldsmobile is pre smog I can go as crazy as I want and it won’t matter. Olds 455 and a Muncie Rock Crusher? Yes please.

vondon302 > TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
11/04/2015 at 10:34

Came to say this. We are living in a golden age of hp and performance.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > John_Harbinson
11/04/2015 at 10:44

In its day, though, it was decent. Mid-15 second 1/4 mile and about 7 seconds to 60. New it had ~190hp. That’s on par with a four-cylinder Accord or Camry today, and slightly behind a Sonata, but what was left out through emissions control and poor engineering could be brought back to life with a few bolt-on mods.

It’s a good platform to start with though. It could handle well and LS swaps are common.

GhostZ > John_Harbinson
11/04/2015 at 10:58

When it came to cheap, accessible, reliable sports cars, there really weren’t any decent options outside of an IROC-Z or Fox Body mustang throughout most of the 80s and early 90s.

Seriously, if you were honestly shopping for a car in the 80s, you didn’t have the internet to do research (and there wasn’t a mechanic near you who knew a damn thing about German or Japanese cars), and you wanted a sports car without blowing the bank, what would you get?

Your options are Firebird, Camaro, Corvette, Mustang. That was it . Or you could be willing to settle with ridicule and go with a captive import like a Daytona, or smaller 4-cylinder car like an EXP or Porsche 924.

If you were willing to risk expensive repairs or having to tow your car to another town to get work done (unless you were in/near a large city) you could pick up a 280/300ZX, Celica Supra, 911 or 944.

American cars really did have a monopoly on simple, reliable RWD coupes back then. We’re really spoiled now.

crowmolly > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
11/04/2015 at 11:06

And an Accord/Camry of those days had less than 100 hp.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > crowmolly
11/04/2015 at 11:21

I remember it was a big deal when the Accord LX-i came out with 120 hp from its fuel injected A20A3

Birddog > John_Harbinson
11/04/2015 at 12:21

I’m 6”3” tall and never had a problem with mine.

“Gutless”? Sure, today. Back in it’s day it wasn’t considered bad at all.