GM's "SS" Models
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only its faster then ur car.... and its top of the line, unlike the camaro where theres a v8...
SS is for the top of the line stuff for NON car people to know whats the best.. its all marketing.
i mean comon, camaro SS, TrailBlazer SS, cobalt SS,
tahts like saying the dodge neon shouldnt have the SRT-4 badge... and tahts another thing, Dodge whores out SRT..... why not give them shit?
SS is for the top of the line stuff for NON car people to know whats the best.. its all marketing.
i mean comon, camaro SS, TrailBlazer SS, cobalt SS,
tahts like saying the dodge neon shouldnt have the SRT-4 badge... and tahts another thing, Dodge whores out SRT..... why not give them shit?
Faster huh, maybe your trap.
My car is top of the line also, but I dont need badge on my door to tell me so, I even took the badges off. SS has always been RWD V8, top model. Built for performance.
This is a SS
This is a SS
this is NOT a SS
this is NOT a SS
GM whores out SS on anything and everything. SS has lost its historic meaning.
Yes, Dodge has alot of SRT models, but SRT isnt exactly a well known historic name plate. I also cant think of a single SRT model that cant back up its performance. Where GM slaps SS on N/A 4-banger cobalts, V6 Malibu's, FWD V8 Impalas and Monte Carlo's, hell even on the HRR. Give me a break.
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im sorry but i do think the 2.0 ss/sc deserves it and so does the ss/tc , now i cant argue with the n/a
and u are a noob, i BEAT you at the track, i beat ur ass badly and pulled hard on your ass. FAIR AND SQUARE from a DIG!
im sorry but i do think the 2.0 ss/sc deserves it and so does the ss/tc , now i cant argue with the n/a
and u are a noob, i BEAT you at the track, i beat ur ass badly and pulled hard on your ass. FAIR AND SQUARE from a DIG!
Im talking about the classics, not their modern stuff. If they want to crap up a new performance branding thats fine.
I dont remember such a thing, and if you did it would have only been by a few tenths. You wouldnt have beat me "badly". But congratulations, you might have beat a stock GTP that was running high 14's that day. I have since got my personal best at RSD a few weeks after the track day and I have ran better times before the track day under worse conditions. Go figure.
All I can say is you better learn how to drive for this year. :smile:
historically numbnuts. SRT is a new nomenclature, R/T has been used since the musclecar era. SRT was first used in 97, R/T has been used since 67.
As for the SS being only suitable for the camaro, that's just silly. The Impala, Nova, Chevelle, and even El Camino received the original SS nomenclature in the musclecar era. The SS was first brought out on an Impala in 61 and it was ONLY an APPEARANCE package, so how does that make it only suitable for the Camaro and for no other cars for which it is little more than an appearance package?
I do however agree that it is being overused. Until the Imp SS came out in the early 90s, SS had never been applied to anything other than RWD 2 door cars. Now, there are FWD cars, and 4-cyl cars getting SS treatment. I agree that the old Z-XX system would be better suited. By that token though, I guess calling my car a GS is somewhat of a disservice to its musclecar counterpart...oh well.
IMO The SS isnt what it used to mean, the Camaro whored it out. GM should of stuck with the fomula they did in the 1st and early 2nd gens:
Z28=Suspesion package
SS= High Output Motor
RS=Body Package
I think the Cobalt SS should be an SS, why? because there isnt a NON SS with a S/C, just like the Impalla,Monte the SS have V8's where there isnt a V8 in any other sub-models.
Ive heard that GM is gonna do the new Camaro right, have the Z28 with a LS2 and the "SS" maybe having an LS7.
Z28=Suspesion package
SS= High Output Motor
RS=Body Package
I think the Cobalt SS should be an SS, why? because there isnt a NON SS with a S/C, just like the Impalla,Monte the SS have V8's where there isnt a V8 in any other sub-models.
Ive heard that GM is gonna do the new Camaro right, have the Z28 with a LS2 and the "SS" maybe having an LS7.
and trust me i have more done then before
what did you get that 25 shot of Nawwwssss working
Sorry Sir your wrong, the 61 Impala had different motor options.
What non SS did you see a 409 in? :coolugh:
See but the only real Apperance package SS was the Malabu, which IMO was gayer than 1986 AIDS.
But on another note, Ford has done the same thing with SVT, Contour
um no better
and ill find the slipi have better tires (alot stickier!)
new exedy clutch (stock one was slipping last summer)
possibly a new suspension
cobra heat exchanger
giong wtih a 2.9 pulley
and...... a 50 wet shot
and im also getting it tuned or learnign to tune
Very True, the only thing you could get with an SS that you could get with a Base Z28 was SLP Option's from the factory.
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