skorpion317

http://www.motortrend.com/multimedia...st_animations/

pretty cool virtual showdown between the 5th gen and the projected '09 Mustang lineup. Looks like things will be close, but not close enough great animation job. also, notice on the slalom and figure-8 runs - the Mustang looks like it rolls all over the place, while the Camaro looks tighter, more in control. The dragstrip is great, too - and some eye-popping times from the ZL1 and GT500.

JasonD

Glad you found that, I got the issue a few days ago but that wasn't online then.

Thanks! Neat stuff!

Ryan's LT1

Haha! Look at the sloppy mustang, it looks like its about to roll over!

stars1010

Yeah I read that article at the grocery store yesterday, pretty interesting stuff....

Abidar

straight ownage by the ZL1

FS3800

heh.. the V6 camaro's slalom avg mph is the same as the mustang shelby gt500's

number77

Cool, but too bad they got the model names wrong.

skorpion317

I screwed around with it some more. do it at 10 FPS to get a sense for the actual speed. 20 FPS is too slow.

Bradl1982

WTF are they basing this off of? Do they know what engines are going to be in the camaros or how much they'll even weigh? Why are they doing comparisons when they dont have any of the facts?

skorpion317

not sure of the Camaro V6...the 'Stang V6 is the 4.0L.

Z/28 is an LS2, i believe, and the "Boss 330" has an upcoming 4.6L i think.

The ZL-1 has to have the LS7, and the GT500 has a supercharged 5.4L.

as for weight, the Mustangs are easy to do since the model exists already. The Camaro is a different story, but speculation places it around 3500 lbs.

this whole thing is simply for fun, to see what would happen should the two models meet on the strip or skidpad. I would expect the results to be the same as those in the animations

SFireGT98

Pretty interesting, though we basically know nothing of what the Camaro is gonna be bringing (well except for those in the know). Can't wait till we can see a real comparison test!

FS3800

i think i read somewhere that they did work with Chevy to get it as accurate as possible.. i don't know what kinda info they got.. i don't even have the link where i read that.. i'll search for it after work

IREngineer

Eh, good for entetainment value I guess. Mustang is not standing still by any means...

Abidar

you're right, she's sitting

IREngineer

Let's not get too cocky just yet. There are still some Coletti-like personalities over at Ford. We should leave the magazine racing to the ricers.