[rpoz-29]

A group of us had our cars dynoed today. I had the Camaro on the dyno 2 years ago. It made 288.3 hp and 311.38 lb ft. and had around 4000 miles on it. Today with 5700 miles and Hoosiers on the rear, it made 301.05 hp and 320.93 lb ft. It weighed 3467 pounds which seems heavy to me. It's an '02 hardtop, manual windows, locks, no traction control, etc. The only options were the Hurst shifter, the Z-rated tires, and the rear defroster. It sure beat hanging around the house scraping wall paper.

[Sam Strano]

A group of us had our cars dynoed today. I had the Camaro on the dyno 2 years ago. It made 288.3 hp and 311.38 lb ft. and had around 4000 miles on it. Today with 5700 miles and Hoosiers on the rear, it made 301.05 hp and 320.93 lb ft. It weighed 3467 pounds which seems heavy to me. It's an '02 hardtop, manual windows, locks, no traction control, etc. The only options were the Hurst shifter, the Z-rated tires, and the rear defroster. It sure beat hanging around the house scraping wall paper.

A few things to note:

Hoosiers: what size? Any change in gearing will effect the number, as well as any loss in rotational weight.

Mileage. Not uncommon for a car to loosen up and since many find that newer cars "wake up" around 5000 miles I strongly believe the programming is loosened up once past break-in. My Camaro, my Mustang, Corvette owners and a lot of other report the very same thing.

Weather. Clearly it's pretty cool, was the weather the same as before?

The numbers are good. I'm sure you picked up some power--any number of reasons why. I don't think it's just from wear.

The weight: My car was, and still is right about 3429 with a full tank. Hardtop, power window, 6-speed car. I've shed weight off the car in ways, and added some back so it's all worked about a wash. Scales are notoriously variable. Your car should be no heavier than mine. That number was off the certified scale @ Heartland Park in Topeka in 2006.