2023 COPO Camaro 632 - Page 5

01-10-2023, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by GUMP

I think that would be COOL!

(Would it run Stock or just Super Stock?)

Stock of course!

Billy Nees · 01-10-2023, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by GUMP

But honestly, what are the automakers doing today that is so different from 1969?

This continual bashing of legal cars is getting old.

Daren, REALLY? You know darned well that there's a WORLD of difference between what the OEMs are doing and selling today vs.1969! A new COPO isn't even remotely close to what's going through the Dealer's doors. And OBTW, I AM old enough to have been able to see '69 COPOs sitting on Dealer's lots.
Am I missing something?

TOSTO RACING · 01-10-2023, 09:02 AM

All the stuff thats allowed in Stock and (going on) you guys are worried about another COPO combination LOL let it in whats the difference now lol. Its the Camaros last year.

Better yet just make stock a 9 inch tire class and correct cubic inch and part numbers for the year and make claimed, and anything else goes .

Oh wait that is what STOCK is already never mind lol!!!

GUMP · 01-10-2023, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Daren, REALLY? You know darned well that there's a WORLD of difference between what the OEMs are doing and selling today vs.1969! A new COPO isn't even remotely close to what's going through the Dealer's doors. And OBTW, I AM old enough to have been able to see '69 COPOs sitting on Dealer's lots.
Am I missing something?

John made a very good point when he said, "Whole different time and tech..."

That has been my point since these new cars first appeared in 2008. They are exactly what you get if you build a new car according to the current rules. Which is also exactly how we got COPO Camaros in 1969.

I have two cars that I am running that have the production block, head castings, and rockers. They also run with true hydraulic lifters and beehive springs. How many Stock Racers can still say that?

I have said over and over that I feel some combinations probably shouldn't have made the cut.

You only miss what you refuse to see...

442OLDS · 01-10-2023, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by TOSTO RACING

Better yet just make stock a 9 inch tire class and correct cubic inch and part numbers for the year and make claimed, and anything else goes .

Oh wait that is what STOCK is already never mind lol!!!

Actually, I had a post in tech but it hasn't had much interest.
It's not even a 9 inch tire class anymore.Only Gump so far seems to know what I'm talking about.lol.

TOSTO RACING · 01-10-2023, 10:12 AM

Yeh saw that.

Well love it , hate it , bitch about it (guilty) , its still the most fun you can have on 4 wheels. There's nothing like pulling in the lanes getting paired up on the ladder seeing all the badass cars.

Remember you gotta have fun and enjoy it !!

01-10-2023, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by 442OLDS

Actually, I had a post in tech but it hasn't had much interest.
It's not even a 9 inch tire class anymore.Only Gump so far seems to know what I'm talking about.lol.

Not too many will talk about the large 9… easy to spot but There were blind eyes !
A factory race car with a factory race motor and 4 link should not be in stock period.

01-10-2023, 11:25 AM

Gump, not throwing darts at you! We race what they tell us we can race.

GUMP · 01-10-2023, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Barry Polley

Gump, not throwing darts at you! We race what they tell us we can race.

Not taken that way at all. I think that these are conversations worth having.

In 2010 I got one of the first Body-In-White Camaros. At that time I tried to work with Chevrolet to put a torque arm in it. Knowing that whatever the NHRA approved would be the standard going ahead, I didn't want to rock the boat by going directly to them myself. It was my thought that the torque arm would be the least controversial option. Obviously, that did not go my way.

That said, the four link is nowhere near as forgiving as a torque arm set-up.

The precedent had already been set for the Corvettes to run a solid rear. So, the NHRA had to allow something. I really don't see the four link as any great advantage.

Tony Fagnilli · 01-10-2023, 12:45 PM

I'm not exactly sure what all the hub-bub is about. Why would anyone care what combinations the NHRA allows? unless it's a heads up, it is just bracket racing.

01-10-2023, 09:02 AM	#43
TOSTO RACING Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: DRAGSTRIP Posts: 884 Likes: 882 Liked 639 Times in 182 Posts	Re: 2023 COPO Camaro 632 All the stuff thats allowed in Stock and (going on) you guys are worried about another COPO combination LOL let it in whats the difference now lol. Its the Camaros last year. Better yet just make stock a 9 inch tire class and correct cubic inch and part numbers for the year and make claimed, and anything else goes . Oh wait that is what STOCK is already never mind lol!!! __________________ 5664 GHI/SA 1985 CAMARO RED H/SA 1985 CAMARO BLUE I/SA Last edited by TOSTO RACING; 01-10-2023 at 09:07 AM.

01-10-2023, 10:12 AM	#46
TOSTO RACING Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: DRAGSTRIP Posts: 884 Likes: 882 Liked 639 Times in 182 Posts	Re: 2023 COPO Camaro 632 Yeh saw that. Well love it , hate it , bitch about it (guilty) , its still the most fun you can have on 4 wheels. There's nothing like pulling in the lanes getting paired up on the ladder seeing all the badass cars. Remember you gotta have fun and enjoy it !! __________________ 5664 GHI/SA 1985 CAMARO RED H/SA 1985 CAMARO BLUE I/SA

01-10-2023, 11:25 AM	#48
Barry Polley Guest Posts: n/a	Re: 2023 COPO Camaro 632 Gump, not throwing darts at you! We race what they tell us we can race.

01-10-2023, 12:45 PM	#50
Tony Fagnilli Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 94 Likes: 94 Liked 205 Times in 44 Posts	Re: 2023 COPO Camaro 632 I'm not exactly sure what all the hub-bub is about. Why would anyone care what combinations the NHRA allows? unless it's a heads up, it is just bracket racing.