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Posted by Mark00 (Member # 952) on :

"During one of my more spirited runs in the deep blue Firehawk, I,achieved that rare state of heightened awareness — or maybe I was just,dizzy — and I pondered these F-beauties in contrast with what usually, passes for a sports car or tuner vehicle nowadays, and versus the, stupefying SUV craze as well. How was rear-wheel drive supplanted by, front-wheel? When did this kind of raw, tromp-and-go torque give way to, high-revving, turbocharged four-bangers? How much carbon monoxide do,
you have to inhale before an imported front-drive buzzbox with an, exhaust outlet the size of a sewer pipe looks like a better choice than,one of these American icons? And how — how? — did sitting up high on, a truck chassis become more important than the kind of performance, and handling I was experiencing in this Pontiac" - or Chevrolet

Excerpted from this article by Joe Wiesenfelder @cars.com http://www.cars.com/carsapp/national/?szc=95687&srv=parser&act=display&tf=/features/firstdrives/slp_firehawk/main.tmpl

Tell me what more I can add to my LS1 Camaro page? http://www.geocities.com/wastespace/

Mark

Posted by jimb0 (Member # 176) on :

...just think how unique we will become when the Camaro and Firebird are produced no more...

..in 1992 my L98 SLP350 Firebird was THE pinnacle of f-body performance, and pretty much the King of the Road. Then along came the '93 f-bodies with their LT1s and my car became pretty much chopped liver. Over the years the LT1 garnered formidable respect on the street...then the WS6s and SSs hit the street, and f-people were at the top of their game. Then along came the LS1. People went "Oh well, they only have 20 more horsepower...all was fine and good until people started dynoing them...jaws dropped, and once again GM had raised the bar, causing even the Vette people to sit up and take notice. So here we are...the 2002's are hitting the street. I will be ordering a new 345 horsepower Firehawk...once again an example the pinnacle of GM performance. I buy it knowing that there will be no more Firebirds and Firehawks...at least not in their present form. I buy it knowing that next year I won't have to worry about being dethroned by an LS6 f-body...

...or will I...

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