This isn't a regular camaro I'm going to compare to the GT500, this a Hennessey Camaro. yes, built by some very reputable people.
Just so people don't think I'm pulling **** out my ass here is a link to where I got all this information:
Offtopic.com
Hennessey claims 562 hp is the result — and we measured a gob-smacking 559 hp on the chassis dyno, although it was running on an unspecified witch's brew of high-octane fuels during the test.
yes, thats 560 horsepower from a super charged 6.2L engine, thats 20 more horsepower than the GT500 which is almost a liter smaller. Not to mention that the GT500 runs off pump gas, not a "witch's brew of high-octane fuels".
Fortunately the HPE550 wears massive 315-millimeter-wide rear Pirelli P Zero tires that turn most of that insane engine speed into forward thrust. This car accelerates hysterically; there's so much momentum that you have to fight the G-forces to shift gears. And the sound is crushing. This is full-immersion acceleration — you could drown in the HPE550's sensory overload.
The GT500's rear Goodyear F1 Supercar tires are "only" 285mm wide and it takes more skill to launch the Ford perfectly. Fortunately, Ford's SVT division has actually built some of that into the GT500's throttle. This isn't an engine on a runaway gallop to its redline; the first inches of pedal travel ease into the thrust gradually.
Bottom line, however, is that the 2010 Hennessey Performance HPE550 Camaro is quicker. Still drinking that high-octane concoction, the Hennessey HPE550 stomped to 60 in only 4.3 seconds (4.0 ticks with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip) while the Shelby GT500 (on California 91 octane) took 4.6 seconds (that's 4.3 seconds with the rollout) to do the same trick. The quarter-mile screams by in 12.1 seconds at 120.1 mph in the Hennessey Camaro and 12.5 seconds at 115.3 mph in the Mustang.
yes, .3 seconds behind in the 0-60 and .4 in the quarter mile but that has a lot to do with the tires.
So we've come to find that the Camaro is a bit faster and more hardcore in performance but it doesn't beat the GT500 by enough of a lead to prove anything and still doesn't provide the ability to be driven daily.
Oh yeah, it the Camaro cost $62,000 all said and done and the GT500 cost $50,000......one more thing, the GT500 has a factory warrenty. I can't stand when people complain about how the GT500 is more expensive but then you take a Camaro and build it even better and it doesn't beat the GT500 and cost $12,000 more still yet.
BTW, I've always been a fan of ford but still drive a GM every day. You guys need to stop bashing mustangs as every car has there pro's and con's
There is no reason to BASH on mustangs, honestly to each their own, but if people can't see the fact that they are actually good cars, then you're just as ignorant as anyone else.
I have to agree.