Talk:Fourth-generation Chevrolet Camaro

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[edit] Wheels?

Are there any good sources out there for actual beginning and end years, and possibly photographs, of all of the different wheel styles they used? There were quite a few and some are similar 'enough' in verbal description that photos would probably help. I'd try to contribute some but we don't have any fourthgens in the family anymore :)

Off-hand, I can think of:

  • 1993-? Base V6 steelies with the hideous hubcaps that were a few slices short of being a solid grey plastic disc
  • 1993-? Salad shooters. I could've sworn they dropped those after 1995 but the article shows a "1996" with the shooters.
  • 1996-? ZR1-style. I know there are plenty of 16" versions around but I don't know that GM ever put those on Camaros, I think the only factory ones were 17".
  • 200?-2002 'Split spoke' - usually on the V6 from what I've seen. Five spokes at the hub, each of which splits to two spokes so it's 10 spokes at the rim of the wheel.
  • 200?-2002 10-spoke - V8 only, a proper 10-spoke with 10 straight spokes from the hub to the rim.

Ayocee 19:20, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Displacement units

While metric conversions were properly performed by assuming that the engine displacements were exactly 5.7 liters, this was not the case. The displacements were marketed as "350 cubic inch" small block Chevy engines. With a bore of 4" and a stroke of 3.48", the displacement was really 349.85 cubic inches or 5.7330 liters. kevinthenerd 14:33, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

That's a good point - is there an auto template that starts at cubic inches and works backwards? Neither the LT1 or LS1 were exactly 5.7L - the LT1 is 350 cubes and the LS1 is 346. Ayocee 17:29, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Template:Auto_CID Roguegeek (talk) 18:05, 1 November 2007 (UTC)