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Originally Posted by 2cnd chance
Sorry my question was rhetorical. Yes a lighter car is better, as long as it has a very rigid chassis with which the suspension can be at its optimum.
My point was that the 5Gen should not be without a Z28 because of its weight. It, the 5Gen can and does perform very well. And adding the LS7 will make it a Boss eater, which was its very mission many years ago.
BTW, a 1st Gen Camaro SS350 weighed very much the same as a Z28. Also the Z28 wheels were 15" vs. the 14" on an SS350.
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All true, and as you mentioned in your first response, back in the day no vert was available on the Z/28 either. Now while a SS350 vert with auto and ac would be heavier than a Z/28, you are correct that it had nothing to do with the Z/28 being made lighter in any way, it was just that the SS was heavier due to options ordered that could not be ordered on the Z/28 (again, exactly as you said). You can certainly count me as one of the more "purist" Z/28 fanatics on this forum, but I can get behind the LS7 fifth gen. Z/28 right away as a fifth gen version with it's added weight needs something like the LS7 to counteract that weight in a higher HP/torque, higher revving NA engine to make a good fifth gen Z/28. I just don't see a production LS3 being enough HP/torque for a practical fifth gen Z/28 (and forget about wilder LS3 crate engines, they are a long way from ever being certified for a production vehicle). So if you don't go with an LS3, you want a NA engine so that excludes the LSA and LS9, what production Chevy/GM engine does that leave for an honest 5th gen Z/28? Hmmmmm, the only practical choice I see left is...................................the LS7!
Clyde