2011/2012 Camaro Z28 LSA Engine and Hood Design Revealed!

[REAPER SS]

Honestly, Im just as hype as everyone else, but It'll probably cost upper 40s to low 50s which is out of my ballpark. I will be satisfied with strapping a blower on top of my SS.

I still take my hat off to Chevy for giving the crowd what they want. The 2010 Camaro just released last year and people were already screaming for a Z28. A little over a year later they have the prototype Z28.

I think they deserve some sort of recognition for trying to give the people what they want!!

[fastkevman]

Originally Posted by Edge.128

the main reason I see to buy this is for the warranty. if you want to mod up a SS go for it you will likely get more power out of it but if you break it you will pay for it.... and while some of you maybe can afford to do that not everyone can.

The same people that can't afford to mod an SS without worry will be unlikely candidates to own a $50k+ Z28.
Warranty has nothing to do with it, most of these cars will go to deep-pocket guys that just want to have a better car than most and much like a lot of the Z06's, ZR1's, and GT500's, I predict most Z28's will be garage queens.

[SikMaro]

Originally Posted by Edge.128

nice to see a medium blue back.

cool engine, the hood looks ok but there are better ones out there I think.

that is the aqua blue metallic. not sure why they are using that as a mule unless they are bringing it back

[SonnyakaPig]

Originally Posted by REAPER SS

Honestly, Im just as hype as everyone else, but It'll probably cost upper 40s to low 50s which is out of my ballpark. I will be satisfied with strapping a blower on top of my SS.

I still take my hat off to Chevy for giving the crowd what they want. The 2010 Camaro just released last year and people were already screaming for a Z28. A little over a year later they have the prototype Z28.

I think they deserve some sort of recognition for trying to give the people what they want!!

I'm thinking this will be priced in the low $50's to mid $60's. Think about it, some 2SS's were costing low $40's when they first came out -- dealer markup and all.

What will be funny is if the Z28 is priced lower and performs better than some of the "limited edition" supercharged Camaro SS's that are way overpriced.

[SonnyakaPig]

Originally Posted by 2011RS/SS

z28 should be a 11 second car no doubt. A CTS-V like mine runs low 12s with probably 400 pounds of additional weight over the Z... 650hp will be no problem. i just added 100 more hp with just a pulley swap and exhaust change

Can you tell by looking at the picture of the "LSA" engine pictured in the first post how much boost they are running with the pulley that they are using? Does it look to be the same size as the one that comes stock in the CTS-V?

[tonytahoe]

These pics are supposed to be spy photos? Looks like GM quality to me.I think they are leaking this info out for all of us to drool over.

[nick at night]

Originally Posted by Eric77TA

Have you seen some of the lenses that Brenda Priddy and Chris Doane use? They have zoom lenses that make stuff that's a mile away look like you're standing next to it.

There's an article here:

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/newes...8353139&page=1

about how Brenda Priddy gets her shots. You can see one of her foot long lenses in the second pic on the story.

Does anyone think they may go back to the red "performance" bowtie for the Z/28? Bumble Bee has one. Unless there is some change to the badging, I don't see the point in covering it up. My 5 year old would know that was a Camaro badging or no.

That was actually very enlightening, thank you

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by SikMaro

that is the aqua blue metallic. not sure why they are using that as a mule unless they are bringing it back

They probably just used a car that they already had, not a brand new one off the line. I attribute it to random chance more than anything.

Originally Posted by tonytahoe

These pics are supposed to be spy photos? Looks like GM quality to me.I think they are leaking this info out for all of us to drool over.

Most of Priddy's stuff is like that, except for the shots of track testing and such. Its not leaked, but the engineers obviously allowed the pictures to be taken (or they should be fired for leaving the car unattended and letting some random person open up the hood).

[KKreme15]

Maybe GM pulled ABM so they could use it as a Z/28 exclusive color? So they limited the amount of ABM running around
Just speculation

[Caliman93230]

Originally Posted by Milk 1027

Why would they use a less efficient blower, rather than a more efficient blower that gets the same horsepower as the bigger one?

why does the ZR1 have the tvs2300 ? bigger is better

[b4z]

My guess is that someone else took the pics and is having Brenda's company sell them for him/her.

[2010_5thgen]

Originally Posted by steddy2112

An heat extraction hood rather, like an Lancer Evolution, or the E46 M3 GTRs

yes i know. i want that and the brakes for my SS. and whatever gearing it may have..... thats it. i like my SS better though.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by KKreme15

Maybe GM pulled ABM so they could use it as a Z/28 exclusive color? So they limited the amount of ABM running around
Just speculation

They ditched ABM for SGM. A smart choice in my opinion.

[KKreme15]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

They ditched ABM for SGM. A smart choice in my opinion.

That's what they want you to think.