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" Walk around and interview with the Design Manager in charge of the 2010 Twin Turbo Chevrolet Camaro built for Jay Leno at the 2009 SEMA Show. Here the details about this one of kind Camaro powered by a Twin Turbo charged V6. Todd Parker describes Jay's goals and design ideas that went into building this muscle car that is ahead of it's time. " Read the message post on this video too. These are the racetrack players. |
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This is GM doing public research and development and using a household name to attract attention. There is no better name to put on a car to attract attention then Jay Leno. GM has been doing a lot of celebrity Camaro builds lately so it must be working. Great setup though, it just isn't lighter than the LS3 equipped SS and the fact that Todd didn't even weigh the car to confirm his beliefs doesn't hold a lot of weight with me... (pun intended) |
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Edit: The Turbonetics T-3 turbos are only using 7lbs of boost. At 11.4:1 compression, it's possible to run 7lbs of boost without touching the internals. The thing is, they never really show the engine that much because this is a working GM Ecotech prototype NOT a Jay Leno special edition. Similar to the Twinforce (now Ecoboost) 3.5 V6 monster Ford had in 2008-2009. GM should rename "Ecotec" to "Lenoboost" to gain 10 extra horsepower... |
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The only good thing about the turbo v6 is fuel economy. But don't get me wrong I love the Leno car, drop a V8 in there and It would be on its way to a great track car.
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SuperCarEnthusiast was right though, the Jay Leno Camaro was built for road racing.
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It was but I don't see GM doing it as a Z28, and I would like to see some more suspension upgrades
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I would think that replacing the wheels, exhaust and intake with lightweight components could shave about 70-80lbs. U lose those garbage cans out back as well as the heavy exhaust manifolds and replace them with LT headers muff delete and replace the very handsome but heavy as heeeell wheels with lightweight wheels, and u have a lighter machine. I know my CAI intake is much lighter than stock. Even if the beefed up suspension chips away at all of the weight savings and we have a car that is very close to an SS in weight then I still think we have a very formidable package.
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Something tells me we will see the Z28 in earl July and not even know it, well accept for the fact we have seen it before.
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I am also expecting Camaro sales to be pretty burnt out by then so a new exciting model will be good to turn some attention towards the Camaro at that time. Don't forget the 2014 Mustang III spy photos and info will be popping up around that time so a Z28 announcement would pretty much be the only thing GM has left in their arsenal to fight back by then. |
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There is no way GM will let the Z28 come to market unannounced. This will be the pinnacle of the 5th Gen models, far surpasses the media attention of the ZL1. It will be the most talked about 5th Gen Camaro, it will be on every car magazines cover, there will be a prime time spot on Motorweek and Speed TV about the history and the making of the Z28. Then there will be the ultimate comparison between the Boss 302 and the Z28 in every single publication known to man... They will not let this car go unnoticed...
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Wonder if it will have this spoiler.. I kind of like it
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