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ClarityCamaro · 11-04-2015, 01:40 PM

Options on building my 2013 zl1 setup would be a lsx 427 tt setup. Or should I trade my zl1 in for a 2016 zo6 3lz

masterj1109 · 11-04-2015, 01:58 PM

I am sure you will get a lot of mixed opinions in this post and with that, here is mine!

I like both the early 5th gen Camaro and the new corvette, I even recently considered this same idea

After a decent amount of modding on my current camaro, I think my opinion is if I had to start over, I would elect to buy a brand new 2016 3LZ CR.7 (or just Z07 package based on your desired price range) and just do minor mods on a factory fast car. Get 90%+ of your performance right from the factory (especially if you want to drive often) with a warranty, you break they buy!

This is so you can focus your modding dollars on simply adding any visual flare you like to personalize it without having to spend major $$$ on any major performance overhauling

Warpaint69 · 11-04-2015, 02:05 PM

I'm old school and prefer stuffing a bigger heart beat into my chevrolet's. Always fun to crack the hood open and the center piece isn't what anyone else has living under there. Just my 2 pennies.

DaFisch · 11-04-2015, 02:08 PM

I think the corvette is for taking your wife to dinner and impressing the germans while driving there. the camaro is for pissing off your neighbors while ripping the neighborhood pavement up. either way, american. so what kind of personality/message do you want to send. I'd go camaro all the way if you are going to mod both. or corvette if you are going to keep it stock.

Warpaint69 · 11-04-2015, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFisch

I think the corvette is for taking your wife to dinner and impressing the germans while driving there. the camaro is for pissing off your neighbors while ripping the neighborhood pavement up. either way, american. so what kind of personality/message do you want to send. I'd go camaro all the way if you are going to mod both. or corvette if you are going to keep it stock.

Very well said.

ClarityCamaro · 11-04-2015, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Warpaint69

Very well said.

See I grew up racing ever since I was 15 and I know what it takes just to keep these modded cars going. Just one mess up and that's your motor... I remember when I was 18 and blowing my first motor $15,000 blown. So I'm not sure if I want to take that route or just go with a 2015 z51 3lz and put a super charger on it there is one right now for $55,000 not bad at all

qcman · 11-04-2015, 02:21 PM

I would go twin turbo, add a wide body kit and put a new clutch in as those cars can be a bitch on clutches when doing a burnout.... apparently

ClarityCamaro · 11-04-2015, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by qcman

I would go twin turbo, add a wide body kit and put a new clutch in as those cars can be a bitch on clutches when doing a burnout.... apparently

I love the wide body kits on the Camaro and a good shop to put 1000 hp to the wheels but I'm not sure or where to start looking. Anyone know of any good shops in Texas near the Dallas area? To do work to the motor as well as put a wide body kit on my Camaro I do have a bomex wide body kit sitting in my barn just haven't gotten to it yet

Warpaint69 · 11-04-2015, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ClarityCamaro

See I grew up racing ever since I was 15 and I know what it takes just to keep these modded cars going. Just one mess up and that's your motor... I remember when I was 18 and blowing my first motor $15,000 blown. So I'm not sure if I want to take that route or just go with a 2015 z51 3lz and put a super charger on it there is one right now for $55,000 not bad at all

My hobby outside of my Camaro is dirt track racing. Had a GM 604 crate engine in a modified for 20 nights blow up just idling in the pits after unloading it. Piston broke around the wrist pin. $6,000 boat anchor. It can happen to anything.

ClarityCamaro · 11-04-2015, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Warpaint69

My hobby outside of my Camaro is dirt track racing. Had a GM 604 crate engine in a modified for 20 nights blow up just idling in the pits after unloading it. Piston broke around the wrist pin. $6,000 boat anchor. It can happen to anything.

I'm really leaning to a white zo6 I'm just tired of motors breaking and then having to rebuild them just bad investments in my opinion. But we will see what the wife says

jolson63 · 11-04-2015, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFisch

I think the corvette is for taking your wife to dinner and impressing the germans while driving there. the camaro is for pissing off your neighbors while ripping the neighborhood pavement up. either way, american. so what kind of personality/message do you want to send. I'd go camaro all the way if you are going to mod both. or corvette if you are going to keep it stock.

Right on, dude!!!

The Patriot · 11-04-2015, 04:01 PM

Having had a highly modded car (a Corvette), I would take the Z06 over a modded Camaro. I got so tired of always wrenching on the car, always fixing something, always shelling out more bucks. The idea of Tier 1 performance AND a warranty is very nice!

christianchevell · 11-05-2015, 07:51 AM

with the zo6 you would already be supercharged and you are now. Why you want to twin turbo and ditch the current set up is just from your bad luck you had a streak of. You do not necessarily need a zo6 to get supercharged on the corvette as they take readily to magnuson heartbeat etc and already with 11 second performance for a corvette a guy should be doing tens..... The real question is who are you trying to impress? Why ditch all this money already on a zl1 and then change? With your clutch in now and practice you should be good to go, but you may want to hold on a little as if you liked the zl1 their will be a new one coming down the pike and it will be with all the bells and whistles and the great last hurrah for the Camaros highest h.p. rating ever stock. Its all in what you want, putting money in modded cars is a pit but it can be a fun pit if done right and last a long long time.

Funny thing is not everything goes as planned and that's life. I just read the latest Decembers car and driver..... On their long term drive testing their new corvette crapped the engines bearing on one crank journal and the metal ate the engine.... So g.m. replaced it free ASAP,( took about two weeks), how much hassle do you think the average guy would get for the same problem????? Direct injection can be nice but its also even more advanced and with mods can be even more money...lol Its a absolute for a dyno tune if installing a supercharger and it needs to be tuned right......

Just some things to think about as what is on the other side of the road is : the other side of the road....lol Frankly sometimes I wish I just had my old chevelle with its 406 as its about the experience of driving and having fun and that's what should bring the smile to your face, not how fast on any given track your can go and versus what...the venron gt...lol

MrChrisLS3 · 11-05-2015, 03:10 PM

If the Z06 were an option for me, that's the way I would go. Seems like a no brainer to me.

11-04-2015, 01:40 PM	#1
ClarityCamaro Drives: 2013 black zl1 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Lubbock Posts: 696	To build or to trade. Options on building my 2013 zl1 setup would be a lsx 427 tt setup. Or should I trade my zl1 in for a 2016 zo6 3lz

11-04-2015, 02:05 PM	#3
Warpaint69 Drives: 2013 VR 2SS RS Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Kansas Posts: 619	I'm old school and prefer stuffing a bigger heart beat into my chevrolet's. Always fun to crack the hood open and the center piece isn't what anyone else has living under there. Just my 2 pennies. __________________

11-04-2015, 04:01 PM	#12
The Patriot Drives: 2014 2SS/RS VERT Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Idaho Posts: 455	Having had a highly modded car (a Corvette), I would take the Z06 over a modded Camaro. I got so tired of always wrenching on the car, always fixing something, always shelling out more bucks. The idea of Tier 1 performance AND a warranty is very nice! __________________ 2014 2SS/RS Vert. "Today I didn't even have to use my AK, I got ta' say it was a good day"

11-05-2015, 07:51 AM	#13
christianchevell old school chevy rodder Drives: 2013 2SS/RS Manual,DM exhaust,CRT Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,587 View My Garage	with the zo6 you would already be supercharged and you are now. Why you want to twin turbo and ditch the current set up is just from your bad luck you had a streak of. You do not necessarily need a zo6 to get supercharged on the corvette as they take readily to magnuson heartbeat etc and already with 11 second performance for a corvette a guy should be doing tens..... The real question is who are you trying to impress? Why ditch all this money already on a zl1 and then change? With your clutch in now and practice you should be good to go, but you may want to hold on a little as if you liked the zl1 their will be a new one coming down the pike and it will be with all the bells and whistles and the great last hurrah for the Camaros highest h.p. rating ever stock. Its all in what you want, putting money in modded cars is a pit but it can be a fun pit if done right and last a long long time. Funny thing is not everything goes as planned and that's life. I just read the latest Decembers car and driver..... On their long term drive testing their new corvette crapped the engines bearing on one crank journal and the metal ate the engine.... So g.m. replaced it free ASAP,( took about two weeks), how much hassle do you think the average guy would get for the same problem????? Direct injection can be nice but its also even more advanced and with mods can be even more money...lol Its a absolute for a dyno tune if installing a supercharger and it needs to be tuned right...... Just some things to think about as what is on the other side of the road is : the other side of the road....lol Frankly sometimes I wish I just had my old chevelle with its 406 as its about the experience of driving and having fun and that's what should bring the smile to your face, not how fast on any given track your can go and versus what...the venron gt...lol __________________ 2021 Wild Cherry ZL1 A10, Sunroof, Data, Carbon, Nav, RotoFab Dry CAI, Elite x2, Borla ATK, Driveshaft shop

11-04-2015, 01:58 PM	#2
masterj1109 Drives: 2010 Hennessey HPE 650 Camaro Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 140 View My Garage	I am sure you will get a lot of mixed opinions in this post and with that, here is mine! I like both the early 5th gen Camaro and the new corvette, I even recently considered this same idea After a decent amount of modding on my current camaro, I think my opinion is if I had to start over, I would elect to buy a brand new 2016 3LZ CR.7 (or just Z07 package based on your desired price range) and just do minor mods on a factory fast car. Get 90%+ of your performance right from the factory (especially if you want to drive often) with a warranty, you break they buy! This is so you can focus your modding dollars on simply adding any visual flare you like to personalize it without having to spend major $$$ on any major performance overhauling

11-04-2015, 02:08 PM	#4
DaFisch Master Amateur Mechanic Drives: Victory Red 2011 2SS/RS Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: South Barrington, IL Posts: 1,720	I think the corvette is for taking your wife to dinner and impressing the germans while driving there. the camaro is for pissing off your neighbors while ripping the neighborhood pavement up. either way, american. so what kind of personality/message do you want to send. I'd go camaro all the way if you are going to mod both. or corvette if you are going to keep it stock.

11-04-2015, 02:21 PM	#7
qcman Drives: 2013 Camaro 2SS RDP Tuned L99 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Ottawa, Canada eh? Posts: 1,889	I would go twin turbo, add a wide body kit and put a new clutch in as those cars can be a bitch on clutches when doing a burnout.... apparently

11-05-2015, 03:10 PM	#14
MrChrisLS3 Drives: 2018 1SS M6 Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Houston Posts: 2,617	If the Z06 were an option for me, that's the way I would go. Seems like a no brainer to me.