My future ZL1 :)

[FINALLYSATISFIED]

Originally Posted by coolman

With all the people claiming to be buying a ZL1 including myself, I wonder just how many of us will be able to get our wish. I mean I have money down already and my dealer claims I'll get one ,but it seem to me that GM doesn't plan on building many which will leave many of us out in the cold. What do you guy think about this?

There is always the 2013 ZL-1 as well..

[1Camaro2SS]

I am trading mine also but will leave the ZL1 pure stock. Why mod a ZL1? It's just perfect the way God made it!

[PQ]

Originally Posted by MurderedSS

Im trading in my 2SS and buying a ZL1 as soon as they come out

Im thinking cyber gray with the black stripe

Smaller pully on the blower, kooks, and a nice dyno tune right away,

10sec material? yay or nay?

Originally Posted by MurderedSS

I thought the car stock is going to run mid 11s. with all that you should be in mid 10s, no?

Sorry. No. It's not that easy. Mid 11s with a few mods and DRs probably. Those remaining tenths are HAAAARD to come by.

Originally Posted by coolman

With all the people claiming to be buying a ZL1 including myself, I wonder just how many of us will be able to get our wish. I mean I have money down already and my dealer claims I'll get one ,but it seem to me that GM doesn't plan on building many which will leave many of us out in the cold. What do you guy think about this?

Coolman, you are just in antcipatory mode. (did I just make up a word?)

I did the same thing. I wanted to wait but I ordered my car before production becasue I thought they may stop it due to economic/bailout/cafe/bankruptcy purposes. Paranoid till I got my car.

[PQ]

Originally Posted by 1Camaro2SS

Why mod a ZL1?

Because MOOOOOORRRREEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Supercharged SS]

10 sec car...No chance. To many people think it takes nothing to have a 10 second car. If so, then why are ther 50 or so cars that make 600+ rwhp and what, maybe 8 have made 10 second passes. You'll prob end up with a low 11 second car which is pretty good for just the few things you mentioned about changing. But 10 second's...Thanks for my Sat am laugh.

[GearheadSS]

Originally Posted by PQ

Sorry. No. It's not that easy. Mid 11s with a few mods and DRs probably. Those remaining tenths are HAAAARD to come by.

With the right driver, the CTS-V can break into the 11's bone stock. Put a set of DR's on it and it will probably hit mid 11's. The ZL1 should be lighter than the CTS-V so I see no reason why we won't see 11 second runs from the ZL1.

Here's the quarter mile fast list from the Caddy forum.

[PQ]

Originally Posted by GearheadSS

With the right driver, the CTS-V can break into the 11's bone stock. Put a set of DR's on it and it will probably hit mid 11's. The ZL1 should be lighter than the CTS-V so I see no reason why we won't see 11 second runs from the ZL1.

Here's the quarter mile fast list from the Caddy forum.

Only one stock barely broke into the 11s. And even the lightly moded ones are high 11s ans low 12s.

So you figure the ZL1 stock maybe a tenth or two faster stock and you're still upper 11s. Add a few bolt ons and mid 11s with an occasional low 11 on DRs. 10s? No way. Even if you pulley down and tune. Again, at this point those extra tenths of a second are harder and harder to overcome. We're talking about a car (ZL1) that will probably not make it to 500 rwhp at the wheels and still has a lot of weight to it which will average upper 11s and low 12s. It will take more than just a pulley swap and tune to overcome what will be .7 ish at that point.

But we can talk paper numbers all day long. Until we get some numbers it doesnt' matter.

[OldScoolCamaro]

Originally Posted by Z4me

I believe the 2012 model year will be a smallest
number of ZL1' being produced of any production
year.

Reasons being:

class..., class, claaaaassss..., thank you,..ok now....everyone all at once repeat and say after me,...everyone ready???..., dealer allocation...dealer allocation......, very good, thank you!

[632]

Originally Posted by Supercharged SS

10 sec car...No chance. To many people think it takes nothing to have a 10 second car. If so, then why are ther 50 or so cars that make 600+ rwhp and what, maybe 8 have made 10 second passes. You'll prob end up with a low 11 second car which is pretty good for just the few things you mentioned about changing. But 10 second's...Thanks for my Sat am laugh.

10's sounds pretty good to me right about now...hell, i'd be happy with a 14

[MurderedSS]

Originally Posted by MY68RS

Nothing official on ZL1 but fbodfather has said same color palette for ZL1 as the other 2012 Camaro colors.
"Originally Posted by BeckyD@RodgersChevrolet View Post
No color restraints. Silver, white, black, yellow, orange and Victory red are the only choices at this point."

damn, I have a Black ss now and I absolutely love the color (best color for any car in my opinion) but its so damn hard to keep clean.

I was hoping there would be a dark grey for the ZL1, if not then im prob gunna go for either black or white :/

[1BADZL1]

10 seconds aint gonna happen....not bone stock anyway...come on guys you know this already.... my prediction is maybe mid 11's.. at best... we shall see..

[LostInMoscow]

Originally Posted by MY68RS

10 seconds aint gonna happen....not bone stock anyway...come on guys you know this already.... my prediction is maybe mid 11's.. at best... we shall see..

Which will be faster? The auto or stick? Depends on who's driving it?

[Scarrzz]

Originally Posted by MY68RS

No Carbon Flash Metallic on ZL1 either the color is reserved for 45th anniv Camaros.

They haven't said that there will be a 45th anniversary edition ZL1... but they haven't said there won't be. Have to wait & see.

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[OldScoolCamaro]

Originally Posted by Scarrzz

They haven't said that there will be a 45th anniversary edition ZL1... but they haven't said there won't be. Have to wait & see.

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..I just had a thought, how about if they offered a special limited edition ZL1 with a LS9. The '69 ZL1 had the most technologicaly developed engine of it's day with the corresponding price tag. This creation should have the same as well. Wouldn't that be something. We have debated this all the ballpark before with adding a LS7 or LS9 as an option, but in a tribute package fitting it's lineage and legacy it would be the most impressive monolith one could come up for the beast. It's all about an exclusive offer with a much higher capacity for additional horsepower beyond what those other four letter word guys are going to put out next year. Beyond the reach of most in price...but priceless to others. I can only imagine how that could escalate the megaton horsepower race.