Z28 Camaro vs. HPE Camaro

[DGthe3]

The Hennesy should be a better drag car, the Z28 should handle better and come with a 100,000 mile power train warranty.

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

I like the HPE Camaro...however, I think the Z28 will be a better overall package and value from the factory. And I think many will be surprised at what we get.

The quoted HPE Camaro's performance numbers on their site were obtained with drag radials, however...so it's not fair to compare the two's performance, imo.

But does the Hennessy car come with DR's or is that an extra/DIY item? If thats how the car comes, thats how it comes.

Originally Posted by MontyCarlo

GM's been talking on and off about a Z28 for a while, but they've also been talking about offering high-end interiors and creature comforts to rival some nicer European imports. What I'm wondering is, will those be one and the same? Could the Z28 be both the higher-performance version of the Camaro AND the luxury version? If so, I would expect that for whatever price GM offers it, it'll have less performance than one of the HPE Camaros.

No, if you want a import beating supercharged luxury vehicle from GM there's the CTS-V

[cliffy]

Give me "factory" hotrod any day if available.

[GTAHVIT]

Originally Posted by cliffy

Give me "factory" hotrod any day if available.

Agreed

[a_Username]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

The Hennesy should be a better drag car, the Z28 should handle better and come with a 100,000 mile power train warranty.
But does the Hennessy car come with DR's or is that an extra/DIY item? If thats how the car comes, thats how it comes.

No, if you want a import beating supercharged luxury vehicle from GM there's the CTS-V

The Mail Order package doesn't come with the radials, but is an option to add on. However, the Hennessey they ran in the 1/4 miles do have radials on them.

[Xanthos]

I'd take the factory one as well in this case, but its hard to make an official judgement since we don't know the specs on it yet...
- X

[big hammer]

Originally Posted by Xanthos

I'd take the factory one as well in this case, but its hard to make an official judgement since we don't know the specs on it yet...
- X

i think we can nearly gaurantee it'll be the cts-v engine

[OUTATIME]

Originally Posted by All-Or-Nothing

They will have to deal with the guzzler tax if they raise the horsepower too much.

Interesting . . . we've all heard reports about the LSA going into the Z/28 which has a gas guzzler tax on the CTS-V. I personally don't think it's possible to avoid it on the Z/28 with 500+hp which is the only way to get competitive with the GT500.

[YOUNGJMUSIC_RS]

I'll take the Z28 any day... especially if it comes with a 100,000 mile power train warranty.

[ShnOmac]

Originally Posted by OUTATIME

the only way to get competitive with the GT500.

Hmmm when did It get announced that the Z/28 is going to compete with the GT500.

[tones2SS]

Originally Posted by sgm10gt

I guess what I am getting at is, are the GM performance parts anything comparable to what you could get at another aftermarket parts house? If so, could that not be a way for people to get their gains, and not affect their factory warranty?

While GM has the performance parts department, you will gain performance out of those parts and not void the warranty if done by Chevrolet employees like you stated.
But, those same performance parts have nothing on true aftermarket performance parts that you can get for your Camaro, i.e., Stainless Works, ADM and so forth.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by Xanthos

I'd take the factory one as well in this case, but its hard to make an official judgement since we don't know the specs on it yet...
- X

Originally Posted by big hammer

i think we can nearly gaurantee it'll be the cts-v engine

But that doesn't mean we'll know the specs. The Corvette, Camaro, and G8 GXP all gave the LS3 but it makes 436 hp in the Vette, 426 in the Camaro, and 415 in the G8. Same thing could happen with the LSA.

[a_Username]

Originally Posted by shnomac77

Hmmm when did It get announced that the Z/28 is going to compete with the GT500.

Why wouldn't it compete with the GT500 lol

[a_Username]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

But that doesn't mean we'll know the specs. The Corvette, Camaro, and G8 GXP all gave the LS3 but it makes 436 hp in the Vette, 426 in the Camaro, and 415 in the G8. Same thing could happen with the LSA.

I hope they'll crank out more than 556 HP for the Z/28. They are obviously going to have to do something around 600 HP if they expect to beat 11.38's stock.

[Speed74SS]

Originally Posted by a_Username

I hope they'll crank out more than 556 HP for the Z/28. They are obviously going to have to do something around 600 HP if they expect to beat 11.38's stock.

11.38's stock?? If you call stock - smaller rims and full slicks... Someone was trying to make it look like a GT500 right off the showroom is going to do an 11.38 on stock tires and rims - not going to happen.