12-24-2012, 10:16 AM | #477 | |
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Thank You!!! The only Camaros that were heavier were the BB Camaros. |
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12-24-2012, 10:29 AM | #478 | |
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http://www.carcraft.com/roadtests/908/ The rest had the 285 hp LT1.
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12-24-2012, 10:35 AM | #479 |
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Yes, those that can't afford a ZR1
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12-24-2012, 10:38 AM | #480 |
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Nobody should be concerned with weight on an LS7 Camaro.
SS curb weight-3860 lbs 1LE- 3875 ZL1- 4120 With the 1LE even with lighter weight wheels and tires were not enough to keep it from gaining weight. Ask some 1LE owners how it performs compared with an SS. Night and day difference. The ZL1s handling prowess needs no explanation. Expect an LS7 Camaro to land somewhere under the ZL1s weight just under 4100 lbs depending on content. A Z28 or 1LE/LS7 equivalent will leave plenty of competitors chasing it around a road course. Mustang? Puhleeeez. I believe this next Camaro will hold its own well into the mustangs next generation.
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12-24-2012, 10:40 AM | #481 | |
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12-24-2012, 10:58 AM | #482 | |
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12-24-2012, 11:03 AM | #483 |
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Good assessment
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12-24-2012, 11:06 AM | #484 | |
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I see the "Z28" around the same weight as the 1LE. |
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12-24-2012, 11:13 AM | #485 |
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Very possible. If they make one available without the frills that could help with price and weight. Do you think the 12 bolt rear end from the ZL1 would be necessary? Wonder how much that would add.
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12-24-2012, 11:26 AM | #486 |
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I don't. I know Pete wants it. I think he likes it because it helps balance the car front to rear more and he can go crazy with more power. I think GM put it in there for the fact that some would want to drag the ZL1 using high rpm clutch drops. Again the ZL1 being the jack of all trades car and it being a drag legend.
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12-24-2012, 11:30 AM | #487 |
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I was planning to wait on the 6th gen to buy another Camaro, but if this is true the LS7 will get me to bite on another 5th gen.
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12-24-2012, 11:30 AM | #488 |
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Offer this LS7 Z28 in a nice light blue with white hockey stripes and I'll buy one
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12-24-2012, 11:33 AM | #489 |
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Is it just me or is it just a coincidence that GM files a trade mark back in Sept. 2012 for the Z28 name and this additional news about the LS7 comes out. Very interesting.
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SS/LT4 (US-bound) = 100 SS/LT4 (Canadian-bound) = 6 (denoted Czerozero1 thru C006 by SLP) Firehawk LT4 = 26 in total All LT4 engines used in the F-cars were hand-assembled AND dyno-tested by Zeke's Automotive in Lasalle QC (dyno sheet shipped with every car!), a shop formerly owned by SLP-Canada's then-President Terry "Zeke" Maxwell...who owns LT4 Czerozero1, which has a GM VIN earlier than Rick Hendrick's "Serial Number 1" LT4... By the way, Zeke also owns the original Red '96 SS engineering mule (LT1/MX0), used as a media car. Zeke also drove a '97 SS-LT4 into the '12s on stock tires, a feat covered in one of the buff-books of the day. Quote:
Should be a lot closer to the 1LE than the ZL1 is...with better "balance" than the ZL1, particularly with the HD rear diff...which is necessary for TWO reasons: 1) Durability - this car WILL see track duty - both straight-line AND road course - and, with 50 ft/lb extra torque on hand, it makes no sense to put what might be a "marginal" diff. in a vehicle with upgraded "sticky" tires. Build it once, RIGHT, and customer satisfaction will ensue. 2) The aforementioned extra weight, although unsprung, will move the chassis closer to the engineering-ideal 50/50, fr/rr. "If you build it, they will come". "They"...are HERE! Last edited by LOWDOWN; 12-24-2012 at 12:12 PM. |
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