SEMA CAMARO: LS7 Camaro
 

Camaro LS7 Concept
Camaro LS7 Concept: Designed to highlight the capability of the new Camaro as a weekend bracket warrior, the Camaro LS7 Concept combines the power of a GM Performance Parts’ LS7 crate engine and targeted bolt-on upgrades to deliver the wheels-up spirit of the legendary COPO Camaros.

Made famous by Chevy dealers like Don Yenko and Fred Gibb in the late 1960s, the COPO cars were ordered for one thing: drag racing. They were quickly outfitted after delivery with the requisite tires, safety equipment and other accessories necessary for competition in popular Stock-class drag racing series.

The LS7 Concept honors the COPO ethos with features such as drag strip-ready rubber on the rear wheels – and unlike many of the stripped-down racers from 40 years ago, this strip-ready competitor serves double duty as both a racecar and a daily driver.

The LS7 crate engine (part number 17802397) uses a high-performance replacement camshaft from GM Performance Parts (part number 12480033) to help it produce approximately 550 horsepower. Complementing upgrades include GM Performance Parts-developed headers and air intake system that will be offered at the Camaro’s launch in early 2009. The LS7 also is modified with a wet-sump oiling system; the production engine features a dry-sump system that requires an external oil tank.

Backing the LS7 engine is a production Tremec 6060 six-speed manual with a GM Performance Parts Hurst shifter. Additional drivetrain details include:

Brembo four-wheel disc brake package
Lowered ride height
Custom 20-inch wheels
Driveshaft safety loop
GM Performance Parts exhaust system

The Camaro LS7 concept is painted Victory Red, with matte black accents on the hood and taillamp panel. “LS7” logos are strategically placed and warn those in the know this Camaro means business when the Christmas tree lights count down to green. It’s all business on the spartan interior, too, with base trim and few accessories to minimize overall mass for a quicker elapsed time.

Although the Camaro LS7 Concept is just that – a concept – its duplication by enterprising enthusiasts and racers is enabled by GM Performance Parts’ LS7 crate engine package. It delivers a fully assembled, production version of the engine, complete from the intake manifold to oil pan. An oil reservoir for the standard dry sump system and GM Performance Parts’ LS7 engine controller (part number 19166567) are all that’s necessary to get the engine running in an enthusiast’s project vehicle – well, that and a chassis capable of handling more than 500 lb.-ft. of torque!



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that engine bay is a thing of sheer beauty!!:bow:

I LOVE THE ENGINE BAY!!! I would probably need to change my pants though if there were a LS9 in that bad boy

wow that is nice.

id buy one....if they made em

it'd sure be cheaper than installing a crate, which is what i'll have to do if they don't make it.

LS7 SEMA CAMARO
 

sorry dude, but that's been posted like three times already

EDIT: i didn't post that here!!

anyone else notice he calls it the NEW ls7 out of the NEW z06.....lol....they must not tell him when new cars come out.

SOLD!!!! To the guy in South Korea drowling all over his laptop!! I wonder how much that is going to cost to do that?

Yeah um the LS7 crate is 13,000 :( sad...


HOWEVER. Do you SEE THAT EXHAUST holy crap.

almost like ricer... except the LS7 can actually fill an exhaust that big!!

how the hell is that anything like any ricer exhaust?

the huge tips... except the fact that they're justified

those are only like 4 inch tips....ricer exhausts are characterized by the coffee can not the 4 inch tips

ok... forget i said anything about the exhaust. i'm so light-headed after hyperventilating over seeing that LS7 in my future car, i must not be thinking straight.

See this is what i invisioned when the camaro first launched.

If GM ends up going through with this LS7 model, I'm getting one... and I really really really hope they go through with this!!!!

sema show car, not a real concept car.

i dont know any more. first i thought i was getting something that GM had done evrything it could to get a pony ride that would be hard to beat and now all these companies are able to get a stock camaro out and upgrade them even before the car is out. these things are a peace of art but I wish GM could have dilevered something so grand that it would be hard for some one to top it.

Just my thoughts.

Yeah, unfortunately the only people crazy enough to actually BUILD their concepts historically has been Audi.... Crazy Germans.

I am liking this one more and more, but still not sold on the black hood yet.

only if that power were on the photoshop rendering done by Jinx

if it was, that would make it, dare i say, a...z28/zl1/whatever. GM's already said they're not doing that.

:thumbsup::clap:

All I could say was, "HOLY SH*******!!!!"

What do ya'll think about the blacked in rear bumper part?

love it:w00t:

I do like the blacked out grill and blacked out rear bumper, but I still don't care for the hood.

Any interior pics of the LS7? I'd really like to see the actual Hurst shifter they're offering, to end some of the speculation on appearance...

hit or miss, i dont mind it, but it wont be on my car.

:drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool: :drool: :drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool: okay now i can talk. wait i need to go change my pants. i have soiled my pantelones.:moon:. that car is the &@$^!. no words can explain the shear awsomeness this car represents.:bow: i hope they come out with this beast.:bonk:

Okay, so if I understand correctly...GM won't be doing anything like this... or will it be thru GM Performance division only? Which you can just get as a dealer installed option? Or is this just a show car with no purpose whatsoever?

show car that uses a few parts you can order for the car.

So the LS7 might/will be orderable?

You can buy an LS7 as a turn-key crate engine right now, if you wish...but we may never see that car in dealerships.

never ever ever ever....this is a show car for GM performance parts not chevrolet. it has no bearing on production intents at all

waste of money throwing out the stock engine !!
should be ordered thru dealers

Is that Indigo Orange Metallic? And are those the polished wheels?