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Originally Posted by Milk 1027
• LS3 6.2L V-8 enhanced with Chevrolet Performance Parts’ camshaft, cylinder heads and dry-sump oiling system
• Production six-speed manual transmission with Corvette ZR1 twin-disc clutch
• Low-restriction air induction and exhaust systems
• Four-wheel disc racing brake system with six-piston front/four-piston rear calipers and drilled and slotted rotors
• Modified production suspension with Pfadt licensed components
• 20-inch racing wheels and tires
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Yep, these SSX cars are going to be LEGIT!!! I absolutely love the idea of a naturally aspirated car for track duty. I think I might want one of these worse than Z/28 or a stock used C6 Z06. It would cost a ton of money to outfit a standard SS with all of those track goodies, and even then you might not be able to find every part individually and you would lose all the testing that went into a vehicle like this (if you were trying to recreate it for less money).
I'm going to throw some educated guesses out there for a cost on this beast of a package:
(these numbers are the cost above and beyond the stock part)
1) Heads/Cam/Dry Sump = $5000.00
2) ZR1 twin disc = $500.00
3) Air Intake/Exhaust (with headers) = $1500.00 or (without headers) = $500.00
4) 6-piston front calipers/rotors = $1000.00
5) 4-piston rear calipers/rotors = $500.00
6) Pfadt Suspension = $2500.00
7) Track Wheels/Tires = $2500.00 (for the record, I think 20" track tires is a stupid idea, it is very expensive and hard to find 20" track tires...)
8) Aero improvements/Carbon Fiber Body Panels and other cosmetic stuff = $5000.00
Grand Total = $18,500.00 (for the entire package installed - which, based on my modding experience with my CTS-V, is a very good deal)
In a nutshell, if a 2SS can be had for $35000.00 + $18500.00 (SSX package) you would be sitting at $53500.00, which I am guessing would be about $3500.00 more than a Z/28, but should outperform a stock Z/28.
Edit: I edited some of my numbers because on some of them I was taking the cost of the part over a stock part and on others I was just including the cost of the parts total. Now the list is set up to show the cost of the upgraded components over the cost of the stock parts + some additional cost for installation built into each itemized cost. I am guessing that this package would be dealer-installed and not factory-installed, so we will definitely pay a bit for cost of installation.