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Originally Posted by Shurenuff
You really think they'll increase the power for the 2013 model year due to the GT500 announcement? I guess there's a possibility, but I just don't see them reacting that quickly.  |
I agree. I think Al O.'s letter was pretty firm in that he feels his car will outperform the GT500 on the track. I guess we'll have to wait until around March or April when both cars are in full production, on the streets, and in the hands of testers, magazines, etc. before GM really considers responding to the HP increase from the GT500. It doesn't sound like GM really cares if the Ford is faster in a straight line as long as the overall performance around a racetrack is better. for this reason, I don't really see them increasing the HP in such a short amount of time as production for MY 2013 cars will begin in June of 2012 which only gives them a few months of transition to have to research and do testing on a new pulley or whatever for the HP increase.
Honestly for 2013 I don't really see many upgrades other than colors, and maybe a few interior options or carbon fiber pieces from the concept added. It's been 3 years and they still haven't installed a touch screen navigation unit in the Camaro so I won't hold my breath for that option either on the ZL1 anytime soon. I'm sure they tried to minimize the weight everywhere possible with the current ZL1 so don't expect that to be any better for 2013 either.
I plan on doing a HALLTECH Intake mod anyway when I get mine so that should bump it up to 600 HP at the flywheel easily, I'll be straight with that for awhile. If the new shifter sucks, then I'll put in a MGW, but other than that I'm just gonna drive the pi$$ out of her cuz that's what I paid for!
