12-03-2012, 05:46 PM | #99 |
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The recipe was debated for many many months in these threads.
1LE+LS7+6 Pot Front Brakes+Aero Kit Off the shelf parts. |
12-03-2012, 05:48 PM | #100 | |
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12-03-2012, 05:51 PM | #101 |
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Clyde, I hope your doing well these days.
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12-03-2012, 06:07 PM | #102 | |
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So, if (that word again) a pumped-up 1LE with more naturally-aspirated boil under the bonnet and more bake in the brakes and more muscle in the diff. was to march to market, it would be a "can't miss" proposition to use the same name that possessed those qualities, back in the day. There's a reason the 1LE is being called what it is...which leaves, at this moment, an asked-for-but-not-answered "hole" in the portfolio... ...and by Spring we'll know if that answer is forthcoming, this-Gen... |
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12-03-2012, 06:11 PM | #103 | |
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I'm not sure that a lot of you understand what the 69 Z/28 was. You already have what the 69 Z/28 was with the 1LE. handling with moderate power and good looks. I'm not trying to argue as much as I'm trying to understand your way of thinking. As normal with this site if you don't agree fully with someone then you get bashed. I can' take it though so bash away. It's not going to change my opinions. After all, what make a Z/28 in the modern era will be decided by GM when and if they build one. |
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Anyhow, I'll be amazed if they bring a Z/28 out in the gen5 car. Maybe the last year of it to spark interest for the next gen car. |
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12-03-2012, 06:22 PM | #105 | |
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Oh and you did it now! Wait till Clyde see this comment of yours. "I'm not sure that a lot of you understand what the 69 Z/28 was. You already have what the 69 Z/28 was with the 1LE. handling with moderate power and good looks." And if this is true then why did GM not call the 1LE a Z28? Hmmmmmmmmm |
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12-03-2012, 06:45 PM | #106 |
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Having owned a '68 ZEE for about 9 months in '69-'70, I can assure you there were MANY differences between an SS 350 and Z/28...and those differences (and someone named Donahue) exceeded what the current 1LE option offers.
Think of the 1LE as Camaro's answer to the Mustang GT with Track Pack (I do)...and you'll then realize the BOSS LS goes "unanswered"... If you're more comfortable with Vette parlance, the GS is the 1LE...and the Z06 goes "unanswered"... |
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12-03-2012, 07:43 PM | #108 | |
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12-03-2012, 07:52 PM | #109 |
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Thanks for asking and your kind thoughts! I'm doing as well as I expected to be at this point in time, I'm meeting one on one with a grief counselor on Thursday as a pre-requisite to taking part in a grief counseling group. I've had a lot of support from a few good friends and my church, the good days outnumber the bad days right now. It's strange how it works, I can be driving down the road and everything seems fine and the next minute I'm mentallly torn up sometimes to the point of not being aware of where I'm driving. Sometimes it's little things, coming home after work and expecting my wife to be practicing the piano when I come through the door and then realizing that it will never be happening again. Anyway, I've gone on enough in an off topic vein, I'm OK and I'm surviving, and thank you again for asking.
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The 1LE covers the suspension and gearing side but it doesn't have the power, aero and brakes. The BOSS 302 LS should be the model you compare it to, not a GT with the track pack, which is what the 1LE compares to. |
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12-03-2012, 08:09 PM | #111 |
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This makes sense to me put this way. I'm sorry that no one really gets what I'm trying to say. I also don't understand what my post count has to do with anything. I love these cars too and have been following them since 2006. I just don't always have the most popular view on things. Like I said before, I hope you guys get your dream to come true. I'm glad that mine finally did. For a true modern 69 Z/28 to surface it would have to have a highly underrated small displacement motor. To me this is what made the car get the rep it had on the street. Back in the day we couldn't understand why these cars were so fast because they were only rated at 290 hp. It wasn't until years later that people found out the they were closer to 400hp.
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12-03-2012, 08:52 PM | #112 |
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I think it's possible IF they introduce a Z/28, I'm willing to bet its going to have the genV LT1 450Hp engine.
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