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Don't care what place my car comes in your opinion. Only making 1000 makes them rare!
Not to mention how many GT 500s will be made? Plus you could use the press releases to launch the new GM performance packages. We all know, we can take our cars to Nicky or Hennessey and have engine upgrades done. The issue here is the "FORD GT500" can GM make a pony car equal to it? ANSWER: yes if they want too. . . Horsepower isn't the only question - it is a GT500 What is GMs answer? To stay in line with current 5gen philosophy just make the 2013 ZL1 666 horsepower |
04-27-2012, 08:22 PM | #46 |
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2013 ZL1's will not see a power increase. and I think you've missed the point of the Z28.
no need to limit it to 1000. I'm sure the Z28 wouldn't be ordered as much as the ZL1 and the SS. |
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"To date" that is.
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BTW, my "500 or so" number, above, refers to "naturally aspirated Clydesdales", not "quantity required"...
Build numbers? 5,000+ is our best guesstimate...100/State would be a good start, as far as delivering a "worthy message" to those Doubting Thomases faithful to other Brands... As to "attendance" on this Section, you will see the numbers swell when the announcement comes, so pull up a comfy chair and rest a spell...not too much longer now... Besides, the quiet is a welcome respite from the general dim, elsewhere, what with all manner of voices heard on all manner of angst and worry... |
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The Camaro already uses a lot of high strength steel in it's construction. Chromoly steel wouldn't be used to replace body panels in a conventional sense. Unless you are proposing removing all the current structure and building it around a space frame or roll cage.......................hmmmmmmmmm is that where you are going??? I can work with that. Also keep in mind that high strength steels are progressively harder to stamp meaning they don't lend themselves to exterior panels, mainly structure. Camaro is heavy because it's big, not because GM cheaped out on low mass materials i.e. high strength steels.
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Chassis is either stamped steel or aluminium castings. The Corvette has the aluminium. Camaro I believe relys on stamped steel. You could convert those to chromoly tubes which might reduce weight, but I think I'd just jump to aluminium. But you could use Chromoly tube for upper and lower control arms.
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I am guessing but maybe 20 pounds per corner but that is only a guess. Did I mention that was a guess?
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Just wondering why we are talking about Z/28's when GM is not planning on making one?
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where's our z/28?? |
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