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And so much misinformation about its streetability the LS7, etc. I almost didn't buy one because I'd read so much about the harshness. However, from purely a business perspective, it failed. When cars are still sitting on lots 2 years later and being sold at $30k under sticker, that's a failure. This is one reason I don't see a new gen Z/28 coming our way. Also, where would it be slotted? Above the ZL1 1LE? It'd have to be monster and cost $80k+. Been there, done that and failed. Between ZL1 and ZL1 1LE? Makes no sense. Between SS 1LE and ZL1? Also makes no sense.
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There is certainly a slot between the $45,000 SS 1LE and the $65,000 ZL1 Camaro.... take the standard SS Camaro at $37,000 and give it the ZL1's 1LE package and. Add $9,000 to the price tag to get $46,000, give the car ceramic brakes from the Z06 or ZR1 Corvette add $7,500 bucks for that and you are at $53,500 bucks. strip the interior and add that head and cam package that takes the LT1 to 535BHP and boom Z/28 for $55,000.
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To top it off make that DCT transmission that Tremec has an option on the Z/28 Camaro then boom. It would smoke the GT350R for a good deal less money then that car. |
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For the first generation Camaro the Z/28 was the most expensive Camaro out there (sans some COPO cars). In later generations of Camaro the Z/28 was either the top V-8, the only V-8, or under the SS model. For the generation 4 f body they SS came above the Z28 car certainly from 1998-2002, the Z28 was rated at 305BHP and the SS was rated at 325BHP.
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The ZL1 was the single most expensive Camaro for the 1st generation Camaros. The motor option alone cost more than the entire Camaro.
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edit: When I looked at another RPO code guide for the Z/28 Camaro the price came up to $3,900 (Z/28 plus the needed 4 speed manual and brake upgrade which were required for the Z/28 Camaro). Last edited by doc7000; 04-24-2018 at 10:59 PM. |
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What did Corvette do to make the ZR1 faster than the Z06? They added a ton of aero bits, stripped weight were they could and gave it more power and more torque. Why didn't they go with a NA motor and light weight extreme aero? My guess is that it wasn't going to be faster than the Z06/Z07 |
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The ZR1 is supposed to be the top Corvette. It’s got to be over the top. That’s why they went with the 2.65 blower and extreme aero.
The Z06 is “supposed” to still be the track Corvette. The ZR1 really is just a Z06 Z07+.
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According to Tadge, the ZR1 is like a faster Grand Sport in the way it drives. The aero was supposedly just to offset the negative aerodynamic affects of the grille design. They didn’t strip it out or go N/A because they knew that more customers would want all the features of a Corvette with more power than the Z06. They could possibly take 200lbs out of the ZR1 if they wanted to, and they could give it the DSSV setup, but that’s not what the Corvette customer wants. I certainly wouldn’t pay $120,000 for a car with no radio.
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