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Originally Posted by whiteboyblues2001

And, if a 5.5L FPC Engine ends up in a Z06 for a 21MY, does that leaves open the possiblity of a 5.5L FPC N/A 600HP powered Z/28 in 22MY or 23MY?

A Z/28 was hinted at back in June 2015. If one was planned for the gen, the details were part of the original project scope.

Interesting to read the 5.5L FPC goes back 6 years. Reuss made these comment more than 4 years ago.

With the success of the fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro in different motorsports series around the world, it would be a shock for Chevy not to go racing with the all-new, more talented sixth-generation of the pony car.

If comments made by General Motors product chief Mark Reuss to Automotive News at the unveiling of the 2016 Camaro are any indication, a sixth-gen pony car may already be under consideration. Furthermore, the automaker may have something extra special in store for their next Camaro race car, with Reuss saying they are ” looking at the original formulas of the Trans Am homologation of the Z/28.”

Reuss is referencing the Trans-Am racing Camaros of the 1960s, which used a special 302 racing engine as per the SCCA’s rules and won the Trans-American Sedan Championship for Chevrolet in 1968 and 1969.

While we believe Reuss is hinting at a new race car from the brand, it’s also possible his team is simply looking to the Trans-Am Z/28 for inspiration for a high performance road-going version of the sixth-gen Camaro.

“Why was the 302 engine so special?,” Reuss asked.”So, the formula may change a little, but it still needs to be a wicked fast track car more capable maybe than the comfort- and driver-oriented models.”

Whatever the longtime GM exec is alluding to, it’s good to know the automaker is looking to its past successes in motorsports for inspiration.

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