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Originally Posted by V6CamaroRS
For what it's worth, I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you. I agree that ditching the ZL1 and rebranding it the Z/28 makes the most sense. However, if a ZL1 comes out it is unlikely that Chevy would leave the Z/28 badge to languish. In that case we're almost certain to see the LT5.
My understanding is that most of the difference is in the exhaust. The parts are otherwise very similar or the same. Of course, there's not that much info out there on the L86 ( example hearsay), so it's possible I'm wrong. If you have better info backed by a reliable source, by all means record it somewhere. e.g. Update the Wikipedia page.
Ah, sorry. I misunderstood. Yes, Chevy did say that they were unhappy with the results in the Z06 using an n/a engine. A lot that goes into performance development, though. They've been pretty non-specific on what the exact problems were. It's quite possible that a design dismissed by Corvette engineers looking to outperform the last generation's ZR-1 would still be useful for a Camaro Z/28 project.
Here you go: http://www.corvetteblogger.com/2015/...adge-juechter/
There's also this tidbit that supposedly came from Mark Reuss that the C7 would be a short generation:
http://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/...life-span.html
(Sorry, can't find a more official source at the moment.)
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1. I don't see how changing the Z/28 again makes sense. The 5th gen ZL1 established that badge as a good all around performer. No need to remake the Z/28 to be what the ZL1 already is.
2. I'm not sure exactly how many parts are different but GM gives them different designations for a reason.
3. I haven't seen what the power goals were for the n/a Z06 but, supposedly, it was European emissions that killed it. I don't know for sure if that's the case.
Thanks for the links. I'm surprised they would admit to hitting the performance cap with the Z06.