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Originally Posted by MrChrisLS3

"If you look at Z/28 history, those have always been naturally aspirated" He did say that, but he did not say that it will always be naturally aspirated. They don't just wake up one morning and say, let's do a Z/28. This stuff is planned from the start of the generation. As he was talking to that reporter, Al already knew that there was an LT5, he already knew that there was going to be a ZR1 and what it was going to be. My point is that if he knew all of that when talking to this reporter, he would also know that the ZL1-1LE was not the last of the line for the Gen 6, and using the historical reference of a being naturally aspirated was a great way of not tipping his hat to future product.

We're not going to see a V8 larger than 6.2L in these cars, I feel pretty confident about that. Forced Induction is the technology of the day, and I don't think the Z/28 is immune to it.

Originally Posted by DevilsReject97

They've already put a 7.0L in the car in the previous generation. They could very easily do exactly this, with an LSX 454 that produces almost 640hp....

Forged internals, almost as fast as a ZL1, but no FI...

Here's an interesting fact:

The 5th gen ZL1 WAS the Z28.

We had spy pics including the LSA, and the interior with factory paperwork showing it was a "Z28".

Then Ford released the BOSS Mustang in 2012, and Chevy as usual decided they had to match that model with a Camaro model.

Stripped down, track car to compete with Boss.

So they pulled the ZL1 name out of the history books, slapped it on the LSA- powered former Z28.

Then created what 5th geners know as the Z28.

So they actually already did make a forced induction Z28, they just changed the game and names to compete with Mustang directly.

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