02-24-2017, 06:58 PM | #1 |
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Change the name of your sub-forum!
Looks like they won't spend the money on a dedicated NA engine for a few years... I guess too expensive... now we know all those sightings were the ZL1 1LE....
https://youtu.be/pBDRr39R1JI So... there was never a Z28 in development ... and if one does start to be developed it won't be out for a few years now... that would be best case scenario.... but considering that the ZL1 1LE fits the template of the Z28... I think they are now waiting for the DOHC engines of the C8 before they release another naturally aspirated Z28 badged car....
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02-24-2017, 07:04 PM | #2 |
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Yeah, there was talk last summer about there will be no 6th gen Z28, but that dude got shut down quick. Looks like he may have been on to something. I hope I am soooooooooo wrong.
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02-25-2017, 10:59 AM | #3 |
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The Z28 will be just like the zl1 1le but with the new overhead cam motor and more lightweight parts. Out in 2019.
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02-25-2017, 11:56 AM | #4 |
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1LE takes the chassis from the next highest model.. eg. V6 1LE with SS chassis, SS 1LE with ZL1 chassis..
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02-25-2017, 12:20 PM | #5 |
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Well the last Z/28 came out two years after the ZL1, so there's still hope. I'd expect a final GM 7.0L V8 with a crazy cam and top end and the car should look similar to a ZL1 1LE but weigh considerably less. It may just be a gutted ZL1 1LE with a 427... but all we can do is speculate.
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02-25-2017, 01:33 PM | #6 |
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At this point in the past I would have thought the Z/28 to be a dead dream but GM seems to be offering a wide variety of builds to their performance platforms. The Grand Sport proves GM has the guts to mix and match parts to create new options. A Z/28 very well may end up that type of deal, a stripped down light weight ZL1 1LE with an engine swap.
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02-25-2017, 02:17 PM | #7 |
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I think that this chassis is too good to not make a z28 for it, 2019 or 2020 will be my guess
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02-25-2017, 02:25 PM | #8 |
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Question is really if the ZL1LE should have it's own section under the specific package/variant section.
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02-26-2017, 05:30 AM | #9 |
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Why would they make a z/28? Have 4 track models, that makes not sense. Only way I see it happening is if the zl11le is dropped after a year. Or maybe they will offer a z/28 1le lol
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the new DOHC V8 going into the mid-engine Corvette C8 will be the engine I would use if I was chevy.... massage it for an extra 15-20% hp and bam.... Z28.... I think Al Oppenhieser has been given a mandate to make this car as capable as possible... and he has suceeded in make the ZL1LE a better track car that the Z07... which isnt such a big deal because of the C8 on the horizon which will be much different from current car...
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