2010/2011 Camaro Z28 prototype model image !

[lost8found]

Originally Posted by rotaryfan

from Camaro5.com

Check this out!! Appears to be a Z28 design.. and that's in GM's official design studio!

Original post/scans:
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28710

Ahh I love these inside design studios sneak peeks. I'd love to be a fly on that wall I'm guessing we see the Z28 in 3-4 years.

[FenwickHockey65]

So...

Supposedly the Z28 is again, in development...

According to Scott Settlemire, Cheryl Pilcher, John Fitzpatrick, Al Oppenheiser...answered questions at the All-GM Nationals at Carlisle, PA.

According to them...

* There is no doubt that there will be a Z28

* It will have the Z28 hood (like bumblebee 2)

* It will have a different grill which will include the chevy bowtie somewhere (top executive decision making here)

* It will probably have a different rear spoiler

* It will have Z28 emblems and/or graphics

* It will have a high output engine LS ? something (as long as it meets government standards for fuel economy)


They want you to enjoy the NEW Camaro, the way it is offered now, for the next couple years
Then, the convertible will be out in the spring of 2011.
Then, the Z28 will probably come out a year later.

Interesting.

[johnstarnes]

I like the aggressiveness of the air dam/fog light.

[377Z]

Domo morigato Mr. Designer.

[rotaryfan]

Originally Posted by 377Z

Domo morigato Mr. Designer.

He's korean, not japanese

[schmallz]

Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28

Bumblebee = Z28.
Ugh...big heavy supercharged V8. Most of me is very glad that the Z28 that was dreamed up, never came to be.

True that.
the classic Z28(and Trans Am and Boss) were never about huge horsepower, just a Trans Am series class legal race car.

The Z28 should be a stripper version of the SS, coming in at 3,600-3,800 lbs

[redfox]

1967/68/69 the SS was tops over the Z/28 after that it didn't matter as the goverment killed the true muscle car.

[63GrandSport001]

Originally Posted by redfox

1967/68/69 the SS was tops over the Z/28 after that it didn't matter as the goverment killed the true muscle car.

Actually the early SS Camaro's had a base engine being a 350ci V-8 engine and it had a few 396 engines to pick from.

However the Z28 came in one form (which was insane) as it packed a 302 ci V-8 engine which while it was rated at only 290HP was actually producing from what Ive read almost 400HP in its highest form. You got a bunch of racing goodies with the Z28 package, the only options on the Z28 Camaro were options to make it an even more insane vehicle. In 1969 you could get 4 wheel disc brakes, Chambered exhaust pipes , and twin 600-cfm Holleys on a cross-ram manifold. A stock Z28 could easily smoke a base SS (350ci engine) and probably even take down the top dog 396 SS(with a good enough driver) however if you put some turns into the equation its no longer a competition.

The better way of looking at the early SS vs Z28 is first you have to understand that not all SS Camaro's were actually the top of the line. So that argument can go out of the window, if you really want to look at the top of the line then you would have to look at the SS 396 with 375HP. However I would say that the SS 396 was made for the drag strip while the Z28 was made for the race track.

[BigAls87Z28]

Originally Posted by schmallz

True that.
the classic Z28(and Trans Am and Boss) were never about huge horsepower, just a Trans Am series class legal race car.

The Z28 should be a stripper version of the SS, coming in at 3,600-3,800 lbs

Exactly, the Z28 needs to be come in at or below the V6's weight, with maybe 30-50 more hp with tuning/cam/whatever, revised and recal'ed braking and handling, and there we have it...a Z28.

Originally Posted by redfox

1967/68/69 the SS was tops over the Z/28 after that it didn't matter as the goverment killed the true muscle car.

the following is true...not that

Originally Posted by 63GrandSport001

Actually the early SS Camaro's had a base engine being a 350ci V-8 engine and it had a few 396 engines to pick from.

However the Z28 came in one form (which was insane) as it packed a 302 ci V-8 engine which while it was rated at only 290HP was actually producing from what Ive read almost 400HP in its highest form. You got a bunch of racing goodies with the Z28 package, the only options on the Z28 Camaro were options to make it an even more insane vehicle. In 1969 you could get 4 wheel disc brakes, Chambered exhaust pipes , and twin 600-cfm Holleys on a cross-ram manifold. A stock Z28 could easily smoke a base SS (350ci engine) and probably even take down the top dog 396 SS(with a good enough driver) however if you put some turns into the equation its no longer a competition.

The better way of looking at the early SS vs Z28 is first you have to understand that not all SS Camaro's were actually the top of the line. So that argument can go out of the window, if you really want to look at the top of the line then you would have to look at the SS 396 with 375HP. However I would say that the SS 396 was made for the drag strip while the Z28 was made for the race track.

Z28's, while advertised from 67-69 only had a 290hp engine, they were putting out near 400. Only the solid lifter 396 cars could really take a Z28 at a drag race.
In 1970, the LT-1 gave Z28 48 more cubes and much more power, easily being faster then any of the big block cars offerd from teh factory.
Z28 from then foward always was the performance model of the Camaro till 1996 when SLP offerd an SS package if you orderd a Z28.

[377Z]

Originally Posted by rotaryfan

He's korean, not japanese

Ah, so.












Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Sicinthemind]

A birdie informed me that the Z28 will come with over 500HP standard.