You knew Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) would only be satisfied working on blown LS3 V8s for so long. So here's the Hennessey Camaro you knew was coming: a 2010 Camaro with an LS9 V8. That would be the same V8 rated at 638 hp and 604 lb-ft of torque in the Corvette ZR1.
Here's a video of said ZR1-powered Camaro on a chassis dynamometer. For these pulls, HPE is claiming 645 hp and 653 lb-ft of torque -- at the wheels, of course -- on 93 octane fuel. Naturally, we're eager to run our own tests to verify such heady claims.
felonious says:
08:56 AM, 09/22/09
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!
coolb944 says:
09:36 AM, 09/22/09
Is it just me, or have we seen enough videos/read enough posts about the HPE Camaro? We know it's coming. I'm pretty sure there was a first drive and everything too. I'd like to see some other tuned Camaros now please.
charlesb says:
10:31 AM, 09/22/09
I've read some real hair raisers about Hennessey on the Viper boards over the years.
desmolicious says:
01:51 PM, 09/22/09
Great. Get one, have Edmunds (not Hennessy) fill it up with pump gas, and see how it runs.
And oh yeah, in CA pump gas is 91 octane.