You know what we were just saying around the office? That an LS9-powered 2010 Camaro is so, I don't know, two months ago.
What a guy needs now is a full 7.0 liters of heavy-breathing General V8 in his Camaro. That's right, the modern 427 cu in, the LS7 from the Corvette Z06. But because that motor's measily 505 horsepower is too Honda Fit-like, we recommend a man straps a big blower on top -- maybe a Magnusson/Eaton TVS 2300. And it should breathe through a custom Lingenfelter intake. It should have forged pistons, titanium connecting rods and LS7 cylinder heads with titanium intake valves and Inconel exhuast valves. That'll should be good for a nice, rough 750 horsepower. This would be exactly the motor Lingenfelter Performance Engineering has built for this, the Supercharged LS7 Camaro.
The company also threw on its full body kit, custom 20-inch, 10-spoke wheels and some fat Pirelli rubber. The car also gets a full compliment of interior bits and pieces along with a suspension built by Hotchkis including sport springs, adjustable antiroll bars and subframe brace.
Look for it at the Hotchkis stand at SEMA or just look for it on you computer screen when we cover the thing live from the show beginning November 3.
alman08 says:
10:10 AM, 10/23/09
much better looking than the TA they're planning to build...
arumage says:
10:29 AM, 10/23/09
It'll be interesting to see how it holds up in a car that's sure to be raced. GM purposefully supercharged the 6.2L for the Corvette ZR1 rather than the 7.0L because of the thicker block.
dougtheeng says:
12:12 PM, 10/23/09
yawn...another camaro modification...
the_big_al says:
01:07 PM, 10/23/09
modified camaros are becoming about as common as modified mustangs...
estreka says:
05:24 PM, 10/23/09
You're gonna need a lot of rubber bands to keep that thing going.
wrinklebump says:
11:37 PM, 10/23/09
You know if I liked how vomit looked a little more this car would be real easy on the eyes
kurtamaxxxguy says:
02:05 PM, 10/24/09
Interesting engineering exercise taking a Camaro to the extreme.
Is IL contemplating adding it to the long term fleet? :-)
However, the ground clearance suggests that car will only survive on glass smooth roads racetracks, etc.
kurtamaxxxguy says:
02:06 PM, 10/24/09
Interesting engineering exercise taking a Camaro to the extreme.
Is IL contemplating adding it to the long term fleet? :-)
However, the ground clearance suggests that car will only survive on glass smooth roads racetracks, etc.
jederino says:
04:28 PM, 10/26/09
Personally, I'd be pleased to see some of these at the local race track, and would even watch Nascar if they had cars that looked like this.