If the base V8 with over 400 hp is the LS3 and then supercharged 550HP version is a s/c LS3, then why would it "only" have 550HP? Isn't the s/c 6.2 vette supposed to have 650 hp? What would they do to it to reduce the HP by 100?

 

What are you doing here?

 

lol... I was thinking the same thing...

I have been around here since about October. I ama forum junkie and i can't seem to get enough info/speculation about the Camaro.

 

Bigger pulley (lower boost) and a less aggressive tune for starters.

Rumors floating around here a while back included the following;

1) N/A 6.2
2) S/C 6.2 non intercooled low boost
3) S/C 6.2 intercooled low boost
4) S/C 6.2 intercooled high boost

These engines weren't all slated for the Camaro but I could see at least the first two making it. Maybe our Gm powertrain insider could give us a little "winkie" on the truth of any of this? Sorry, but I'm just a little bit skeptical.

 

That makes complete sense. I was thinking the same thing on the bigger pully and boost. So swap #1 would be swap in the vette pully and re-tune it.

 

Exactly!

 

Hey, T. I just picked up that magazine yesterday. Interesting article indeed. One thing is for sure, if you guys send us a nice, powerful engine we'll make sure and slip it carefully into a shiny Camaro.

 

So what's the latest status of this, 3whiterag? Is the article still something that should be making us think? Or has something changed in the ever-shifting climate at GM?

 

The article refered to a " high content" model that will get blown. That means loaded with over priced electronic foo-foo. Think i'll wait til procharger gets a kit ready if that happens.

 

What evidence do you have to support that assertation? Why couldn't the high performance Camaro get the Z06 treatment?

 

dunno...that nearly 3800 pound curb weight makes me nervous...

 

Let's hope Jenny Craig can work her magic and trim a couple hundred pounds off that scary number.

 

i hope so....the 4th gen was already hefty at 3400-3500, now, with a new design i was hoping it would come in close or a bit lower than 3500.

 

Fbodfather already discredited the reports of the weight in that article. Fact is GM doesn't know yet exactly what it will weigh.