New Cars, Car Reviews, Car Prices and Auto Shows. A 6. 50 HP All- American Middle Finger To Euro Supercars. The Z0. 6 is a 6. Corvette. A Corvette that gets to 6. A Corvette than can stop from 6. A Corvette that can pull 1. G in a corner. And a Corvette that costs less than $1. It's an all- American middle finger to every other high buck sports car on the road. Here's how it is to drive.(Full Disclosure: Chevy invited us out to Spring Mountain Motorsports Park to put the Z0. Unlike the last time I was told I was flying somewhere to drive a Z0. I actually got to drive it this time. Jeff Gordon was nowhere to be found.)Chevrolet has always saved the Z0. Corvette lineup. In the 1. For the C5 Corvette, you got the lightest, most rigid body that Chevy could make, paired with the 3. LS6 V8. It also only had manual seats and was purely track focused. The C6 Z0. 6 brought power up to 5. 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Talk about drag racing with censorship. New posts: Hot thread with new posts: No new posts: Hot thread with no new posts.The Z0. 6 was never supercharged. The Z0. 6 never had an automatic transmission as an option. It also weighs 3,5. That makes the Z0. It's a change in ethos for a name that has always been track specific. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. My first impression of the Z0. Z0. 7 aero package (huge splitter, side skirts, and wicker bill out back to give it 3. MPH), massive Brembo carbon ceramic brakes (nearly the same as on the brilliant Camaro Z/2. The Z0. 7 package is the full kit and kaboodle. The slam a lam a ding dong. The huge aero kit really makes it look badass. A stock Z0. 6 without the aero kit looks kind of plain jane, like a Stingray in drag. Some say the Z0. 7 package is overdone. I love that wicker out back and the aero work up front. It has a distinct Le Mans feel to it. What about driving it? It is face meltingly, unapologetically, unbelievably, fast. This is a car with 6. LT4 V8. It has a torque curve that feels flatter than Larry Bird's ass. If you're in any gear, just step on the gas and prepare to have your world change. Soon, you'll notice that you're going triple the speed limit. It qualifies for the . If you drive it at or around the speed limit, the Z0. It can take corners at twice the recommended speed without issue. You'd be insane if you drove this flat out anywhere in America, unless you want to be locked up for a while. You don't want that, right? All that power is routed to the road through Chevy's brand new eight speed automatic transmission, a gearbox that they say is better and faster than Porsche's PDK, my current benchmark for a great gearbox. Here's the good news: It's by far the best automatic gearbox ever fitted to a Corvette. Here's the bad news: They overpromised. When you're hard on the throttle and driving aggressively, it's very quick and sharp on upshifts. While downshifts are fast, they don't feel like the gear is immediately locking in. At slower speeds, downshifts can produce a jerky rev match and upshifts are just too lazy. If they didn't say it was as good as PDK, there wouldn't really be any disappointment. It's like saying you're as good as Pete Sampras but you're really as good as Andre Agassi. Pro tip: Let it stand on its own and leave PDK out of it. The first rule of PDK is you don't talk about PDK. But driving on the road is only half the experience. The Z0. 6 has to be on a track if you really want to know what its capabilities are. And if you don't know the track, you're going to think that the car isn't working and that the traction control system is far too invasive. The car has drive modes that are selected through a rotary dial on the center console. Tour and Eco are for road driving, Sport is for sporty road driving, and Track is for track driving or for paying out serious money to your chiropractor if you want to use it on the road. But within Track there are five more modes, designed to make you faster. There's dry and wet, and then Sport 1, Sport 2, and Race. Sport 1 was where we started, but traction control intervenes too early for my liking and stability control is still on. Sport 2 loses stability control, but still has traction control jumping on. Race is where I felt at home. Traction control is still on, but it doesn't intrude too often or too much. Interestingly, when I talked to the engineers after coming in from a run, I was told the way to get the best out of the system is to ignore instinct. When you would normally roll on the throttle near the apex of a corner, just put your foot to the floor. The systems will give you the power you need. Slam your foot down and it'll shoot you out of a corner and down the straight (I experienced no power loss). And then you can keep pushing that braking zone, because the Brembos on this car are just as good as the ones on the Z/2. In fact, I thought I was at the limit, but looking back at recordings from the in car camera, I wasn't totally there. I'm amazed that the car has more to give. Even the base steel brakes are great, they just don't have the same amount of confidence that you get from the carbons. The automatic transmission is also far better on track, especially if you just leave it in D (I know, heresy blah blah blah). It's smart and learns exactly what you need (I'm driving in D in the video below). It also has closer ratios than the seven speed manual, which means you hit higher speeds and are always running about 6. RPM higher. That means more power. More power is more good. The manual is still a great transmission though, shifts are direct and the gates are well defined. Active rev match is still a gimmick, though it has been improved for the Z0. Thankfully, the pedals are well placed for heel toe, so just do that instead. Where it really impresses is in the corners. The Pilot Sport Cup 2s on the Z0. They have an exceeding amount of grip. The base car has Pilot Super Sports, which seem to wash out on corner entry and provide less grip. The Sport Cup 2 won't stop gripping. Turn in is fast and crisp with the nose darting to the apex, under full power the tail stays in line, though that has more to do with the traction control (I didn't turn it all the way off because I'm more drift idiot than drift hero. Also, crashing in front of everyone would be bad). It's amazing on the track. But part of me can't help but think that it would be even better if it had weight stripped out and a naturally aspirated engine. This Z0. 6 is more a ZR1 and Z0. Z0. 6. We can say that it's . And now the Z0. 6 has evolved from track car to a super sports car. If you want a pure track car, you want the Z/2. The Z0. 6 has become refined, but it's the sort of refinement that'll now cut your head off with a scalpel and not an ax. And pricing starts at $7. For a six hundred fifty horsepower car that can get to 6. You could get a Mc. Laren 6. 50. S or three Corvette Z0. I'd put it up against anything that costs two or three times more and wouldn't be surprised if it came out on top. So stop being pissed that this Z0. Instead, be stoked that it exists at all. Because it's outstanding. Photo Credits: Chevrolet. Wilwood Disc Brakes - Chevrolet Camaro Disc Brakes. Chevrolet Camaro Brakes. In 1. 96. 4, Chevrolet Management executives were taken by surprise. Ford introduced the new Mustang; they didn’t have a car that could compete. There wasn’t even a viable competitor on the. Nova was losing a tough competition with the Falcon. Word. came down from management to build a Chevrolet that could compete with the. Mustang, but that wasn’t an easy assignment. To expedite the process, engineers. Stylists determined that a single body design, like that of. Ford’s notchback and fastback styles, would be faster and more cost- effective. Mustang convertible was also selling well, that too. The end result was the new Chevy offering. Camaro. Pontiac soon jumped on the bandwagon and started working on. Camaro offshoot called the Firebird to compete with Ford’s upgraded Cougar. Management, as well as the engineers and stylists. Mustang, plus it had to sell for a comparable price. Chevy engineers and. In 1. 96. 7 the Camaro was ready to. The new Camaro was built as a unibody from the firewall back. The. body bolted to a rectangular steel sub- frame that was outfitted with double. A- arm suspension capable of supporting the front sheet metal. The car also. featured a solid rear axle riding on parallel leaf springs and was equipped. Similar to the Mustang, the base. While Chevy was designing the Camaro, Ford was entering the muscle car market with a. Mustang. Chevy had to come up with some high. Ford. performance engines. The Super Sport Chevys were always the top- of- the- line. Super Sport Camaro was outfitted with a totally new. Camaro only, 3. 50ci engine that was rated at 2. Mustang 2. 89. The Camaro could also be optioned with. The top model would be a RS/SS Camaro with the big 3. Chevrolet. offered the Rally Sport option with nice trim additions and hideaway headlights. The new Camaro was built to handle well and a few changes were. While Chevy was perfecting the. Camaro, Ford was dominating in SCCA road racing, prompting Chevy to create a. Trans Am racing. The engine size in Trans Am racing was limited. Chevy dug into the Camaro bag of tricks and bored a. The engine was equipped with. Camaro high lift, solid lifter camshaft, Camaro big port heads, and an aluminum. The new car was. named after its RPO option code Z/2. The 3. 02ci engine was rated at 2. In 1. 96. 7 the Camaro paced the Indy 5. RS/SS 3. 96 convertible; the pace car option was made available to the public. The Z/2. 8 didn’t take off as expected because American muscle car. Most buyers opted for the 3. The little 3. 02 had an advertised rating of 2. It took a few. years for buyers to catch on, but production figures grew each year: in 1. The high performance engine options remained the same except in . The Camaro also received some small trim changes for. Consequently, the designers made a few, nice changes to the . The Camaro. looked lower and more muscular due to the bodyline and wider because of the. Chevy enthusiasts loved the new car. The regular performance. Central. Office Production Orders: 9. COPO 9. 56. 1 allowed the installation of. Camaro Sport Coupes. COPO 9. 56. 0, for drag racers. Camaro Sport Coupe. Both. 4. 27 Chevy engines produced 4. Super Stock drag racing. Z/2. 8 Camaros because a new cowl induction hood was. 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Plus, Wilwood offers rear brake kits for the Camaro such as the Forged. Dynalite Rear Parking Brake Kit, part number 1. Forged Dynalite, four- piston. The calipers work with 1. Additional kits are available to fit your particular. Chevy engineers and stylists were doing their best to meet the. After a long wait and much anticipation, the new Camaro was. February 1. 97. 0. It was lower, longer, wider and heavier than. Chevy, or any other company, had ever produced. The new Z/2. 8 Camaro was subtle in comparison to the . However, there was nothing subtle about the. LT- 1 that was also used in the - Corvette. The. Camaro version was the same but was rated at 3. The engine was. equipped with a four- bolt- main bearing block, free- flowing heads with 2. Holley carburetor. According to magazine road tests, the new Z/2. Camaro would get into the high 1. The Camaro also optioned the. Super Sport package and it offered a 3. Chevy also offered a Rally Sport. This was also the end of the two- year car cycle because the. Camaro body design ran from 1. Stylists and engineers building the Camaro and Firebird met their. In an effort to. meet government fuel and emission mandates, the engine performance suffered. Not only did the. The Z/2. 8 was still available, but now the horsepower. LT- 1 engine was rated at 2. The Z/2. 8 Camaro body style was similar to. The big- block engines were also available. LT- 1, the horsepower figures were low. In 1. 97. 2 the LT- 1 was still. The only 3. 96ci engine that was available. The early to mid . In 1. 97. 3 the Z/2. Type- LT, luxury Camaro. The LT- 1 engine was no longer available and the. In 1. 97. 4 new bumper. The top 3. 50ci engine was rated at 1. The rear window became a wraparound for better visibility, and. Rally Sport came back with two- tone paint and stripes. The 1. 97. 6 Camaro was. The two- barrel 3. Pontiac continued to build the Trans Am, selling them as fast as they. The Trans Am was the only affordable and nice looking. The Z/2. 8 received some body identification. In 1. 97. 8 the Camaro received. Z/2. 8 was. still the top performer. To compete, Chevy bumped the power on the Z/2. T- tops on all. models. The 1. 97. 9 Camaro was the most popular model of the . The. Type- LT model was dropped and a Berlinetta replaced it. The engine options. Z/2. 8 horsepower decreased to 1. The. instrument layout was also an improvement over previous Camaros. In 1. 97. 9 Chevy. After the record- shattering year, Chevy wanted to improve fuel. The base engine was a 1. V6 engine. In California the Camaro received a 1. V6. Next up was a 1. V8 engine. Fortunately, the Z/2. California, where it was powered by a. After the engine downgrade, only 1. Camaros were sold. The buying public wanted more horsepower. In 1. 98. 1, the final year for the second generation Camaro, the car. Sport Coupe, the. Berlinetta and the Z/2. 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The third generation Camaro was significantly. The model was equipped with Mac. Pherson Strut Suspension in. Fuel- injected. engines were offered starting with a 9. V6 engine; a 1. 45 horsepower 3. Z/2. 8 1. 65 horsepower 3. Cross Fire Injection. The. transmissions were also changed to a four- speed automatic with overdrive and a. In an effort to meet emissions more. The 1. 98. 3 Camaro looked just like the . In 1. 98. 4 the Camaro remained similar to previous models, the Z/2. L6. 9 engine was improved, and Chevy dropped the Cross Fire Injected engine. This was the first year. R4 overdrive, automatic transmission because Chevy needed a. Things started changing for the better in 1. Chevy was. sponsoring the IROC races. The standard Camaros remained similar to the. Z/2. 8 Camaro. The top performance car in 1. IROC Z and it featured new graphics, a hood with large louvers and improved. The IROC also featured new 1. Tuned Port Injected 3. The popular IROC was hard to get in . It was installed. The Camaro engine options remained the same. IROC engine. Some big changes started happening in 1. The IROC remained. Chevrolet Camaro SS Automatic – Instrumented Test – Car and Driver. Short Take Road Test Put an automatic transmission in a car, and you typically lose a few hundred (or thousand) bucks and that extra connection between man and machine. In the Chevrolet Camaro, you also lose 2. But you gain a free hand with which to return fist pumps or throw the bull’s horns to fellow F- body enthusiasts or crush Monster cans against your head. Also, you get simplified burnouts—billowing, tire- boiling annihilation is a couple of stomps away. No tricky clutch- drop- to- brake dance or modulating pedal pressures, just mash the brake, mat the gas, and take a deep breath of vaporized vulcanized rubber. This—the ease with which it goes about its hooliganism—is what we imagine draws people to the automatic Camaro SS. It also goes about its hooliganism rather quickly, with the 2. The automatic Camaro went from 0 to 6. SS Camaros we’ve tested. The automatic gearbox costs either $9. SS or 2. SS model. That’s because, on the 2. SS, the automatic is bundled with remote start, which is unavailable on the 1. SS. Our tester had only one other option, the RS package. For $1. 20. 0, it gets you different wheels, unique taillights, HID headlights with halo rings (think BMW), and—joy of joys!—body- color drip- rail molding. Six Degrees of Reparation. Six- speed automatics are a recent adoption by GM, which for too long insisted four ratios were enough. The new six- speeds are competitive, although they lack the polish and agility of those found in vehicles with more premium nameplates. One misstep: What look like paddle shifters mounted to the Camaro’s steering wheel are merely signage for the buttons on the back of the spokes in the nine- and three- o’clock positions, even though the shape of the rim encourages a ten- and- two grip. If the fake paddles actually were paddles, they would be within pinky stretch from ten and two, but as they sit, the buttons would require an extra knuckle or two to reach. Downshifts are accompanied by a computerized throttle blip, and two- cog drops happen with a quickness only the best human drivers could better. Plan your upshifts in advance, though, as the Camaro takes a little time to react, and the heady, 4. V- 8 plows into its fuel cutoff at 6. The Four- Cylinder Camaro: Reality at Last? That redline is not only 2. LS3 V- 8 that powers the SS manual and on which the automatic’s L9. The L9. 9 differs in that it is outfitted for cylinder deactivation, and the redline is lowered to preserve the special lifters used to silence four of the cylinders under low load. A unique exhaust system helps isolate the cabin from most untoward sounds and vibrations in four- cylinder mode (with neither HVAC or stereo on, the change is noticeable, but who travels in such silence?), but it neuters the fury of the V- 8 enough that it sounds hardly more stirring than Chevy’s eight- pot pickups. At least the Camaro will torch a back road better than a pickup. A lot of folks have expressed a desire to see the Camaro, Challenger, and Mustang competing in a new Trans- Am racing series, and the Chevy’s suspension feels as though it could withstand track duty. For a car this big to pull 0. BMW 3. 35i territory—is impressive, but the Camaro’s stiff legs can inflict some harsh abuse over rough roads. Much of the blame lies with the 2. SS. Big wheels, however, are a must for presence, and the look of the new Camaro atones for many sins. It makes you forget the car you are driving isn’t actually all that expensive or prestigious. People turn and stare and elbow their friends without taking their eyes off you in a way rarely inspired by affordable cars. Who ever would have expected that reaction with the old, fourth- generation car, or a Mustang? Gawkers point and seem to speak in slow motion as you read their lips: “Wow.” “New Camaro.” “Holy friggin' neoretrogasm, I want one.” And when you’re driving a Camaro automatic, you can oblige oglers as easy as pie with a burnout. View Photos. View Photos. Highs and Lows Highs: Crisp responses, you’d think it was still a concept car from the way it turns heads. Lows: Suspension will leave you bruised on rough roads, drab interior still stinks of shortcutting. Rank in Muscle Cars. Show More (8 total)Specifications > VEHICLE TYPE: front- engine, rear- wheel- drive, 4- passenger, 2- door coupe. PRICE AS TESTED: $3. ENGINE TYPE: pushrod 1. V- 8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection. Displacement: 3. 76 cu in, 6. Power: 4. 00 bhp @ 5. Torque: 4. 10 lb- ft @ 4. TRANSMISSION: 6- speed automatic with manumatic shifting. DIMENSIONS: Wheelbase: 1. Length: 1. 90. 4 in. Width: 7. 5. 5 in Height: 5. Curb weight: 3. 90. C/D TEST RESULTS: Zero to 6. Zero to 1. 00 mph: 1. Zero to 1. 30 mph: 2. Street start, 5- 6.
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