Purhapse GM will put this drive train into the new Camaro?
04-04-2007, 08:15 PM
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Good question. I really think that would have hyped up the car a bit over here and increased sales. Heck, if they would have played around with the nameplate a little and even brought back the Judge edition, who knows... Things may have been quite interesting. I loved the GTO nonetheless, I wish they could have done some more with it though.
04-04-2007, 09:07 PM
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Good question. I really think that would have hyped up the car a bit over here and increased sales. Heck, if they would have played around with the nameplate a little and even brought back the Judge edition, who knows... Things may have been quite interesting. I loved the GTO nonetheless, I wish they could have done some more with it though.
EDIT: i just found a nice link that pretty much confirms it.
http://www.newagegto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5759
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04-05-2007, 06:56 AM
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"it doesn't rewrite the rulebook, it just does a dirty big burnout on it" 
Doing the math, that comes out to 49.155 mph (assuming a 6500rpm redline). Still nowhere near 75, but not exactly "30s at the most".
04-05-2007, 03:20 PM
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Maybe the redline has been increased and an entirely new first gear has been added? Both of these mods are not unheard of in a supercharged vehicle.
Remember V8's already have a tough enough time launching, now add the instantaneous power of a blower to that equation and all of a sudden that 3-4ratio first gear is useless.
Remember V8's already have a tough enough time launching, now add the instantaneous power of a blower to that equation and all of a sudden that 3-4ratio first gear is useless.
04-05-2007, 03:27 PM
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04-06-2007, 07:00 PM
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So modified drive/valve train to take the beating of supercharged hp/tq levels would also add to the cost. This is IF GM mades one
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04-07-2007, 01:27 PM
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As long as they don't artificially increase the price to just for the sake of making it a more "exclusive" car , I don't think SERIOUS buyers will have any problem paying extra for a SC'd car.
And as far as a modified drivetrain to take the abuse, GM already has components in some production cars to take 500hp (not to mention what's in the works for the Corvette SS/Stingray/Bluedevil....or whatever they decide to call it), I wouldn't think it would be too major of an undertaking to get it to work for a 550+(?)hp Camaro.
But like you said, that's IF GM makes one
04-07-2007, 05:51 PM
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and the reason we didnt get the s/c'd v8 like vauxhall is that while they sold 45k GTO's in the US from 2004-2006, they only sold like 1500 Monaros in the UK and only a few were actually vxr500's
04-08-2007, 10:35 AM
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All I gotta say is WOW! That car is awesome. He was wringing it out and in the rain. Imagine is conditions were perfect? Thanks for posting this. I bet the price is in pounds. He never says US dollars.
I bet the price is in pounds. He never says US dollars.
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