For now, I have to say no. I would only consider a second sticker/GM endorsed/COPO type of tuner car. No privateer, unapproved packages. I would like to see a Rousch or other established tuner working with GM on the top GM model of Camaro a la SLP and ASC cars of the past. It would have to be a GM RPO level package.

 

I'm with you guys. If GM sponsors it, I may consider it. But if the stock SS has like 450 HP, window tint and cat-back will do me just fine. Can you guys believe we're talking about a factory fresh Camaro with 400+ horse? 5/6 years ago that would've sounded so ridiculous.

 

You'd have much better results with this poll if you dropped the Rousch name and used SLP, Lingenfelter or Berger as an example . . . all who will be offering Camaro packages anyway.

 

Camaro will end up being my daily driver, so no mods at first. I might go with a nicer sounding cat back, and a shifter change, but that will be the extent till warranty is up.

 

I'd buy a Callaway 5th gen if they made one with an AeroBody.

 

As for me, it depends on the options in the second year when I'll by one. Can we do any head-cam or s/c or turbo ect... without vioding the warrenty? If we do a heads and cam swap, would it only viod valve train warrenty or all of it? Just something to think about when chosing "tuner" or not.

 

I am going to look into either a Berger or Baldwin-Motion Camaro in 09'. I have already opened a bank account just for purchasing this car and I want to get the baddest factory or dealer built one I can find even if I have to mortgage the house to get it.

 

depends on what's done to it to make it a "tuner" style.

 

I have to agree with this. There may be talk of Roush helping develop a 5th gen Camaro, but until something materializes out of it companies like Berger, Calloway, and (especially) Lingenfelter are the kind of names people associate with GM "tuners". I left out SLP because SLP engineering is dead; we won't be seeing any more cars straight from SLP in the future.

 

ya thats why i didn't add any more, i had heard about SLP being no more so i didn't wanna throw out any names that don't exist.

 

A tuned Camaro would be bad ***. oh wait a minute isn't that what LPE dose? They used to make 500-600 Hp Camaros befor they were killed. GM should build a LS7 Camaro and it should be called COPO (If you didn't know COPO stands for Central Office Production Order).

 

An LS7 Camaro would do better being called ZL1 if it's an extremely limited edition, otherwise just call it Z28. COPO is a weird obsession people have with an old program and badgeless cars with cheap wheels. I can't see a modern day COPO version being true to the heritage of the name and successful at the same time.