08 600HP Z06?, Corvette SS? rumors within
08-21-2005, 05:19 PM
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08 600HP Z06?, Corvette SS? rumors within
Digital Corvettes
Saw this at DigitalCorvettes.com
Bye Bye LS7, hello LS3 and LS9?
Mentions using a 6.2 NA LS3 with about 450hp for the base Vette and 600hp LS9 supercharged 6.2Liter for the Z06
Also mention of a Corvette SS.
Saw this at DigitalCorvettes.com
Bye Bye LS7, hello LS3 and LS9?
Mentions using a 6.2 NA LS3 with about 450hp for the base Vette and 600hp LS9 supercharged 6.2Liter for the Z06
Also mention of a Corvette SS.
08-21-2005, 06:25 PM
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Re: 08 600HP Z06?, Corvette SS? rumors within
Originally Posted by JP2005
when i read that my emotions were initial thought: 
then s/c vette 
, then i need to have enough money in a few years 
so i can get one before i 
then s/c vette , then i need to have enough money in a few years so i can get one before i 
08-21-2005, 06:32 PM
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Re: 08 600HP Z06?, Corvette SS? rumors within
450 base Corvette leaves pleanty of room for a 425 hp Camaro.
Amherst, Ohio (where the digital corvettes guy is from) - that's where I was born and raised. How cute.
Amherst, Ohio (where the digital corvettes guy is from) - that's where I was born and raised. How cute.
08-21-2005, 07:00 PM
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Re: 08 600HP Z06?, Corvette SS? rumors within
Originally Posted by SCNGENNFTHGEN
Didn't the SS moniker come from, a special Corvette SS, that Duntov had built for testing? I could definately see a modern Corvette SS! 
08-21-2005, 07:01 PM
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Re: 08 600HP Z06?, Corvette SS? rumors within
I would like to see a more powerful base engine. A 6.2L with better then 430hp. Maybe keep it just for the Corvette--okay maybe GTO and CTS V. Just for bragging rights over those 6.1L Hemis
08-21-2005, 07:47 PM
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Re: 08 600HP Z06?, Corvette SS? rumors within
I'm more than eager to see a 450+hp base Vette.
Hopefully it would be around 475 - meaning the base Camaro V8 could be 425 and the SS could be 450.
Hopefully it would be around 475 - meaning the base Camaro V8 could be 425 and the SS could be 450.
08-21-2005, 08:31 PM
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Re: 08 600HP Z06?, Corvette SS? rumors within
The original, and only Corvette SS was built in 1957 as a factory backed race car. It was Zora's baby, and it failed at Sebring of that year. The Magnesium body led to overheating problems. SS shouldn't be used on Corvette ever again, IMHO. But I do like the sound of even more exciting Vette's on the horizon.
