electron mike

That is in fact exactly my goal! If it does take the beating, I may be hard pressed to spend over double for a new GT3.

It was quite refreshing to just make a call and get one for supplier pricing instead of enduring the shenanigans of purchasing Porsche GT cars.

Fingers crossed!

Catorce

It will take the beating. My 850whp Gen 5 has been flogged long and hard. It's pushing 12 pounds of boost and has been trouble free (on boost) for 20,000 miles. It has every Camaro suspension product known to mankind as well as CTS-V brakes and tons of other mods.

It's a tough car, no issues whatsoever.

You should see the stinkeye when i bring it to the PCA autocrosses.....

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95spiderman

car is so cool and im glad it exists but who are they marketing it to? why get this over z06? its got the special shocks but z06 is probably 500 lbs lighter and has the cc brakes. will the camaro do better with overheating due to bigger engine bay and more radiators? i think the vette gs with z07 package is the most track oriented chevy made anyway despite 150 less hp. its a good comparison to bmw m4 though.

Tom Tweed

Maybe someone who wants a sporty car with 4 seats?

I think that's the idea. Time will tell if it can live up to thrashing on the track any better. More weight won't help the tire and brake wear any, even if they can keep the engine cool enough. They don't offer it with an automatic, which seemed to cause problems w/ the Z06 on track.

MileHigh911

This is basically Americas GTR, but with pieces from its big brother, and a good manual box. With the Viper now gone, there is a niche for this. It beats the snot out of the GT350 on track, and would be comparable in the looks department.

Tom Tweed

Don't be saying that over in the GT350 thread. There are quite a few folks there who think the GT350 looks much better than the Camaro, and beating the snot out of it doesn't really matter, since the GT350 flat plane crank engine is magic, makes heavenly sounds, and which one is faster on the track would probably depend on who the driver was in either one.

ShakeNBake

Was that you at TWS the other day? Someone was haulin the mail in a ZL1. It was 105F+ - looked like the car was coming in every couple laps, but I could not tell if it was a cooling issue or some other reason.

Quikag

That was my buddy, Bari. He's a fast driver and it was very hot with a less than ideal track surface. Here were his comments:

"The car did a 1:54 in the morning (90 deg) and 1:55's in the afternoon when it was over 100. Water temp 215, oil temp 285, better temps than my old c6 z07. I was taking a couple cool down laps in the middle of the session due to brake fade."

He was running stock pads with SRF fluid. Temps were good, IMHO. Coolant is great and oil temp is up there but within normal parameters for these engines, especially on such a hot day. Here are two vids:

mdrums

I can't get those links to work....???

Quikag

I think I fixed it. Sorry about that.

mdrums

Yep works...cool car love 'em!

laranja

Orthojoe having a lot of fun in the ZL1 1LE at Thunderhill

TRAKCAR

Hahaha, thanks for that.

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