What are the specs that the new camaro is going to have? Are they going to just have one option or will they have the z28, SS etc. I heard it would have around 400 hp any confirmed specs?

 

Yea the only thing that has been confirmed engine wise is that there will be a V6 version and 2 V8 versions and will prolly be a Z28 (being the top version) and the SS (being the lowergrade V8) since its goin retro its all in the air. So yea....they will also be offering the manual and AT. T-5/T-6

 

i'm guessing the 3.9 V6, LS2 (Z28 V8)...maybe a rwd version of the 5.3?

maybe they'll make a ZL1 sometime with the 505hp LS7

 

I agree with bad influence.
I've been saying 3.9 direct injection as the v6 for awhile.Popular Mechanics awarded it with their breakthrough award. It is the latest generation GM 60* engine. Which is what family the 3.4/3.8 are from. The 3.9 offers a substantial amount of horsepower ~240 hp in current gm vehicles such as the monte ss and malibu ss. But Im sure they will place a less restrictive exhaust than on the monte ss or malibu ss and bump it up to 250 for the camaro. So basically the base model V6 will have nearly the same hp as the LT1 Z28's 275HP , However the Lt1 has well over 325 ft lbs of torque compared to the 240 ft lb torque the V6 sports, So you wont be annhilating lt1's with it but you damn sure will be able to give them a helluva run. Add a CAI and you bump it up to about 260 hp. headers would bring it upto nearly 275-280. I would say the V6 Model will have to be priced under 20,000.. The 07 mustang only has 210 horsepower out of there 4.0 and are booking at 19,000 -21,000.

By the way. I heard something about them toying around with a supercharger... While a supercharged V8 would be nice it will be expensive, And meant to compete with the GT500. I feel that they should have an RS package that is not only an appearance package but added a supercharger to the v6. It just bothers me that I can get into my mother in law's SSEI bonneville that is a family car and it has Performance shift mode, Performance Ride, and a supercharged 3.8 Tell me why GM can't stick a supercharger onto a v6 camaro this time around? There doesnt seem to be any clearance issues like it was in the 4th gens.

 

As for the V8's

They are trying to recapture what they had in the 69 camaro so its obvious that they would revert back to those days.
First off I can't imagine calling the base v8 model an SS. I believe that the SS will be saved for the LS7 Camaro that will appear a few years later to compete with the GT500. I believe the base v8 will be A Rally Sport because that's a traditional camaro model. Early Rally Sports were the step below a Z28 and always have been so it will recieve the LS4 5.3L V8 adapted for RWD with about 310 Hp.... The Z28 will be the top model v8 with the 400 Hp LS2 , until a few years pass by and they unleash the SS Camaro with the LS7 .
The Z28 will be similar to the Zo6 Corvette- a code for special equipment. Suspension, LS2 Engine, most likely an appearance package as well. And Yes It will be Top Model until they release the SS camaro.
as Most of you know They are planning on making the Corvette SS. You may have heard of it, the Blue Devil project As a top model for the Vette. So the Camaro SS will come out well after the Z28 sporting the almighty LS7 and will then become the top model V8 camaro.


So It goes Like this V6 Camaro, Base V8 Camaro Rally Sport, Top V8 Camaro Z28, Few years later The Camaro SS comes out as a special edition with a gt500 eating LS7.-Got It?


I know what some of you are thinking about "any car can be an SS only a Camaro Can be A Z28. This is true... However only a Corvette can be a z06 yet the Corvette SS is coming out So it should be compared to corvettes models: base corvette, Zo6 Corvette, eventually Corvette SS. The Camaro will offer the same plus a v6 model.

 

what do you guys think about that as a lineup?

 

Well sounds good to me. The base V8 sounds like it will pack a punch to the GT line up all though I dont understand why they just dont add a base LS2 V8....seeing as tho thats whats in the GTO right now or are they faseing the LS2 out now? so were basically looking at hp rateings like this

V6-240hp (maybe 250hp)
base V8- 310hp (hopefully it will be more seeing as tho I could just save some money by just buying a LS1 Maro.)
and other V8-400hp?

 

ok...first the 3.9 pushes out 233hp (and its net hp, so exhaust set up is not factored in), and it's not in the current monte carlo ss, just the malibu, 2nd you guys are getting the def. of 'base' wrong.

there is not base v8, the base is the lowest model of the car, so the 'base' will be the V6 (prob 3.9). There probably wont be an 'RS' for a couple of years, but if there is it will be available on V6's and V8's (basically a sport appearance package). Neither of the V8's are base, there going to be the SS and Z28. Since GM is going classic, then the Z28 will be the top of the line prob w/ the 400hp LS2 (althouh it could be the 505hp LS7 but i doubt it), the the SS will have another V8, maybe a 5.3 converted to rwd, or maybe they will have another V8 by then. Either way w/ GM's existing engines it would be the 3.9 (233hp), 5.3 (303hp) and 5.7LS2 (400hp)...but who knows they still have two more years to make some new ones up

they wont have a supercharged V6, and the supercharged engine you were think of is the LS7 for the Corvette, that will produce 600hp.

So if they go how i just listed, then Mustang v. Camaro, I think the maro would win in each trim level except the Cobra

 

I personally think its weird how there doin it....I meen the 'SS' model has been the top of the line model for how long? since like the 80's? (speculating not sure) But yea.

BTW when we say base V8 we meen the lower V8 like the 5.3L < 5.7L

 

the SS was top of the line from 96-02...historically the Z28 has been the 'king' of camaros