May 24, 2013

Posts Comments

You are here: Home / Archives for Camaro

Pictures: 2011 Indy 500 Camaro Convertible Pace Car at Barrett-Jackson

January 21, 2011 by

2011 Camaro Convertible Indy 500 Pace Car

When the Indianapolis 500 is run this May, it’ll once again have its pace set by a white convertible Camaro SS, just as it had in 1969. The 2011 Summit White SS mimics the first gen classic with an orange stripe and interior, with a familiar yet modern pace car graphic running along its door.

Chevrolet unveiled the car last night at the Barrett-Jackson auto auction in Scottsdale, and we’ve got a few pics of the cars side by side and on display. With a white heritage grill and trim accents that carry over the white / orange stripe scheme to the interior, it’s a clean example of special edition pace car that doesn’t get carried away with wild colors, graphics and other eye-jarring acts of flash as in the past. Clean and simple. We like it.

CLICK BELOW TO ENLARGE

2011 Camaro Convertible Indy 500 Pace Car

Filed Under: Camaro, Events, Featured Tagged With: , , , , , ,

VIDEO: 2012 Z28 Caught Testing at the ‘Ring

October 7, 2010 by

2012 Camaro Z28 Testing

A couple of days ago, pictures surfaced of a less camouflaged (but still heavily taped up) 2012 Camaro Z28 prototype at the famed Nurburgring  in Germany, putting its supercharged LSA, larger brakes and handling capabilities to the test. Now we get to see the first spy video of the Z28 doing its thing around the ‘Ring, sweeping through the corners and belting out a chorus of exhaust burbles and tire screeches.

Check it out below and see what people are saying in the Camaro5 thread here.

Filed Under: Camaro, Camaro Z28, Featured, News, video Tagged With: , , , , ,

Drop Top LS9: 2011 HPE700 Camaro Gets Convertible Option and 755 Horsepower

October 6, 2010 by

2011 HPE700 Camaro Convertible

While the 2011 Camaro convertible is preparing for its unveiling at this fall’s L.A. Auto Show, we’re busy gearing up for the new ‘vert to receive the full Hennessey Camaro treatment, starting with the announcement of the 2011 HPE700 Camaro and its new, more powerful LS9 engine upgrade.

Bumping up 30 horsepower — from 725 to 755 bhp — the HPE700 for 2011 will remain limited to just 24 examples. But now, you’ll also be able to get it as a convertible.

Head over to our website and check out our press release for more details and feast your eyes on our latest renderings to imagine what cruising in a drop top LS9 would look like.

Filed Under: Camaro, Featured, HPE700 LS9, News, Press Tagged With: , , , ,

Camaro Z28′s Supercharged LSA Spied Under New Hood

September 28, 2010 by

Camaro Z28 Supercharged LSA 556 HP

The first spy photos of the supercharged LSA inside a factory Camaro test mule has been revealed, along with the supposed design of the top-level Z28′s new hood.

Images of the Z28 test cars have been leaking out for the past few months, but this is the first time we get to see what we’ve all expected: The 556 hp 6.2L LSA engine sourced from the Cadillac CTS-V powering the new Z. Whether or not it will be rated the same as the Caddy is something we’re going to have to wait and see, but fundamentally, the LSA is going to open the Camaro up to the same general lineup of modifications and upgrades found in our Hennessey CTS-V packages.

Just look at our last post on the V700 CTS-V Coupe and you get the idea what we’re thinking for the Z28′s resurrection.

Head over to Camaro5 and check out more pictures of the Z28, it’s LSA and new hood. (Oh, and apparently a new shade of blue for 2012.)

Source: [Camaro5]

Filed Under: Camaro, Camaro Z28, Featured, supercharger Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Hennessey’s HPE1000 Twin Turbo Camaro Sets New Standard

July 6, 2010 by

It isn’t Hennessey’s first rodeo twin turbocharging the new Camaro (see the HPE800), but the 4th of July fireworks came early in Texas with our latest HPE1000 twin turbo Camaro hitting the Dynojet for a follow-up to it’s initial 855 rwhp 93 octane tuning session that warmed up its 427 cubic inch LSX engine.

Using C16 race gas for good measure, the HPE1000 was repeating its earlier performance with ease, able to make mid-800 wheel HP pulls on mild boost settings. After things felt dialed in enough, it was time for a cool down and a jump from 18 to 21 psi to see if it could crack the 1,000 wheel HP barrier without having to dial up the boost any further.

How did it go? Check out the video to see the final result:

1021.46 rear wheel HP and 1027.73 lb-ft torque… on the FIRST run, safe as can be. The ease in which it made nearly 1200 crank horsepower (at the motor) gave every indication reaching even higher numbers would come just as naturally. Certainly, the same numbers on pump gas are easily attainable with a few tweaks to the tune.

Filed Under: 2010 Camaro SS, Featured, Twin Turbo, video Tagged With: , , , , ,
«Older Posts
Newer Posts»