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600 Horses: Chevy Working on '08 Corvette SS?

Date posted: 12-06-2005

DETROIT — Corvette rumors are as rampant these days as tabloid stories about Nick and Jessica. But aficionados' antennae are picking up emanations from deep inside General Motors that Chevrolet is readying an ultra Vette for 2008 that should outgun the new Z06.

According to the Web site, DigitalCorvettes.com, the so-called Corvette SS will be the ultimate Vette, although details at this stage are pretty slim. The rumor mill has a "charged" LS9 engine under the hood as a Corvette exclusive, not to be shared with Cadillac, Pontiac or any other GM brand. Although smaller in displacement than the massive 7.0-liter LS7, the blown LS9 allegedly will churn out more than 600 horsepower — considerably more muscle than the 500-hp Z06.

One insider claims the new Super Vette is not the long-rumored "Blue Devil" car and, in fact, insists that no running prototypes exist yet.

Stay tuned…

What this means to you: Just like Pizza Hut's quest to find new places for cheese, GM has been striving to tack some more horsepower onto the Vette. Is 1,000 horsepower on the horizon? It's not quite as laughable as it used to be.

Link:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=108398

JackZ28

I hate rumors.

BizZzatch350

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Doubt its true

Saad06

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simply retarded, they should just work on the Z06, there is no need for the reg. vette, z06 AND SS...

TheBlurLS1

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I think they should work on making the z06 cheaper!

SSTAR

word.

but talk is cheap, lets see if this actually happens..

PA Z06

I hope its true, then I can get a c6 z06 that much sooner

RGV_Z28

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I read in gm high tech that there was a blown zo6 called the blue demon or something, that was come out for 2006.

zeos

why would they call it an ss, i am pretty sure they never made an ss corvette before

MorganSS

that would be the blue devil, its mentioned in the first post

DONAIMIAN

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I wouldnt be so quick to doubt it, its been some spy photos flying around of a blown vette called the blue devil.

StoleIt

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Digitalcorvettes? I've posted a little bit on that forum...I doubt its true. How can a web forum be a source? So if Tony or John just said there is gonna be a 2007 Camaro it would be true, right?

Scooter70

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No, they told me it's gonna be a 2009.


You would be wrong. The 1957 Corvette SS became the prototype for what would be the 1963 Stingray.

http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/Co...tml#CorvetteSS

SSilverSSurfer

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realllllll cheappppp

2MuchRiceMakesMeSick

You beat me to it


I think what they have done with the z06 is more then enough for factory power. If you need anymore then that its time to go TT..... which is on the horizon for me

H-5-L

Rick Conti is no joke.He was correct one every detail and the first with the info on the c6,and C6-zo6,i watched him bust on rumor after rumor,spy photo after photo,and when the cars came out,he was right....He say's it's not the blue devil,it's called the Corvette Super Sport.End of rumor.Bring this thread up in 2 years and see if it's correct.Folks at Digital corvettes know Conti well.This just in today.Theres all kinds of good info there,it's also 600 plus hp,with 590 lb ft.There will also be an auto zo6 with 500 hp,the test car has already been seen.