There are certain cars that just shouldn’t be road-tested.  Some of them need to be taken to the track, immediately. The 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is one of those cars. Autoblog’s West Coast editor, Michael Harley, took it to the right kind of place: Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.  There, he was able to […] More »

1,000 horsepower is a big number. One that can seemingly be impossible to reach without losing engine reliability. Yet, it’s a number that’s becoming standard in Formula Drift. “Drifting” is a motorsport where cars are judged on their ability to slide around a track in tandem, and Formula D is highest level of that sport. […] More »

I might regret typing this, but I’m going to do it anyway:  You don’t even have to watch the video below. Just click play, sit in a comfortable chair, grab your favorite drink and enjoy it slowly as the sound of a 7.0-liter Chevrolet V8 fills your ears. Oh, you’re back?  Well, before you close […] More »

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Man, I love being a turtle. Oops!  I mean: There’s a reason I’m a writer and not an engineer. “I have never thought that a tire rotating around its wheel would ever be a problem. The 2014 Camaro Z/28’s engineers have. The Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes and their 1.5 g in deceleration force have a tendency to […] More »

The 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is bound to be hungry, especially when it hits the track.  There, its hand-built 7-liter V8 will be consuming massive amounts of fuel – and the car itself will be gobbling up as much air as possible to cool its lap-heated hardware. To maximize air intake and ease the thermal […] More »

I’m offended Road & Track never gave me a call.  I would have been happy to tell them whether people would rather have a Corvette Stingray or the upcoming Camaro Z/28.  LS1Tech.com readers enthusiastically voiced their opinions when we spread the word about the latter Chevy, here. But Road & Track is a professional outfit, […] More »

This 1968 Camaro from JCG Restorations and Customs in Oxnard, California is about the cleanest ’68 I’ve ever seen. Seriously, it nails the “Pro Touring,” style to the T, but it also has enough performance to back up its looks. Propulsion comes courtesy of an LS7 that’s making 540 hp and 520 lb-ft at the […] More »