Tag: Z28

What’s one way to make a dedicated race car even more desirable? You put a license plate on it. Chevrolet’s Z/28 is a pure breed race car made to drive on the street. So, when it hit the track earlier this year little was changed. Here are the differences from Chevrolet’s new race car and the […] More »

And just like that folks, your shot at buying a Camaro z/28 in 2014 has passed. Autoguide reports that all 500 cars alotted for 2014 have been spoken for. Bummer. On the flipside, GM is building 2,500 for next year. This is hardly the end of the Z/28. Considering how much of a special case the […] More »

I know Callaway has been tuning Corvettes and other General Motors vehicles for a long time, but I think they’ve branched out into mind reading. They answered the question I’ve had in my head for years: “What would happen if someone supercharged the giant LS7 V8?” Six hundred fifty-two horsepower and 620 lb-ft of torque,  […] More »

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 »

There’s been a ton of talk about the new 2015 Camaro Z/28 and all of the intricate pieces that make it such an awesome package, but when I saw this video expanding on its aerodynamic package, I just had to share. Program Engineering Manager, Mark Stielow delves into the Z/28’s aero package and compares it […] 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 »