09' Saleen Camaro!?
10-26-2006, 12:42 AM
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09' Saleen Camaro!? Saw this over on svtperformance.....read the bottom..... 
Any body seen this interview yet?
Originally Posted by Road & Track Online
carcrazy.com assistant editor John Breaux caught up with Saleen at the 2006 Cruisin the Coast Auto Show in Biloxi Mississippi.
Car Crazy: Are you going to bump up the horsepower on your Saleen Mustang cars when Ford adds horsepower in 2009?
Steve Saleen: Yes we are, I just talked to Alan Mulally (Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive) about the 2009 facelift year and what kind of added power the GT and Cobra will get.
CC: What kind of added power did he talk about for the 09 model year?
Saleen: Nothing extreme, it's only a facelift year, but enough to make my current engine upgrades obsolete. They're aiming for 350 horsepower out of the V8 in the GT, and they're only adding about ten or fifteen horsepower to the GT500.
CC: Can you give us an idea of what you'll do to for your Saleen models?
Saleen: We don't know yet exactly, but we've had many meetings on what we want. We're aiming to get around 385 horsepower out of the S281 3 Valve with around 390 lb-ft of torque. The S281 Supercharged model will get 500 horses even with around 460 lb-ft of torque, and expect about a fifteen horsepower increase on the (S281) Extreme Mustang over the 2007 model (that's 565 horsepower and 535 lb-ft of torque).
CC: That's a big power increase on all cars, are the prices going to change?
Saleen: Not counting inflation, the prices should stay the same.
CC: Are the rumors of you teaming up with GM true or false?
Saleen: My team just worked with GM last month on the Transformers movie. We had such a good relationship with them that we are infact going to team up with them on future projects?
CC: What future projects?
Saleen: Well the Camaro project is one of them, I've watched from a distance while they've been putting the production model together. I think it would be foolish on our part if we didn't get a part of that action (Steve laughs).
CC: So are you going to do your own versions of the new Camaro?
Saleen: It's not legally official right now, but that's what we're hoping for.
CC: What kind of upgrades will you make, have you seen the engine GM is using in the Camaro?
Saleen: I hope I don't get in trouble with GM for saying this, but they're using a 6.2 liter 450 horsepower engine for the premium V8 in the 2009 Camaro and the base Corvette.The base V8 will probably be a detuned version of the same 6.2. So we'll just upgrade the 6.2 liter V8 to Saleen level specifications. We're going to upgrade the 6.2 liter V8 if we're given the legal chance by GM. Our base model should have around 485 horsepower, and expect our Extreme Supercharged Camaro to have over 600 horsepower.
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Any body seen this interview yet?
Originally Posted by Road & Track Online
carcrazy.com assistant editor John Breaux caught up with Saleen at the 2006 Cruisin the Coast Auto Show in Biloxi Mississippi.
Car Crazy: Are you going to bump up the horsepower on your Saleen Mustang cars when Ford adds horsepower in 2009?
Steve Saleen: Yes we are, I just talked to Alan Mulally (Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive) about the 2009 facelift year and what kind of added power the GT and Cobra will get.
CC: What kind of added power did he talk about for the 09 model year?
Saleen: Nothing extreme, it's only a facelift year, but enough to make my current engine upgrades obsolete. They're aiming for 350 horsepower out of the V8 in the GT, and they're only adding about ten or fifteen horsepower to the GT500.
CC: Can you give us an idea of what you'll do to for your Saleen models?
Saleen: We don't know yet exactly, but we've had many meetings on what we want. We're aiming to get around 385 horsepower out of the S281 3 Valve with around 390 lb-ft of torque. The S281 Supercharged model will get 500 horses even with around 460 lb-ft of torque, and expect about a fifteen horsepower increase on the (S281) Extreme Mustang over the 2007 model (that's 565 horsepower and 535 lb-ft of torque).
CC: That's a big power increase on all cars, are the prices going to change?
Saleen: Not counting inflation, the prices should stay the same.
CC: Are the rumors of you teaming up with GM true or false?
Saleen: My team just worked with GM last month on the Transformers movie. We had such a good relationship with them that we are infact going to team up with them on future projects?
CC: What future projects?
Saleen: Well the Camaro project is one of them, I've watched from a distance while they've been putting the production model together. I think it would be foolish on our part if we didn't get a part of that action (Steve laughs).
CC: So are you going to do your own versions of the new Camaro?
Saleen: It's not legally official right now, but that's what we're hoping for.
CC: What kind of upgrades will you make, have you seen the engine GM is using in the Camaro?
Saleen: I hope I don't get in trouble with GM for saying this, but they're using a 6.2 liter 450 horsepower engine for the premium V8 in the 2009 Camaro and the base Corvette.The base V8 will probably be a detuned version of the same 6.2. So we'll just upgrade the 6.2 liter V8 to Saleen level specifications. We're going to upgrade the 6.2 liter V8 if we're given the legal chance by GM. Our base model should have around 485 horsepower, and expect our Extreme Supercharged Camaro to have over 600 horsepower.
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10-26-2006, 09:51 AM
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i am just excited to hear that they are going to get 450 hp from the factory, i would love to get a saleen version but that will probably be a little pricie. i will probably go with the premium v8 and give it my own style and power.
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10-26-2006, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by JUICED96Z
Saleen and a GM car????
UMMM YEEAHHHH.... allrighty then...
UMMM YEEAHHHH.... allrighty then...
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10-26-2006, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by RMH_GTO04
SLP started to do Mustangs after the F-body was canned. I guess all is fair game now, but I'd take a Lingenfelter over a Saleen version any day. Saleen= More show than go.
so for that reasoning of couse there are going to be 10x as many 'riced' saleen cars out there. but the point is they still take the time and effort to make a lot of power for those wanting to go that route.
i'm sure if SLP or any of the other fbody 'tuners' made body kits and what not they'd sell a lot to many driving the base model cars. but then again that's part of the dfference between someone who gets a mustang and someone who gets an fbody base ... fbody people are more into power than looks. hence the 4+ different v8 models(each one has slightly different accessories on the bodys) all on the same design while the mustang had only 1 v8 car(well 3+ some years if you count the bullet, mach1 and cobra)
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some one should photoshop what they think it would look like judging from what saleen has done to stangs in the past...i would do it if i knew how to lol. i think it might be interesting.
10-27-2006, 11:15 AM
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Not the first time they have collaborated
Back in day (i might get this backwards, sue me) Ford was going bankrupt and GM bailed them out because they needed the competition to increase the market.
Back in day (i might get this backwards, sue me) Ford was going bankrupt and GM bailed them out because they needed the competition to increase the market.
10-27-2006, 03:30 PM
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no gm wont say **** cause this is the kind of pres sthey need right about now. they need to keep people interested in this car for the next 2 years. i for one and excited about this, and cant wait to see what they do with the car. the saleen mustangs look sick as all hell, i can only imagine.
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