One quality of the Camaro
that many here in Memphis and nationwide will always love is the fact that it
is one potent contender on the track. Always holding down its status as one of
the original ponies, there are many things about the Camaro that should simply
stoke awe at any turn. Texas tuning professional John Hennessey has now
developed a 3-tiered horsepower solution for the already very-dialed in Camaro
ZL1: the entry-level package ramps horsepower up to 750, stage 2 nudges it to
850, and Stage 3 produces a scorching 1,000 horsepower.
The knowledgeable car aficionados at The Drive circulated this video showing the 750-horsepower
version doing a stellar job of holding it down, with handling abilities on the
road course proving that its abilities in the turns are hands-down the tops.
What many are really excited about is the 1,000-horsepower Stage 3 variant, that
comes with another 250 horses or so on diligent standby, and a fitting name to
boot: The Exorcist. It is now very clear that this is one of the custom-built
and primed-and-powerful models to take on the Dodge Demon head-to-head, and The Drive's Will Sabel lamented
while giving it a spin recently that “You never realize how much pressing down
on an accelerator pedal feels like pulling a trigger until your foot's on the
gas in a car such as the Hennessey Exorcist Camaro.”
He also lamented that he was able to propel this
dominating dream machine aptly through the quarter-mile in 9.57 seconds, and
gloriously onto a top speed of 217 miles per hour, during a flat-out test at
the Continental Proving Grounds in Uvalde, Texas. The much larger air intakes
up in front of the car, massive 2.7-liter Whipple supercharger in place of the
1.7-liter, and everything from the valves and cylinder heads to the camshaft
and pushrods have been completely reworked and rebuilt.
Said to have righteously undercut the Demon's 9.65
second quarter mile time, the Exorcist rings in right at 9.57 seconds. The
prized ZL1 is the one that Car
and Driver quoted as “track-tuned and ready to rumble” earlier this year,
and we have been excited about the performance recorder: there is almost
nothing that you can't track with it, in terms of honing your driving
performance and making it absolutely perfect on your next outing.
The Zl1 was born back in 1969, when many dealers
were able to use Chevy's COPO special-order system, to create racing-intended
models deriving power from an aluminum 427 Big Block engine. We cordially
invite you to come test drive any of our various Camaro
stock: this is truly the car that challenges the most advanced sport coupes on
the globe, with unprecedented levels of technology, track prowess, and
exhilarating straight-line acceleration!
he new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 has proven itself at the Nürburgring, against the Corvette Z06, and on the drag strip, but how does it do on the dyno? Unsurprisingly, given the ZL1 shares its 650-HP V8 with the Corvette Z06 and Cadillac CTS-V, it does well. Very well.
ReplyDeleteTuner John Hennessey managed to get a brand-new, stock ZL1 in his shop to run some numbers on it before it gets modified. On the shop's dyno, the ZL1 puts down a healthy 567 horsepower and 570 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels.
What's really impressive though, as one YouTube commenter points out, is that the 2017 ZL1's 567 wheel horsepower nearly matches the old ZL1's 580 crank horsepower. No one would call the old ZL1 slow, but with the 2017 packing that much power and a new 10-speed automatic gearbox, the new ZL1 promises to be a total monster. Here is SUV Indonesia