Full Chevy Camaro ZL1 Info: Cranking the Dyno Needle to 580 HP
The bow-tie fires a shot across the bow of Ford’s Shelby GT500, while aiming for more.
Here’s the latest salvo in the perpetual power and performance war: Chevy will top Ford’s 550-hp Shelby GT500 with a husky 580-hp—SAE-certified—supercharged and intercooled 6.2-liter V-8 when the Camaro ZL1 finally hits the street early next year as a 2012 model. To compensate for Ford’s cam and valve advantage, Chevy resorted to the classic expedient of an extra 0.8-liter of displacement, thereby achievin…
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