5TH Gen COPO Camaro

[Jeff Kempton]

Gump, you seem to have an inside connection; maybe you could suggest to GM Perf that using an aftermarket 12 bolt instead would return some brand credibility to the concept. I think that the extra hassle when swapping gears compared to a 9" is worth it in order to keep the car an all GM design.

While I'm not a fan of the "ringer" versions of late model Mustangs, Challengers and Camaros in Stock, I am pleased to see the manufacturers taking an interest in battling each other on the dragstrips again, and with that in mind it's great to see Chevy willing to finally get in the fray.

[Troy Pourciau]

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Looking for the real scoop on the new COPO Camaro? GM High Tech Performance gained exclusive inside access to the top secret testing conducted yesterday and we've got loads of behind the scenes coverage coming soon!

Today, we can tell you with certainty that the proof of concept COPO Camaro is an easy 9-second contender and clicked off a 9.90@138 on its maiden voyage down the dragstrip. That's right, a 9.90 on the very first pass! After that, we watched as the COPO Development team, which consists of Russ O'Blenes, Robin Wright, Scott Roslund, and Cliff Cohen, make a series of changes, taking the COPO from a 9.90 to a string of 9.70s. With slow 60-foot times (1.40-second range) the COPO has more in it but managed a 9.69-second pass at 140-mph on its best run. As you would expect from the editors of GM High Tech Performance and Camaro Now, we've got a lot more information to come... but you are going to have to wait for a future issue of the magazine to find out more!!

[Rory McNeil]

It may be pretty fast, but it sure isn`t pretty looking!

[Todd Boyer]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kempton

Gump, you seem to have an inside connection; maybe you could suggest to GM Perf that using an aftermarket 12 bolt instead would return some brand credibility to the concept. I think that the extra hassle when swapping gears compared to a 9" is worth it in order to keep the car an all GM design.

While I'm not a fan of the "ringer" versions of late model Mustangs, Challengers and Camaros in Stock, I am pleased to see the manufacturers taking an interest in battling each other on the dragstrips again, and with that in mind it's great to see Chevy willing to finally get in the fray.

Yeah Jeff I'm all for brand credibility also, I'm not a big fan of the V10 Challenger DP having that "Torque-Glide" trans...

I'm not a fan of the new Camaro at all, but yes it is good GM coming to the plate....

[Ed Wright]

Todd, you don't mind the Powerglide Mustangs? LOL

[Todd Boyer]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Todd, you don't mind the Powerglide Mustangs? LOL

Yes I do actually Ed, I think the CJs should use C4s and the Mopars 904s but that's just me.

[Mike Fuller]

One Question ? What Teardown ?? How many times has HP been hit and someone gets a teardown because of it ?? lol


When the 5.7 Challenger went 1.24 under at the points meet in Joliet this year Keith and Dave took it apart and Travis Miller conducted the inspection.

http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...r2011#indextop

[Ed Wright]

Run that far under in Div 4 your likely to get looked at also.

[boster]

I was at the test and tune session in Bradenton FL this week and seen the new camaro run . Car look very stiff , from what I saw the best run was tue morning with the 427 motor .

The supercharger motor did not seem to run the first 1/8 mile at all . The guys from GM took every time slip and showed them to no one . I think the car weight was around 3200 lbs with the driver in it . The car is reported to weight 3000 lbs and had no weight in it anywhere except the driver

With the reported times the car looks good on the surface , but if you compare my stock 2008 CJ at NHRA legal weight of 3665 lbs and I ran a 9.53 with 1.31 60ft right after what I thought was the camaro best run .

If I took out 450lbs I would have ran 9.10 . My mph was a best of 137mph and most of the day was 135.75 mph which was off 3 - 4 mph

The pro stock's mph seemed to be off a couple mph which I think was do to the track prep. If the 140 mph is true thats pretty good

One thing that I was curious about was the supercharged motor . For stock the block is suposed to be aluminun but the block in the car was steel (LSX) also the blower looked like the 4L unit

GM , show us the time slips , my times were posted on the board if your telling us what it ran show the slips ?

Air at the track was very steady over the 2 days of testing

Temp 75 - 80
RH 45 - 55 %
BAR 30.05 - 30.10
DA 2400 - 2900 ft
CF 102.8 - 1.037

Fastest pass for me Tue morning First run

2008 CJ
stock motor
F.A.S.T. system with MSD coils
Santuff shock's fron & rear
B&B spindles and rear end upgrade
stock rear gears & C4

[B Aceves]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Run that far under in Div 4 your likely to get looked at also.

Ya ,My point was that it should be a rule if you hit the AHFS with added HP it should be a automatic Looksee to see if everything is Cool First !! I dont see or hear that very much Should be cool to see these guys step down now in the new cars in there own classes,wonder if they will give us back the .30 on the index now lol ya rightttt.