Automotive News, Media & Press - 1988 Camaro ZR-1/LT5 ?

Check this out

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet-Camaro-ZR-1-LT5-1988-CHEVROLET-CAMARO-ZR1-LT5-GM-CONCEPT-VEHICLE-1-OF-1_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a3Q7c66Q3a3Q7c39 Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a100Q Q_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem33523a9aa2QQit emZ220422904482QQptZUSQ5fCarsQ5fTrucksQQsalenotsup ported

I have to say its really ugly, but having an LT5 in it is pretty cool. Thought you guys might like to see it

thats 80's day-glo baby. That shit was pimp!:pimp:

i would never spend 100k for that car. its painted like a damn skittle. engine is amazing tho.

i think that car probably looked a lot better on paper....i say stick it back in the GM archive

Considering the LT5 wasn't designed and put into a car until 1990 this guy is a fraud.

Edit: Wow, actually GMHTP did an article on this bad boy when I googled it, so if they believe it, it must be true. Makes one wonder why it took so long to get into the Vette though.

http://www.gmhightechperformance.com/features/0809gmhtp_1988_lt5_chevy_camaro/index.html

It is true, that car is not a fake. I saw that exact car in person back in late 2001 when GM was show casing the 2002 LE SS cars at local Chevrolet dealers. That car was a former GM show car, many of them start life as test/fleet vehicles. A lot end up being scrapped at the end of their lives, but a few get picked up by GMPP or various other divisions and get built up as one off cars using stuff from the GM parts bin. Either to show off new parts or to take to promotional events. Those wheels are 91-92 Firehawks and judging by the paint scheme that car was built in the very early 90s. It really isn't so much ugly as it is dated. They also built a yellow 91-92 RS with a ram jet 350 and a ZF6 trans, it was built much later, I want to say late 90s/early 00s when the ram jet crate motors hit parts shelves. GM High tech did an article on that car as well.

Oh my, that is....unique.

I'd pimp it :thumb:

Really all it needs is a color change. Paint it one color...even stick with the pearl white (Cadillac Diamond Pearl would work i think)...just make it all one color. Paint the wheel centers flat black, and put black leather with white inserts in the interior, and you've got a kickass ride.

Still not worth $100k though.

I'll say this, when they decide to sell that 1986 Caprice with the 600hp BMW V12, i'll be trying to find a large amount of cash really fast.

Considering the LT5 wasn't designed and put into a car until 1990 this guy is a fraud.

Edit: Wow, actually GMHTP did an article on this bad boy when I googled it, so if they believe it, it must be true. Makes one wonder why it took so long to get into the Vette though.

http://www.gmhightechperformance.com/features/0809gmhtp_1988_lt5_chevy_camaro/index.html


READ if you're going to comment. It says right on his ebay page that the car was a base camaro but in 1991, they plucked an LT5 off of the assembly line and converted the car. It said the camaro has 7000+ miles but only 200 since the conversion.

I would love this car if it was all one color with different rims ans interior, but you cant alter a car like this so whats the point?

Those wheels are 91-92 Firehawks and judging by the paint scheme that car was built in the very early 90s.

Built in '91 and they aren't Firehawk wheels
Seventeen-inch Speedline wheels, remarkably similar to the Firehawk wheels of the same era





Cool car, I'd rock it.

READ if you're going to comment. It says right on his ebay page that the car was a base camaro but in 1991, they plucked an LT5 off of the assembly line and converted the car. It said the camaro has 7000+ miles but only 200 since the conversion.

I would love this car if it was all one color with different rims ans interior, but you cant alter a car like this so whats the point?

I read title and then posted, I didn't even read the ad until after my first post. Which is why I threw in the the edit and the link. I did google it though just to see if there was anything else out there besides the GMHTP article.

Very cool car. It has the german 6 speed from the vette as well.

That engine bay looks beautiful, i've wanted more pictures of this since they talked about it in gmhtp or camaro performers or w/e magazine it was.

what kind of power those motors make ? btw that shit is hideous

what kind of power those motors make ? btw that shit is hideous
375hp/370tq in '91

Just needs to be a soild color, rember that shit was dope back then....

Built in '91 and they aren't Firehawk wheels






Cool car, I'd rock it.

Why aren't they Firehawk wheels? Remember, there were Firehawks before the overpriced sticker package 4th gens..

Just in general, what can be done with an LT5? With 4 cams its definitely a unique engine and for 1991 375HP is staggering its like our current Z06 for that era. Still a very cool engine, just wondering what people have done with them. Ima search

The paint is part of what makes it special. It dates it to a time and place when things were much simpler.

Built in '91 and they aren't Firehawk wheels




They most certainly are Firehawk wheels. More specifically the Ronal R15, but since that is what the Firehawk used - the only true Firehawk, not the 4th gen crap, they can be considered Firehawk wheels.

the paint job isn't exactly contemporary, but if that's all you guys can see when you look at a LT5/ZF6 3rd gen, seriously get off this forum.

They most certainly are Firehawk wheels. More specifically the Ronal R15, but since that is what the Firehawk used - the only true Firehawk, not the 4th gen crap, they can be considered Firehawk wheels.

Did you not read the quote I pulled right out of GMHTP?

Did you not read the quote I pulled right out of GMHTP?

Don't need to. I've known about that car for a long, long time. I OWN a set of Ronal R15 wheels, which I bought back in the mid 90s. That Camaro might have Speedline cast into the back of the wheels, but they were made from the exact same tooling in the same factory as the Ronal R15, which was introduced first. You might want to research Ronal and Speedline ;)

what kind of power those motors make ? btw that shit is hideous

WEAK ring lands on original pistons.... (Would NOT hold a 150 shot!!!... Bad night...)