CHEVROLET has confirmed its drag-racing particular, the COPO Camaro, shall be again in 2022 with the selection of three V8 engines together with its 580hp (432kW) small block and a thumping 430hp (320kW) 9.4-litre.
Australia might be suggested to restrain from holding its breath, primarily as a result of the mannequin will not be avenue registerable. However the drag-strip COPO Camaro stays an alluring prospect, particularly with its $US105,500 ($A142,700) opening value for the massive block.
The sixth-gen Camaro is rumoured to be the final earlier than Chevy ditches fossil fuels and strikes to an all-electric efficiency automotive.
So what higher solution to see out petrol than with a bang – a giant bang!
The 572 (cubic inch or 9.4-litre) is the largest of the vary but in addition the least highly effective, pumping (or thumping) out 580hp (320kW) which Chevrolet mentioned “channels the spirit of the unique 1969 COPO Camaro”.
It has a cast-iron block with aluminium heads, a cast metal crankshaft and connecting rods, and cast aluminium pistons.
The Camaro can even be obtainable with two LS-based small block V8s – a supercharged 350ci (5.7L) mill rated by the Nationwide Sizzling Rod Affiliation (NHRA) at 580hp (432kW) and a naturally-aspirated 427ci (7.0L) engine with 470hp (350kW). The engines are mated to an ATI Racing Merchandise TH400 three-speed computerized transmission.
Chevrolet reckons the COPO is a Camaro in its most excessive state.
Although not allowed close to the road, it qualifies to race in NHRA Inventory and Tremendous Inventory eliminators.
Options of the mannequin are carbon-fibre bonnet and wheelie bars. It will get a boot-mounted weight field and parachute as choices.
The US journal Automotive&Drivermentioned Chevrolet beforehand restricted manufacturing of COPO Camaros to 69 models a 12 months to comply with the manufacturing run of the unique 1969 automotive.
Automotive&Driverstories that clients then needed to enter a lottery. Now, there isn’t any lottery and Chevrolet received’t prohibit manufacturing, with gross sales on a first-come, first-serve foundation.
COPO stands for Chevrolet’s Central Workplace Manufacturing Order (COPO), which permits sellers to order automobiles and vehicles with non-standard colors or options.
The aim of COPO was for specialty automobiles for fleet clients, like trucking corporations or police departments, however some sellers with a need to go drag racing used COPO to create purpose-built dragsters.
Chevrolet revived the COPO title in 2012 and has constructed specialty drag-racing Camaros yearly since, Automotive&Drivermentioned.
