So, remember that time Chevrolet reportedly restricted the sale of Camaro Z/28 factory replacement parts to Z/28 owners? If you looked close, the majority of those goods were visual in nature—to prevent regular Camaro drivers from “cloning” the coveted Z/28—and Chevy has now confirmed that a lot of the Camaro Z/28 gear you can’t see will be available to owners of its pony car. Our delicate sensibilities can’t take this roller coaster of emotions, GM!
Chevrolet will offer nine Z/28 performance packages for non-Z/28 Camaros, and some of the kits even come with stuff that’s off-limits at an individual level. For example, the Camaro Z/28 suspension kit bundles the Z/28’s spool-valve dampers, which can only be purchased individually by Z/28 owners, with its springs, anti-roll bars, and front and rear suspension pieces. The Z/28’s helical differential also is packaged in a kit—but not available separately—that comes with an integrated heat exchanger for the diff cover and boasts a 3.91:1 axle ratio.
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Also on offer: The Z/28’s brake cooling ducts, cold-air intake, exhaust manifolds (V-8 models only), cat-back exhaust, Recaro sport seats (a factory option on 2014 model-year Camaros, these are now available on all 2012 and later cars through the performance catalog), and a differential cooling package (same as the Helical stuff, minus the diff itself). Chevrolet will offer the Z/28’s aerodynamics package to other Camaro owners, too, which we find a bit odd because a huge chunk of the restricted-sale parts are visual in nature. The front splitter, wheel-lip extensions, underbody tray, and rear spoiler in the aero kit will allow folks to mimic the Z/28’s visuals, at least partially.
Oh, who are we kidding? None of this is odd, it’s only great. This means we can build out the pseudo Z/28 of our dreams—$16K LS7 V-8 crate motor and all—and it’ll be somewhat incognito without all of the styling cues. Cue evil hand-wringing!
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