Everyone’s been there—you’re trying to hook up with someone at the bar only to end up going home with the friend. Hey, sometimes that’s not so bad, and at least you’re close to the mark, right? Chevrolet, it seems, isn’t down with such a scenario, at least not when it comes to the hellacious Camaro Z/28. To help keep the track-monster Camaro a rare bird—and keep customers plopping $75K on the limited-production ride happy—Chevy won’t allow non-Z/28 Camaro owners to purchase that car’s factory high-performance parts and “clone” it, according to a report from GM Authority .
The list of off-limits Z/28 bits is rather long, and includes the brakes, differential, fascias, hood scoop, fender flares, and more. Even the badges are a no-no. This, of course, puts a crimp in the long-running tradition of transforming decaf muscle cars into full-brew rides with just a handful of badges and factory replacement parts. Chevrolet Camaro owners have been cloning more unique and higher-performance models for decades, whether by slapping some SS badges on base ’67, or some IROC-Z stickers on a V-6–powered ’86 coupe.
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We’re a little bummed that we won’t be able to buy a used Camaro and try Z/28-ifying it on the cheap (if that’s even possible), although we understand Chevrolet’s motives. But anyone can copy the Z/28’s “Flowtie” tech by simply removing their Camaro’s front bow-tie badge. And nothing’s stopping you from snapping up a Camaro, dropping $16,000-plus on GM’s 505-hp LS7 V-8 crate engine, and kidnapping some of the Z/28 project’s engineers to help you put it all together and tune the suspension. See? There is a way.
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