ZL Camaro by SLP

SEMA is coming up and that means all the hot-rodders are coming out to play. And what with the Mustang, Challenger and the Camaro still rolling of the assembly lines, you'd think it was 1970 all over again. For example, take the SLP modded ZL Camaro.

Updated: 10 Oct 2024

Look, I really like import cars. I like them, generally speaking, much more then domestic American cars. However, there's one thing that American cars have over every other kind of car in the world: Cheap available horsepower. For the price of one Mitsubishi Evo all ready to go down the strip, I could build you two Hemi Darts that would blow the Evo so far into the weeds Lewis and Clark couldn't find you.

So in the grand context of things, when I read that there's a car that puts out 575 HP, I consider that well into Ferrari territory, but for a V8 powered American car, it seems about par for the course.

The 'Maro in question has been modified by SLP Performance Parts using their ZL575 package. It's a kit you can order direct form them, and "bolt on". It uses a supercharger to beef up the horsepower, and there's a cold air induction system and a revised cat-back exhaust. You get 575-horsepower and SLP says you'll get to the end of the strip in 11.6, which ain't bad.

It's more than just a blower and an exhaust though. You also get a sport spring kit that drops the car by an inch. You also get 20-inch wheels and a totally bitchin' cowl induction hood and what SLP calls a "functional rear spoiler."

Total cost? $22,995. But you got to provide your own Camaro. Sadly, since the new Camaros are, well, still pretty new, finding what's know as "a good candidate" (i.e. an older Camaro with a blown motor sitting in a junk yard) is going to be hard. All this means that if you want to go the SLP Performance Parts route, you'll be talking in the mid-60K range.

Which ain't cheap ... but eventually, there will be wrecked ones, and blown ones and cars that are, in one way or another, "a good candidate".

Source: Inside Line