2008 Corvette SS?

[RicE-ter]

http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/foru...threadid=47873
Just wondering what you guys have heard on this one. Appearantly not the unconfirmed Blue Devil. LS9 blown corvette motor only, not for pontiac/caddy/etc,smaller displacement than the LS7.

The anticipation is killer- whats next, along the line will we see a SS Z06 with 700 or 800 hp :drool:. in any case if you have the money you can get the Z06 and supercharge it yourself.

[V8 Killer]

Another "SS" to add to the rapidly growing list....

[Question]

Originally posted by V8 Killer:
Another "SS" to add to the rapidly growing list....

But these are the real deal.

[Loochy88]

Originally posted by Question:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by V8 Killer:
Another "SS" to add to the rapidly growing list....

But these are the real deal. </font>[/QUOTE]haha, um yeah. i think 600 hp should cut it. what do you guys want?

[Question]

Originally posted by Loochy88:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Question:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by V8 Killer:
Another "SS" to add to the rapidly growing list....

But these are the real deal. </font>[/QUOTE]haha, um yeah. i think 600 hp should cut it. what do you guys want? </font>[/QUOTE]I think the cars that should not be SS should have their badges removed. But the Vette is worthy for sure.

[shock_core]

yeah, but the vette's ss is the z06. Stupid to put a ss name on a vette. but it is worthy.

[Mighty Thor]

I thought they were going to label it as the Blue Devil.

They've been testing, tuning, and refining this car for awhile now. Nice to know that it will go on production.

[HokieBird]

They are claiming it isn't the Blue Devil. Which would kind of make sense since the Blue Devil, when rumored, was based on the C5 chasis and supposedly caught on fire out west at some point.

[95fbirdkid]

Originally posted by shock_core:
Stupid to put a ss name on a vette. but it is worthy.

why is it stupid? just b/c it hasnt been done before?

[shock_core]

well, i mean the vette is worthy of the ss name. but i thought the vette's ss badge was the z06... i dunno

[JusFlyinBy]

Bla bla bla, "not worthy of the SS name" blibbity bla...

The SS is just a high end package. Its a package. A package. Nothing more, nothing less. You guys act like theres some Chevy rulebook somewhere that says SS is reserved for V8 RWD cars.


I dunno if they should call the vette an SS though. More like a variant off the Z06 package. If you call it an SS, now what, is that the top car? The Z06 drops down the list to second? Too confusing.

[RicE-ter]

ss or whatever they call it i just like the powa!

but yah definately confusing. kinda sad its not the 427 like the lingenfelter TT but o well. been reading up a bit more and peeps have been speculating that GM made this motor so that caddy and others can use the LS7. also that the LS9 is smaller in displacement so it can handle the boost better with thicker walls which makes sense. I wonder what, if ne, exterior mods they will do- and if it will be tuned the same way or will it be more straight line oriented.

as hard as it may be lets not get to worked up till it actually comes out.

[Mighty Thor]

Yeah that's right. The SS label is nothing more than a package. May it be 4, 6, or 8 cyclinders, SS means that it's got the package.

[96RS Alex]

The '06 Impala SS is... a front wheel drive (FWD). I'm still betting this is the way future "musclecars" with the SS badge will be designed but with GM's ever tightening budget, this might happen. I sure hope not.

Next thing you'll know, some backwards baseball cap wearing, Eminem wanna-be punk will pull up next to you and ask if you can light them 'front' tires up in a burnout show on your prized Camaro SS in the future.

All I can say is to save your RWD and build it to terrorize the street!

[articacid]

the ss badge isnt used like it used to be, as a result it doesnt stand for the same thing it used to. when you in you car looking for trouble and some races the thing you would want to see in the late 60s is a ss badge pull up next to you. you knew when you seen that you were more than likely to get your *** handed to you.

nowa days its on everything. the cobalt ss(non-superchaged)and chevy ss truck are laughed at. sure some cars deserve it the cobalt ss supercharged and the monte and impala's that are supercharged.

the z06 badge is kinda like a ss badge to let you know it the big dog, but at the same time its a bit different. in 1963 Zora Arkus-Duntoz, made the z06 package to make a race ready production car.