The 25th Aniversery RS that never was

[ar0ck]

Very Sad that it never made it out of the prototype stage:

Someone at Chevy came up with the idea of the Heritage/25th Anniversary Camaro. The police-spec B4C RS would pack a special L98 engine making 300 horsepower; a revised suspension would not only give it a softer ride, but improved handling. It would have a ZF 6-speed, just like its big brother, the Corvette. The front seats were modified to better hold their occupants. The design, development, validation, testing, and production tooling for these goodies would be handled by Detroit specialty house TDM. To make it special, there would be just 602 produced--the exact same number as Chevy had built of Z/28s in 1967.

Two prototypes were assembled (one of which you are looking at on these pages) and the $28,000 bombshell would be called the 25th Anniversary Collectors Edition Camaro (option code Z4F on the RS). The engine had a trick cam, a one-of-a-kind intake system, one-off tube headers, a 3-inch exhaust system and ported aluminum Corvette heads. Equipped with 245/50ZR16 Goodyears on "diamond spoke" wheels, the car ran 13.50s at 104 when tested at Raceway Park in Englishtown. It rode like a dream, yet handled like a true thoroughbred
But it wasn't to be. When the car was scheduled to be introduced, the country was again in a recession and ponycars weren't exactly flying out of showrooms. It would cost too much to federalize all the hardware; ergo, the good stuff got cancelled. The only thing that made production was the Heritage edition tape stripes.

Another tragic tale for GM performance enthusiasts. This would have been the best all-around Camaro ever and may have generated a lot more enthusiasm for the '93-later cars. I guess we'll never know.

[enRo]

Me .... GM

[NJSPEEDER]

the other 3rd gen that never happened was a Z28 powered by a slightly detuned LT5.
gm created a working prototype that they still show off from time to time.
unfortunately the late 80's and early 90's gm was run more by bean counters than car guys.

later
tim

[IROCdan330]

if that was a 6 speed from a vette wouldnt reverse be in the top left not bottom right?

[BigAls87Z28]

So instead of getting a Camaro, we got a Firehawk made by SLP with basicly the same set up.
Higher price, lower production.

[NJSPEEDER]

Originally Posted by IROCdan330

if that was a 6 speed from a vette wouldnt reverse be in the top left not bottom right?

were the reverse locations different in the ZF6 vs the T56? in the late 80/early 90's i know a lot of the GM concept venhicles used the ZF6 that appeared in the ZR1 vettes.

later
tim

[1RawTA]

Thats a pretty nice car.... and was probally pretty damn fast for 80;s standards

[IROCdan330]

Originally Posted by NJSPEEDER

were the reverse locations different in the ZF6 vs the T56? in the late 80/early 90's i know a lot of the GM concept venhicles used the ZF6 that appeared in the ZR1 vettes.

later
tim

oh i dont know. i just remember a friend with a white gran sport vette...it was a c4...i think either a 94 or 96 i dont remember years with vettes. he had reverse in the top left...thats why i asked.

[BigAls87Z28]

That car would be FAST by todays standards.
13.5@104...yeah, thats LS1 land.

[Tru2Chevy]

Originally Posted by IROCdan330

oh i dont know. Â*i just remember a friend with a white gran sport vette...it was a c4...i think either a 94 or 96 i dont remember years with vettes. Â*he had reverse in the top left...thats why i asked.

All Grand Sports are either '63 or '96

- Justin

[camaro2you]

pretty nice car.