I have a book called, Chevrolet Chronicle. It has a picture of the camaro gtz concept, and it looks kinda like the fourth gen. It doesnt say much about the drive train except that the car has a 4.3 liter v6 with close to the same horsepower as the v8's. I was just wondering if any of you have ever seen or know anything about this car.

I haven't heard of it do you have any pics you can post for us

Amazing what a Google search came up with, as the FIRST result.

http://www.firebirdnation.com/forums...x.php/t96.html

I'm glade they didn't go through with that doesn't look right, but for 1985 that would have been ahead of it's time

plus they were considering front wheel drive for the fourth gens.

What does it say the horsepower was, in your book?

The considered FWD fro 3rd Gens too...

Chevrolet did play with a Turbo 4.3 in 1983 or 1984, it was seriously considered for production at one point. Like the TTA, it would have been too expensive to produce, and sales would have been limited.

John

The article says the car "gives a good peek at 1988" man were they wrong!

be interesting if somebody actually built this...

230 HP from the 4.3 Turbo 6. I got the number from the Motor Trend article that was published in June of '85. I also have another article about a turbo charged Camaro prototype called the Evolution Iroc II. According to Motor Trend's December 89 issue the prototype was built with a 4.3 Turbo V6 with close to 300HP as a what if when the GNX was being phased out. Ironically the Buick engine ended up at Pontiac and Chevy never pushed for production for the Turbo Camaro. I don't know if the Evolution Iroc II still exists or if it met the crusher. Would be great if it still exists. I know I know I will scan these in eventually to be put in the media section.......

There are obvious similarities between the GTZs headlights and those of the LT1 Camaro. I Also see some 91-92 Camaro ground effects styling with the opening at the rear edge of the front bumper and side rocker pieces.

yup, it was called the GM80 program. Settlemire mentioned this in a few of his siminars.

Here is the article, Hot Rod December 1982




John

i would love to own a turbo charged 4.3 z28. i wonder what it ran in the quarter mile?
they should have ran something like this on the iroc track. with that 4.3 sitting that close to the firewall, it would have handled like it was on a rail!

Actually I just found some new info on the Turbo 4.3...

This is from a Chevrolet Brochure from 1985

1. did anyone ever try fabbing a GTZ clone?

2. i might be answering my own question but, why did they not slap turbos on camaros? they did it on the jimmy i think, and obviously buick did it.
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did they not because they didn't want it to overpower the V8s?

The "turbo Jimmy", was the Blazer version of the Syclone. AWD turbo V6.

I think price was a huge determining factor, I think there was some foresight as the TTA did not sell well, IIRC there were some TTA's still on dealers lots into 1990...

John

Just digging through links from old threads...

Trying to get some more turbo and 90 degree V6 insights...

I know an old thread but here's the only pic I have of the GTZ. This was from the 35th show at the Corvette Museum in '01.

That is a GREAT picture!

Thanks!!

if i ever get enough money i would definetly make a GTZ clone, though i would make the lower front bumper a little more aggressive. then totally swap a turbo 4.3 vortec or an LSJ

Absolutely

I see my 88 IROC parts car being resurrected in a tribute to that car, turbo V6 included...

That GTZ is BEAUTIFUL!!!

Thanks. The car next to it on the right was the Banchee(sp?). I can't find any exterior pics of that car. Don't know what I did with them.

It was. Being that my car was on display also, I got to get up close to all the of the GM cars. Especially before the gates opened. Pretty neat to say the least.

DO IT MAN DO IT NOWWW!!!!!!

hahahahhhhahahahha

I am looking forward to doing SOMETHING with the old 88. I have to come home first, then the car projects will get moving.

http://www.supercars.net/cars/4354.html

that car sold for 22,000 in 2009 with a scrap title.

magazine scan with dif angled pics of car for those wishing to make a tribute car. lol probably be better to start with a fourth gen.
http://s9.zetaboards.com/nythirdgen/topic/7266503/1/

ew check this other concept out made in 3rd gen timeframe. says its an 1989 "california camaro iroc-z concept" http://www.ls1.com/forums/f35/1989-c...ng-cues*-9385/
first post first pics.

I'm not surprised; I just read an article from GM Hi-Tech Performance that talked about that.

I guess most of the concept cars that they did testing with had either junk titles or experimental VINs that you could never register, to keep their liabilities down.

Hopefully that car is in somebody's collection being taken care of.

Many of the cars of the era were actually the same car... Take the Firefox and Firefox II cars, they actually used the same car. They would update the looks to make it more modern and then do other ideas...

I was just looking at 70's Buick Skyhawks and Chevy Monzas, and I think the GTZ tail comes from there.

The reason that is interesting to me is that the first prototype picture I have seen of a third gen had an 82-ish front Camaro clip grafted to a Monza body...

At least I know what tail lights to copy now hahahahhahah.

i've seen that along with other variations, def look like they belong in back to the future lol

the pontiac fiero concepts look alot like the 4th gens. but with the sport/notch back