While both cars are powered by the LT1 V8 engine, the Camaro does produce more horsepower. JDP Motorsports put both cars on the dyno. The runs were performed on the same day, with the same dynamometer and the same fuel. Here are the results: 2016 C7 Corvette: 417.49 hp and 418.49 lb-ft 2016 Camaro: 421.48 hp and…
Road & Track set out to find out which American muscle car is coming out on top in 2016. After two days driving over the relief left behind by the Great Buzzard, there’s no doubt the Camaro, with its Cadillac platform and Corvette engine, is the thoroughbred of its class. We can’t believe it. The…
The redesigned 2016 Camaro is getting a lot of attention from us at Fireball Camaro. It’s a favorite across the aftermarket performance industry and sought after by car lovers everywhere. We think it may soon make the list of best Chevy Camaros of all time. With a lighter body, improved steering and Corvette LT1 engine, it…
We did it again. The 2016 Chevrolet Fireball Camaro, driven by Ryan Martin of B&R Performance, set new quartermile records Wednesday both with nitrous assist and naturally aspirated (all motor). Watch the Fireball Camaro become the fastest 2016 Camaro with a pass in the 9s. Beginning the day naturally aspirated, the Fireball Camaro ran a 10.95 second pass.…
Watch 2016 Fireball Camaro, a 6th generation Camaro SS, burn rubber before the 10.6 second quarter mile record set in Tulsa in mid December 2015. The Fireball Performance Cars team will be resetting records in January 2016, with hopes of breaking into the 9s. Follow our journey as we continue to push the new 6th…
Lovers of good cars and bad movies, take note: Filmmaker Michael Bay is auctioning off the 1967 Bumblebee Camaro SS from the fourth Transformers movie. The Bumblebee Camaro SS features an LS2 fuel-injected Corvette engine, 6-speed overdrive transmission, custom suspension, mini tubs, Wilwood brakes plus added stunt extra caliper, 9″ Ford rear end, touchscreen navigation stereo system, custom…
The words sound almost sacrilegious: Silent Hybrid Camaro. While we have different goals with The Fireball Camaro: Power, Speed and Sound … our hats go off to these folks! Pretty cool! The Ohio State University’s EcoCar 3 team just took delivery of a 2016 Camaro and is turning it into a plug-in hybrid. The vehicle…
The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro was 2015’s fourth most googled vehicle, coming behind the Malibu, Silverado and Toyota Tacoma, according to an article published in the Christian Post on Wednesday. Enthusiasts and potential buyers alike have good reason to voice this kind of interest in the debut sixth-generation Camaro. The vehicle, produced by Detroit-based Chevrolet, gained more attention than other debut…
The Super Sport, or SS, is the signature performance option package offered by Chevrolet on a limited number of its vehicles. All SS models come with distinctive “SS” markings on their exterior. The package was first made available for the 1961 Impala. Some of the other models bearing the SS badge include the Camaro, (like our ’69 Fireball), Chevelle, El…
By now every Camaro fan in the world has heard about our 10 second quarter-mile record set in early December. In anticipation of hitting 9s soon, we started thinking about other things that take 9 seconds. Like… The attention span of a gold fish is 9 seconds. Don’t kid yourself, a human’s attention span is even shorter. The fastest…
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