Vehicle Description
The name "ZL1" carries a lot of weight around the GM history books,
so the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 needed to stand up and earn its
badge the right way. Fortunately, GM delivered in a big way,
starting with a 580 horsepower LSA V8 borrowed from the wonderful
Cadillac CTS-V, plus the suspension and brakes from a Corvette ZR1
to put it to good use. However, even those impressive attributes
weren't enough for the former owner of this BEAST, so he brought it
to the pros at Advanced Modern Performance along with an open
checkbook and told them to go buck wild. Aside from the body, not
much was left stock, and we'll do our best to cover all the major
upgrades below, including what it took to get a Dyno reading of a
whopping 1170HP (that's not a misprint). But if you take anything
away from this ad (and please call us to get the full scoop),
please know that this 2013 Camaro ZL1 Twin Turbo is the meanest,
fastest, downright SCARRIEST muscle car in our inventory.
This 2013 ZL1 was Chevy's take-no-prisoners Camaro, and it was
essentially impressive on every single level. Born to be hammered
at the track, this 17K-mile beauty seems to have bucked its roots
and instead lived an easy life in Oklahoma and Texas, where it
spent the majority of its life driving on sunny days to car shows.
As a result, it looks virtually new, with hardly a mark on the
gleaming Summit White bodywork, short of a couple miniscule rock
chips up front and a micro-spec or two on the chin spoiler that
were acquired over the years. The ZL1 looks like no other Camaro
designed before it, with a functional air-extractor hood that looks
like it was borrowed from the set of the most recent 'Transformers'
movie, a deep chin spoiler, side skirts, a rear ducktail spoiler, a
simple lower diffuser with integrated exhaust cut-outs, and a few
other aero tweaks designed to make its factory-rated 180+ MPH top
speed a little less harrowing. And don't worry, even with all this
car's extreme upgrades under the skin and its 1K+ horsepower
rating, that gorgeous stock bodywork will still hold together as
you bend space and time whilst blowing past 200MPH. Exceptionally
clean, we can find very few nits to pick on what is obviously a
very well-kept performance car, and other than those killer
Forgeline 20-inch wheels stuffed inside the wheel wells, it looks
like a bone-stock ZL1 on the outside.
Much like the exterior, the interior mostly resembles the factory
ZL1 set-up, although after a second or two inside you'll quickly be
acquainted with this cabin's upgrades. The ZL1 interior was
purposely designed by GM for more power and speed, starting with
deeply bolstered leather power buckets with suede inserts that grab
you like Velcro. ZL1 embroidery makes this one stand out, just in
case nobody noticed the bodywork, the badges, or the exhaust note,
and there's a seriously beefy steering wheel with proper thumb
notches at 10 and 2. Suede accents on the dash and red stitching
throughout lends it a racy look, too, and you'll note there are
throwback design cues everywhere, including auxiliary gauges down
on the center console. Of course, it's still plenty comfortable to
drive and everything was standard on Chevy's top-of-the-line
F-body, including A/C, cruise control, power windows, locks, seats,
and mirrors, and an impressive Boston Premium Audio touchscreen
stereo with navigation and a back-up camera. No, you won't feel
like this is some bare-bones race car, although there's lot of
race-grade stuff too, starting with the beefy, welded-in 6-point
roll cage that includes removable door bars, aftermarket gauges
integrated into the A-pillar, 5-point racing harnesses, an AFX
air/fuel module mounted to the center console, and a hidden
Passport Laser Radar system. The back seat has been rendered
useless by the roll cage, so its frame was deleted to shed weight,
and the custom ZL1 floormats and trunkmat from Lloyds finish off
the cabin perfectly.
We'll start by telling you that this thing is flat-out SCARY to
drive if you don't know what you're doing, so take caution - this
is a serious car. Built capable of producing 1600+HP to the wheels,
it sits with slightly less boost (21 PSI) and a mild tune yet still
laid down 1170HP on the Dyno. It's a handful, but rather than
competing in the � mile and dominating roll racing, this beauty has
been used as a street car instead. At its heart is a Late Model
Engines aluminum 427 ZL1 6-bolt O-ringed long-block rated up to
2000HP, complete with a billet crankshaft inside and a Twin
Precision Ball Bearing 6466 twin-turbo set-up linked via a
custom-tigged V-band system. The thirsty engine is fed through a
Fore Innovations triple-pump fuel system and has even been
flex-fuel tuned to take E85 gas as a primary fuel source, 93 octane
as a backup. A Tremec Level 7 RPM 6-speed gearbox handles all the
power with relative ease via an RPS billet carbon quad-disc clutch,
spinning a carbon fiber driveshaft linked to the Hendrix
Engineering full 9" IRS differential and axle kit out back. Giant
sway bars, 1800HP-spec Fatty Axles, and upgraded shocks/springs
keep this beast planted to the road, while giant Brembo 4-wheel
disc brakes stop it all on a dime. A fully-tigged Magnaflow X-pipe
exhaust runs from the engine to the tips and sounds downright
pornographic to anyone with a pulse, and the rolling stock rides on
Forgeline ZX35 3-piece forged wheels wrapped in 295/35/20 front and
315/35/20 rear Michelin Pilot Cup sticky radials.
Words can barely describe the power, performance, and pretty looks
of this built ZL1 Twin Turbo but call us and we'll do our best to
espouse its many virtues. Call today!
