Saleen will be modding future Camaros!

[myk02k]

Pictures from in the making of the movie Transformers.





Is this a good or bad thing?

[05gtoautoX]

I think saleen should stick with ford, and leave GM alone. They need balwin motion to come back and work woth our cars, even lingenfelter, just not saleen or roush.

[myk02k]

Wondering if SLP is willing to do the SS' again. Someone should give them a call and ask.

[Nastyfoot]

Those pics look "fordish"

[joerockhead]

I am sure Saleen could do a good job, but why let them do it? There are so many more GM supporters that are better versed at modding the Camaro's.

BM is a perfect one, as well as a few others.

All I know is I want them to hurry up and get the car out!!

[third_shift|studios]

WHOA WHOA! don't get the message fucked up here.

That is only for the TransFormer movie!!! GM's zeta platform wasn't ready yet so transformers put a new camaro body on a mustang platform ONLY FOR THE MOVIE!

PS, those images should be about 1-1.5years old; here is the full story:
http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/05/...formers-movie/

[oneBADDz]

didn't anyone read the new hotrod? It's not even a mustang platform, that's a GTO. I don't wanna get the magazine out to read it again, but I think it said something about using saleen just because it's a name more people recognize. There is NOTHING saleen or stang about that car but the stickies put on it

[third_shift|studios]

YA! that's it!

[Zboner]

carcrazy.com assistant editor John Breaux caught up with Saleen at the 2006 Cruisin the Coast Auto Show in Biloxi Mississippi.

Car Crazy: Are you going to bump up the horsepower on your Saleen Mustang cars when Ford adds horsepower in 2009?


Steve Saleen: Yes we are, I just talked to Alan Mulally (Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive) about the 2009 facelift year and what kind of added power the GT and Cobra will get.



CC: What kind of added power did he talk about for the 09 model year?



Saleen: Nothing extreme, it's only a facelift year, but enough to make my current engine upgrades obsolete. They're aiming for 350 horsepower out of the V8 in the GT, and they're only adding about ten or fifteen horsepower to the GT500.



CC: Can you give us an idea of what you'll do to for your Saleen models?




Saleen: We don't know yet exactly, but we've had many meetings on what we want. We're aiming to get around 385 horsepower out of the S281 3 Valve with around 390 lb-ft of torque. The S281 Supercharged model will get 500 horses even with around 460 lb-ft of torque, and expect about a fifteen horsepower increase on the (S281) Extreme Mustang over the 2007 model (that's 565 horsepower and 535 lb-ft of torque).



CC: That's a big power increase on all cars, are the prices going to change?




Saleen: Not counting inflation, the prices should stay the same.




CC: Are the rumors of you teaming up with GM true or false?




Saleen: My team just worked with GM last month on the Transformers movie. We had such a good relationship with them that we are infact going to team up with them on future projects?




CC: What future projects?




Saleen: Well the Camaro project is one of them, I've watched from a distance while they've been putting the production model together. I think it would be foolish on our part if we didn't get a part of that action (Steve laughs).




CC: So are you going to do your own versions of the new Camaro?




Saleen: It's not legally official right now, but that's what we're hoping for.




CC: What kind of upgrades will you make, have you seen the engine GM is using in the Camaro?




Saleen: I hope I don't get in trouble with GM for saying this, but they're using a 6.2 liter 450 horsepower engine for the premium V8 in the 2009 Camaro and the base Corvette. The base V8 will probably be a detuned version of the same 6.2. So we'll just upgrade the 6.2 liter V8 to Saleen level specifications. We're going to upgrade the 6.2 liter V8 if we're given the legal chance by GM. Our base model should have around 485 horsepower, and expect our Extreme Supercharged Camaro to have over 600 horsepower.

Link--> http://www.roadandtrack.com/idealbb/...?topicID=13027

[third_shift|studios]

dude....that's a big ass engine!

wtf...'detuned 6.2' as a base model? So i buy the base model for 4000 less, then pay 500$ to get it tuned up to the premium engine? LOL

[Zboner]

na, the vett will prolly get a better intake or something like that same as the LS1 cars

[Zboner]

dude....that's a big ass engine!

wtf...'detuned 6.2' as a base model? So i buy the base model for 4000 less, then pay 500$ to get it tuned up to the premium engine? LOL

its still a small block either way you look at it

[86 IROC-Z]

Whats next? A castrol mugen vette?

[01camaross]

What about berger gmmg? are they gona still be in the game?

[98-LS1]

I bet they'd have a nice fat price sticker too

[Knighthawk LS1]

Boooooooooooooooooooooo

[oneBADDz]

Rumors are stupid, and no offence, but people that listen to rumors are stupid. Maybe you kids should wait until it's built to see what happens. The transformers camaro isn't even a damn camaro, who cares what it says on the plate. Look at the brake calipers, they aren't even real for crying out loud, yeah, let's start rumors about the saleen plate shit cause that car is SO legit. . .

[NHRAMAN]

What about berger gmmg? are they gona still be in the game?

That would be good.

[Big D Z]

Rumors are stupid, and no offence, but people that listen to rumors are stupid. Maybe you kids should wait until it's built to see what happens. The transformers camaro isn't even a damn camaro, who cares what it says on the plate. Look at the brake calipers, they aren't even real for crying out loud, yeah, let's start rumors about the saleen plate shit cause that car is SO legit. . .

You obviously didn't read Zboner's post where Saleen said they are trying to work with GM on a Camaro version. Not a rumor based on pictures.

[SexOnWheels]

Those pictures are actually a reskined GTO built to be used on the latest (ghey) Transformer movie.

Saleen Camaro (so far) is just a rumor.