Customer race teams have a new race car to mull over. Chevrolet has announced the Camaro GT4.R race car will start at $259,000 and sales will begin in January of 2018.
The Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R meets all global GT4 regulations and Chevrolet’s technical partner, Pratt & Miller assembles the car. The company will also handle the car’s sales as well. The car may simply look like a beefed up 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, but the engineering underneath is quite extensive.
Chevrolet Racing developed the GT4.R’s dry-sump 6.2-liter LT1 V8 engine, which sends power to a sequential six-speed transmission. The engine can be tuned to produce up to 480 horsepower, which is 3o additional ponies over the Camaro SS’ LT1 V8 engine. A carbon-fiber intake, custom camshaft, Motec data acquisition system and a customized Bosch Motorsport MS6 ECU round out other upgrades.
On the outside, the Camaro GT4.R receives extensive modifications to decrease weight and improve aerodynamics. They include wider front fenders, a hood extractor, GT4-spec dive planes, new side skirts and carbon-fiber doors and front fascia. When it comes time to stop, Brembo six-piston front and four-piston rear calipers are present, while sticky 305 tires wrap 18-inch Forgeline wheels at all four corners.
Since this is a race car, the Camaro GT4.R also features custom adjustable front and rear antiroll bars, and two-way adjustable Ohlins TTX-46 thru-shaft front struts and TTX-36 rear dampers. Final curb weight? 3,131 pounds.
The Camaro GT4.R is no bargain, but those fortunate enough to own one will receive a full-blown race car with a winning pedigree to boot.
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Nice
Let’s see GM build and race one at Le Mans.
What if it beat the Corvette in the same class?! Sacre bleu. 😉
This all sounds quite nice.. but the true test would be to put this new Chevrolet Camaro GT4.R on the Nurburgring and then match times with the 2017 Camaro 1LT ZL1 of 7:16.04.
The 10-speed clocks in at 3,926 pounds—14 pounds heftier than the 3,912-pound manual. You might laugh about 14 pounds, but the ZL1 1LE was put on a diet, resulting in a 75-pound loss (to 3,837 pounds).
This version of the camaro weights 3,131 pounds. That’s 700 pounds less! No way the zl1 turns faster laps
Yeah, but the GT4.R is carrying more weight for each single horsepower. However the GT4.R will be more agile and can probably do higher corner speeds than the bulkier ZL1 1LE. The suspension set-up on the GT4.R is premium and likely to further flatten any body roll through the corners, making for higher average cornering speeds over the 1LE.
GT4.R for a 10 second advantage on the 1LE per lap.