The 2014 Chevy Camaro Z/28 is looking like the most extreme track-oriented vehicle GM has ever
announced, thanks to a bare-bones approach inside and out, coupled with
some really incredible hardware, with no one feature being the main
highlight, but rather complimentary to the rest. Sure, everyone
recognizes the all-motor 7.0L LS7 V8 engine, which is arguably the best
performance engine Chevrolet has ever offered. But there’s also the
60-tread count Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires.
These marvels of rubber are street-legal slicks, essentially. And as a
fun fact, they’re built in the same facility where Pirelli manufactures
its Formula 1 racing tires. More impressively, the Trofeo R tires
designated for the Camaro Z/28 measure 305/30ZR-19 in all four corners.
Enormous. So big, in fact, that Chevy claims the size to be the largest
front-mounted tire of any production car on the market.
For reference, the Bugatti Veyron sports 265-size tires in the
front.The enhanced size of the contact patch, along with a 20-percent
stiffer spring rate over the Camaro 1LE and purpose-built DSSV shocks
unique to the Z/28, are said to give the LS7-powered road-course killer
the cornering abilities of 1.05 G forces. That’s better than most
supercars, and completely unheard of for what many relate to as a muscle
car.
Courtesy: GM Authority
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