Track Rats: 2017 Chevrolet Camaro V-6/SS 1LE Deep Dive!

>When ordered on the previous-generation Camaro SS, Chevrolet's 1LE package brought with it a full complement of braking and suspension upgrades geared toward enhancing the heavy ’Maro’s on-track prowess. Fast-forward to today, and the 1LE package is back, but now it can be ordered on both V-6 and V-8 Camaros. From 50,000 feet, the V-6 and V-8 1LE kits are identical, but there are subtle differences. Here’s what sets the 1LEs apart from each other—as well as lesser Camaros:

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>Both 1LEs wear matte-black vinyl wrapping on their hoods and door mirrors, but the SS 1LE gets the same hood vents as other SS models. For those who’d prefer a more incognito look, the matte-black elements can be easily peeled off.

look at all those disgusting lines and creases

>Each 1LE wears a subtle, black-plastic front splitter. Because aero. Believe it or not, there are small differences between the splitters for the two vehicles, per Chevrolet. We stared at each splitter for a long time and couldn't tell them apart.

Yeah I like the camaros but I have no fucking idea what GMs designers where thinking with it.

Shrunken windows and that crinkled shirt look.

I gotta say that's actually very thoughtful of them to have it be a wrap.

>Here's a look at the rear-lip spoiler of the SS 1LE, which is identical to that on the V-6 model.

>You can’t spell “track car” without “super-wide tires”—or something like that. The V-6 1LE rides on staggered-width 20-inch forged-aluminum wheels wearing meaty 245/40 front and 275/35 rear Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric summer tires.

>The eight-cylinder 1LE ups the tire ante with almost absurdly wide 285/30 front and 305/20 rear rubber. The tires wrap around staggered-width forged-aluminum 20-inch wheels, as they do on the V-6 model, but here the rims feature a more aggressive design and measure 10 and 11 inches wide.

>It's not just the V-8–powered SS 1LE that sounds good when the driver hammers on it; the V-6 Camaro with the 1LE kit’s standard dual-mode exhaust (an optional extra on regular V-6 Camaros) is also pretty beastly. Butterflies open with aggressive throttle applications, and while it’s no V-8, it has an appeal all its own. (The SS 1LE also has a dual-mode exhaust.)

>One of the areas where the six- and eight-cylinder Camaro 1LEs differ the most is in their cooling packages. The V-6 model inherits an engine-oil cooler, extra engine-coolant capacity, and a rear-differential cooler for its limited-slip diff when the 1LE package is selected. (The V-6 also gets the standard Camaro SS's fuel pump and fuel tank.) The base Camaro SS already has those extra cooling tidbits, plus a transmission cooler, so they port over to the SS 1LE unchanged. The eagle-eyed might also have noticed the two Camaros’ different lower intake-grille mesh designs, as well as the red six-cylinder vehicle’s smaller outboard intakes that lack LED running lamps.

>Because everyone knows that sueded control surfaces and track cars go together like marketing and hyperbole—okay, and they offer surer grip than leather-wrapped pieces—both Camaro 1LEs get microsuede-wrapped flat-bottom steering wheels.

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>Both 1LEs also get microsuede on their shift knobs.

>buying chevy

Camaro interior is pure plastic shit and you cant see out of it

>Chevrolet fits the SS 1LE with Recaro front bucket seats as standard, while the same pieces are optional on the V-6 1LE.

>Chevrolet upgrades the V-6 1LE’s suspension with the FE3 bits from the standard Camaro SS, including that model’s dampers, rear subframe mounts, ball-jointed rear toe links, and anti-roll bars. The V-6's rear suspension is shown here.

If it's faster than the M4 GTS time, I'm going to shitpost harder than I've ever shitpostes before.

Ideally, I want it to be a hundredth of a second faster.

>The Camaro SS 1LE inherits its FE4 suspension from the supercharged Camaro ZL1. That means the ZL1’s magnetorheological adaptive dampers, anti-roll bars, rear toe links, rear trailing links, and rear subframe mounts are included. To account for the weight difference between the SS 1LE and the ZL1, Chevrolet retunes the Magnetic Ride Control adaptive dampers and fits unique springs to the car.

>Another area in which the V-6 and V-8 Camaro 1LEs differ is in the braking department. The six-cylinder car uses four-piston Brembo calipers up front with one-piece rotors all around. The calipers also wear humble gray paint.

>The SS 1LE shares its upsized front brake package with the Cadillac ATS-V (the Camaro and the ATS share a platform), with 14.6-inch two-piece, aluminum-hat front rotors (pictured here) squeezed by six-piston Brembo calipers. The rear brakes are standard Camaro SS fare, with 13.3-inch one-piece rotors gripped by four-piston Brembo calipers. For the first time in the history of the 1LE package, Chevrolet has designed a “1LE” logo—and it can be seen painted on the V-8 1LE’s red brake calipers.

>no coil-over-shox

LOL

>The neat Performance Data Recorder (PDR), a camera-based lap-video recorder that debuted on the Corvette Stingray, is optional on both Camaro 1LEs. As on the Corvette, the system uses a camera mounted behind the windshield (ignore the external GoPro mount stuck to the windshield in this shot, that was for our own video purposes) to record video that can be played back on the dashboard display. The clips can also be exported along with performance data for editing and sharing.

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>For those of you that have Motor Trend on Demand, the new 1LE makes a cameo in the latest Ignition episode featuring the BMW M4 GTS starting @ 14:50. Basically saying that the new M4 GTS is slightly slower than the new 1LE and the GT350R is 1.6 faster than the M4 GTS.

>Foreign supercars beware, in Turn 1, the SS 1LE matches the 1.11 g's of lateral grip of the Ferrari 488 GTB. In the uphill esses, the Camaro manages a higher average speed (121.6 mph) than the McLaren 570S.
>The new Camaro behaves like the Z/28 we lapped two years ago, and most of its sector times are right on the heels of the Z/28's, not to mention the cars in LL4 and LL5. It has the same supernatural grip and stability and the same super accurate wheel control, but the 1LE isn't as nervous as the Z/28. It doesn't leap and skip over curbing as the Z/28 did, and in slow corners such as Oak Tree and Birch, the 1LE's resists breaking free and just sticks.
>Like the Cayman GT4, which is less than a second quicker, the SS 1LE lacks any bad dynamic habits. The body control, damping, brakes, and steering all feel right when the nose is aimed into the uphill esses at 129 mph.
>To look at the price, it's clear the SS 1LE doesn't know it's not a bona fide exotic. We won't tell if you won't.

>Black vynil on the hood

top kek

Most modern cars are plastic shit you nonce

Can't see is true