2009 Saleen Camaro
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2009 Saleen Camaro
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.
Cut and pasted from here http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=846265
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.
Cut and pasted from here http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?t=846265
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11-30-2006, 04:08 AM
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Re: 2009 Saleen Camaro
And you've been here since day one. For your idiocy meter to hit amazed, it must be awesome.
I'll believe it when I see it. If this does pan out, the frickin' HP wars are going to get crazy. Hopefully Ford will pull their collective heads out of their ass and finally up the tally to something competitive. A base 350hp in the GT's and Chevy and Dodge bringing no less than 450hp, something needs to be done.
I'll believe it when I see it. If this does pan out, the frickin' HP wars are going to get crazy. Hopefully Ford will pull their collective heads out of their ass and finally up the tally to something competitive. A base 350hp in the GT's and Chevy and Dodge bringing no less than 450hp, something needs to be done.
11-30-2006, 05:43 AM
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I think it'd be pretty neat. Hell SLP managed it.
I'm still amazed that it took Ford til 2005 to put out a Mustang (non Cobra) that MIGHT not get it's ass wrecked by even a LT1 camarobird.
I'm still amazed that it took Ford til 2005 to put out a Mustang (non Cobra) that MIGHT not get it's ass wrecked by even a LT1 camarobird.
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11-30-2006, 01:47 PM
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And you've been here since day one. For your idiocy meter to hit amazed, it must be awesome.
I'll believe it when I see it. If this does pan out, the frickin' HP wars are going to get crazy. Hopefully Ford will pull their collective heads out of their ass and finally up the tally to something competitive. A base 350hp in the GT's and Chevy and Dodge bringing no less than 450hp, something needs to be done.
I'll believe it when I see it. If this does pan out, the frickin' HP wars are going to get crazy. Hopefully Ford will pull their collective heads out of their ass and finally up the tally to something competitive. A base 350hp in the GT's and Chevy and Dodge bringing no less than 450hp, something needs to be done.
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11-30-2006, 03:45 PM
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No, Im sure they're bringing less than 450 for their base V8 models, Saleen said the "premium" V8 would be the 6.2. Meaning the SS or something of the nature. Also, Dodge would probably put the 5.7 in their base V8, which makes what 350hp? Whatever, all speculation at this point.