Category Archives: Chevrolet Camaro 2.0T Performance Intake 2016+
The “TurboChevy” Intake R&D, Part 3: Back To The Drawing Board
Research and Development (R&D) - Work directed toward the innovation, introduction, and improvement of products and processes.
The research and development process can get tricky. Sometimes, at a moment when you think you have a perfectly working product, that’s ready for the masses; something just goes awry. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. We welcome situations like this, especially during this late in the development stage, because we’re able to catch unexpected issues early. It’s not like we want you to deal with them. That’s why we do so much testing. As the definition states, this work needs to be directed, in … Continue Reading ››
“The TurboChevy” – Intake R&D, Part 2: Weighing Our Options
The team developing this intake for our 2016 Chevy Camaro 2.0T or what I call “The TurboChevy" has been buzzing with activity. In the last post, we discussed the stock intake and analyzed each component to get a good understanding of its design. There were several ways our engineers could have created an intake for this system, and we tried and tested a few of those designs, which yielded some interesting results.
If you followed our 2016+ Camaro SS intake development, you’d see that we went through multiple designs to achieve the desirable. In some ways … Continue Reading ››
“The TurboChevy” – Intake R&D, Part 1: The Stock System
Chevy really decided to make history with this brand-new Camaro. It has the smallest motor ever offered in a Camaro and also marks the first Camaro with a four-cylinder power-plant since the third generation. This is also the first time any Camaro has been offered with a factory-installed turbocharger. To put that in perspective, the last time any Chevy even offered a factory-turbocharged, rear wheel drive vehicle with a manual transmission was back in the 1960’s with the Corvair! My parents weren’t even out of grade school yet!
This 2.0L turbocharged LTG Ecotec motor puts out a factory-rated 275hp with 295ft-lbs … Continue Reading ››