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The video above comes from the Jmalcom2004 YouTube channel and it features a wicked first generation Chevrolet Camaro drag car making a few hard runs down Dorchester Dragway. This car rockets down the track, but the driver has a fight on his hands when it comes to keeping the car pointed straight ahead. In fact, one run nearly ends with the muscle car kissing the wall.The MachineThere are no details on this Chevrolet Camaro drag car in the video details, but it is clearly modeled after the 1967-1968 RS Z/28 with the hide-away headlights. It looks like the majority of the body panels are comprised of lightweight fiberglass, with composite windows, a huge pro stock-style hood scoop and a big drag wing out back.That big hood scoop feeds a monster V8 that exhausts through the front fenders and if you look carefully, you can see the nitrous purge tube sticking up on the driver"s side of the hood scoop, while also seeing the carburetors through the opening in the hood. If we had to guess, we would say that there is probably a big block Chevy under the hood, but whatever engine is at work is making monster power.Finally, this classic Camaro race car has wheelie bars, a parachute and a set of big, fat M/T racing slicks out back. You would think that those massive tires would lead to great traction, but as the video shows, you would be wrong.Struggling with the GrooveAfter a solid burnout, this nitrous-fed Camaro eases to the starting line and blasts down the track in impressive fashion. The car moves out hard, wandering a bit to the left before the driver points the car back towards the finish line. We don"t get to see a time, but the car got down the track in a big hurry.For the next run, we get to watch the massive burnout from several different angles, seemingly leading to sticky tires and good grip. However, shortly after the launch, the car begins to dance and the Camaro shoots across the center line, lifting before it got too close to the far-side wall.We get to watch this run from a variety of angles and in each, you can see the point at which the car began to head for the other lane. Fortunately, there was no car running in the left lane on this run and this video shows why some tracks prefer to run crazy-quick cars by themselves.While this video nearly ends in disaster, this bottle-fed Camaro is a beast, so crank up your speakers and enjoy!Join the LS1tech forums today!Tags: 1st Gen Camaro, camaro, Drag Racing, Video
Date written: July 31, 2018
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ID: 12752
The video above comes from the Jmalcom2004 YouTube channel and it features a wicked first generation Chevrolet Camaro drag car making a few hard runs down Dorchester Dragway. This car rockets down the track, but the driver has a fight on his hands when it comes to keeping the car pointed straight ahead. In fact, one run nearly ends with the muscle car kissing the wall.The MachineThere are no details on this Chevrolet Camaro drag car in the video details, but it is clearly modeled after the 1967-1968 RS Z/28 with the hide-away headlights. It looks like the majority of the body panels are comprised of lightweight fiberglass, with composite windows, a huge pro stock-style hood scoop and a big drag wing out back.That big hood scoop feeds a monster V8 that exhausts through the front fenders and if you look carefully, you can see the nitrous purge tube sticking up on the driver"s side of the hood scoop, while also seeing the carburetors through the opening in the hood. If we had to guess, we would say that there is probably a big block Chevy under the hood, but whatever engine is at work is making monster power.Finally, this classic Camaro race car has wheelie bars, a parachute and a set of big, fat M/T racing slicks out back. You would think that those massive tires would lead to great traction, but as the video shows, you would be wrong.Struggling with the GrooveAfter a solid burnout, this nitrous-fed Camaro eases to the starting line and blasts down the track in impressive fashion. The car moves out hard, wandering a bit to the left before the driver points the car back towards the finish line. We don"t get to see a time, but the car got down the track in a big hurry.For the next run, we get to watch the massive burnout from several different angles, seemingly leading to sticky tires and good grip. However, shortly after the launch, the car begins to dance and the Camaro shoots across the center line, lifting before it got too close to the far-side wall.We get to watch this run from a variety of angles and in each, you can see the point at which the car began to head for the other lane. Fortunately, there was no car running in the left lane on this run and this video shows why some tracks prefer to run crazy-quick cars by themselves.While this video nearly ends in disaster, this bottle-fed Camaro is a beast, so crank up your speakers and enjoy!Join the LS1tech forums today!Tags: 1st Gen Camaro, camaro, Drag Racing, Video
Date written: July 31, 2018
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 12752
