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This week’s car featured car is a road racer’s wet dream.Check out this 2000 Chevrolet Camaro, which has been converted into a legitimate race car. As is the way with race cars, there is no title or registration with this car. It’s not road legal, which means you better bring your trailer when it comes time to buy.Built for IMSA American GT racing, it’s fiberglass body panels are wrapped around a tube-frame chassis. It uses a 358 c.i. Chevy V8 that has dynoed 640 horsepower, and 525 lb-ft of torque. That engine is bolted onto an Emco 4-speed manual box, not unlike a NASCAR. The ratios are listed, and fourth is 1.00, with a 3.89 rear end. This car must run really tall tires, either that, or it must rev very high to not run out of gear on track. The tube frame chassis is fitted with top notch racing racing gear, big names like Alcon stop it, and Penske suspend it.The car is a class winner and does come with some amount of racing pedigree. It was first in class at the 2000 24 Hours of Daytona. Additionally, it finished second in the inaugural 2000 Grand American Road Racing series, 5 foot tall trophy included. It spent some time in Florida as per the seller, but it is a California car now.As per the seller, the car has run a 1:26-1:27 at Willow Springs International Raceway, and a 1:47 at Auto Club Speedway. Having run both of those tracks, that’s quick. That’s 10 seconds a lap faster than me at Willow, and 7 seconds a lap faster at Auto Club, and I’m no slouch. In road racing, a second is a lifetime, so that car can clearly hustle. Going sub-1:30 at Willow is hauling.Check out all of the details on this IMSA racer’s Craigslist ad right here.Tags: 4th Gen, American GT, american iron, camaro, Chevrolet, gt racing, imsa, IMSA Camaro
Date written: March 3, 2017
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 6925
This week’s car featured car is a road racer’s wet dream.Check out this 2000 Chevrolet Camaro, which has been converted into a legitimate race car. As is the way with race cars, there is no title or registration with this car. It’s not road legal, which means you better bring your trailer when it comes time to buy.Built for IMSA American GT racing, it’s fiberglass body panels are wrapped around a tube-frame chassis. It uses a 358 c.i. Chevy V8 that has dynoed 640 horsepower, and 525 lb-ft of torque. That engine is bolted onto an Emco 4-speed manual box, not unlike a NASCAR. The ratios are listed, and fourth is 1.00, with a 3.89 rear end. This car must run really tall tires, either that, or it must rev very high to not run out of gear on track. The tube frame chassis is fitted with top notch racing racing gear, big names like Alcon stop it, and Penske suspend it.The car is a class winner and does come with some amount of racing pedigree. It was first in class at the 2000 24 Hours of Daytona. Additionally, it finished second in the inaugural 2000 Grand American Road Racing series, 5 foot tall trophy included. It spent some time in Florida as per the seller, but it is a California car now.As per the seller, the car has run a 1:26-1:27 at Willow Springs International Raceway, and a 1:47 at Auto Club Speedway. Having run both of those tracks, that’s quick. That’s 10 seconds a lap faster than me at Willow, and 7 seconds a lap faster at Auto Club, and I’m no slouch. In road racing, a second is a lifetime, so that car can clearly hustle. Going sub-1:30 at Willow is hauling.Check out all of the details on this IMSA racer’s Craigslist ad right here.Tags: 4th Gen, American GT, american iron, camaro, Chevrolet, gt racing, imsa, IMSA Camaro
Date written: March 3, 2017
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 6925
