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Britain has a unique talent for turning out a good stripped-out sports car, with our burgeoning trackday season no doubt at the root of it. America, meanwhile, sells out-the-box drag racersSee Chevrolet, and the small gaggle of Camaros it"s showing off at this year"s SEMA show, and ready to rival the Dodge Challenger Drag Pak.The blue and black car is the headliner, the 2017 COPO Camaro show car" an amalgamation of drag-racing know-how, condensed into a run of 69 brutish cars just gagging to be taken to your nearest strip, the only place they"ll be legal. And if you"re wondering "why 69?", halt your imagination. It"s because 1969 was the year the original COPO Camaro launched, obviously.The car you see here uses a supercharged 350" 5.7-litre engine, sending its power through custom Weld racing wheels, adjustable coilover suspension front and rear, some drag-spec unassisted brakes and a three-speed automatic gearbox.Each of the 69 COPOs that make production will be built by hand with your choice of Chevy LS and LT engines, though, so the choice of supercharging or natural aspiration is yours, while over 600bhp will be a doddle. As should ten-second quarter miles.If that"s a bit too mad for you, then Chevrolet is developing a slightly saner looking Camaro with a less catchy name. The Camaro SS Drag Race Development Program is a prototype for now (hence the camouflage), and it"s a look at how to offer drag components for buyers to plonk on their current-gen Camaro.
Date written: 1 Nov 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5627
Britain has a unique talent for turning out a good stripped-out sports car, with our burgeoning trackday season no doubt at the root of it. America, meanwhile, sells out-the-box drag racersSee Chevrolet, and the small gaggle of Camaros it"s showing off at this year"s SEMA show, and ready to rival the Dodge Challenger Drag Pak.The blue and black car is the headliner, the 2017 COPO Camaro show car" an amalgamation of drag-racing know-how, condensed into a run of 69 brutish cars just gagging to be taken to your nearest strip, the only place they"ll be legal. And if you"re wondering "why 69?", halt your imagination. It"s because 1969 was the year the original COPO Camaro launched, obviously.The car you see here uses a supercharged 350" 5.7-litre engine, sending its power through custom Weld racing wheels, adjustable coilover suspension front and rear, some drag-spec unassisted brakes and a three-speed automatic gearbox.Each of the 69 COPOs that make production will be built by hand with your choice of Chevy LS and LT engines, though, so the choice of supercharging or natural aspiration is yours, while over 600bhp will be a doddle. As should ten-second quarter miles.If that"s a bit too mad for you, then Chevrolet is developing a slightly saner looking Camaro with a less catchy name. The Camaro SS Drag Race Development Program is a prototype for now (hence the camouflage), and it"s a look at how to offer drag components for buyers to plonk on their current-gen Camaro.
Date written: 1 Nov 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5627
