I have a Pro Street Camaro with a big-block Chevy, TH400, Dana 60 and 4.30 gears. I just bought this car a few months ago. The gear ratio is what the previous owner told me it had. At approximately 50 mph I’m at 3,000 rpm. I’m running a 31-inch tall tire. How fast can I
A parking lot is a parking lot is a parking lot—unless it’s the Summit Racing parking lot. On any given day or time, the lot outside a Summit Racing store can turn into an impromptu mini car show, depending on who’s stopped by the store. On Wednesdays, we’ll share our parking lot find of the
Fifty years ago this month, the Chevrolet Camaro was unveiled and unleashed to battle the Ford Mustang. Chevrolet introduced the pony car to the press in mid-September at press events in both Detroit and Los Angeles. By the end of the month, the Camaro was officially on sale at dealerships. As we celebrate the 5oth anniversary of the Chevy
Q: I’m in the process of building a street/strip Camaro. My goal is to run high 12s in the quarter, with a few restrictions. I am going to use a 454 engine with oval port heads and 9:1 compression pistons, a stock TH-400, and 3.73 rear axle gears. What carb/intake combo, camshaft (preferably solid), headers, and
[portfolio_slideshow id=41540] Say hi to the Scramjet. It’s a 1970 Chevrolet Camaro that can be largely operated from a smartphone mobile app. What? Exactly. It’s essentially a remote control custom Camaro concept. “To drive the Scramjet with a cellphone, the driver accesses the app set aside for the car. The screen then offers several options,
The fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro is on its way out after this year. But not before it hits an impressive milestone. Chevrolet expects to deliver the 500,000th fifth-gen. Camaro in the United States this month. The production milestone caps the Camaro’s five years as America’s best-selling performance car. To celebrate the occasion, Chevrolet released a special
The fifth-generation Chevy Camaro suffers from chassis flex and wheel hop, much like most modern muscle cars, according to Hotchkis Sport Suspension. Under hard acceleration, like in drag racing, the stock rear subframe will move, causing hook-up problems due to low traction and stability. Hotchkis’ Chassis Max Brace can help solve that problem because it
OK—it’s only one month. But it was a good first month for the new Ford Mustang. After the first full month of sales, the 2015 Ford Mustang has reclaimed the title of America’s top-selling pony car. According to Autoblog and TheDetroitBureau.com, Ford Motor Co. moved 8,728 Mustangs in November, up 62 percent from November 2013. Last month was
The latest Chevrolet Camaro already leaves the factory with quite a potent power package, but all of that horsepower does no good unless you can get all of that muscle to the ground. That is where QA1 Precision Products stepped up to the plate and knocked it out of the park. QA1 worked hard to develop
Chevy Camaro owners and fans descended on Summit Racing in Tallmadge, OH this past weekend to celebrate what has been one of America’s most-popular sports cars since its inception for the 1967 model year. Camaros from all five generations were on display at The NorthEastern Ohio Camaro Club‘s annual gathering. You should rifle through our
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