Built small block Chevy turns this Swedish Camaro into burnout machine.
This Swede-American connection video comes to us from the YouTube channel of SierraGlenne. You’re looking at a 1975 Chevrolet Camaro LT putting on a solid smoke show. Based on the surroundings in some of the other videos featuring this classic Chevy, it appears as though this car lives in Sweden. The owner clearly enjoys doing All-American smoky burnouts with his built second-gen.
A Camaro in Sweden?
The video doesn’t offer much insight as to where this 1975 Camaro is located, but it does offer a good amount of information on the engine. Rather than the emission-choked V8 that likely came in this car in the mid-70s, this Camaro has a 4-bolt 350. It’s bored .010 over and fitted with a forged bottom end.
On the top end, this Chevy muscle car has ported AFR cylinder heads, a Comp Cams roller camshaft package, an Edelbrock Victor Jr intake manifold and a Holley Sniper EFI system with an MSD ignition system providing the spark.
Helping this American muscle car put the power to the ground is a B&M 2,500rpm-stall torque convertor and a set of 3.42 gears.
Based on those details, this 2nd gen Camaro is probably pretty quick while also being a great cruiser. However, most importantly, for our purposes – this Swedish Chevy does excellent burnouts.
Sideways Smoke Show
The video begins with the bright blue Camaro off in the distance. The driver backs the car up to where he wants it on the road and immediately hammers the throttle. The engine roars and the rear tires begin to spin, quickly kicking the back end way out to the side. To keep the car pointed in the right basic direction, the driver lets the Camaro inch forward as smoke pours from the back tires.
With the front wheels cut hard to the left, this built 2g rolls forward slowly as it roasts the rear tires, gradually picking up speed and eventually straightening out after laying down several hundred feet of black stripes.
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