Category: 3rd Gen Camaro

This week’s Dyno Blast segment features a 3rd generation Chevrolet Camaro IROC Z powered by an LS1 V8 on the dyno. This engine is said to be modified with only a unique camshaft package, shorty headers and an LS6 intake manifold, but I would guess that it also has a full exhaust system based on […] More »

This awesome shot by Walter Olivares should bring a smile to your face, especially if you’re an F-Body fan. The backdrop looks to be downtown Los Angeles,  there’s plenty of solid modern muscle to be found and apparently the majority of them are LS powered. There’s over a half-dozen third Gen. F-bodies, a pair of […] More »

The 75 Camaro obviously didn’t come with an LS, so it counts… Even if it’s the most natural swap ever. At the same time, the 2nd generation Camaro is getting to be a rare sight on the roads nowadays. You can’t blame them really. The first models rolled onto America’s streets way back in 1970. The […] More »

 The 3rd generation of Camaro wasn’t the brand’s greatest: cars in the 80s were slow. Even hundreds of ft-lbs of torque won’t make me forget the sub-200 horsepower figures brought about by smog restrictions and fuel shortages. Today’s V8 engines are as efficient as ever, but back then they were like a volcanos plugged by […] More »

Lingenfelter Performance Engineering returns as the Design & Engineering Challenge Sponsor of the 2014 OPTIMA Batteries Ultimate Street Car Series. For those unaware of the Ultimate Street Car Series, it’s a grueling five-event challenge to see which car reigns supreme with the most form and function. The five events consist of: -Street Driving/Open Road/Rally Competition […] More »

It’s not that often you see a Camaro that can hang with a GT-R from a dig. AWD is a wonderful thing like that. What this goes to show you is that with sticky tires, anything is possible. Both races are really close. This isn’t exactly the best road surface for this kind of thing, […] More »

If you ask me, there’s something inherently American about a wicked drag car pulling the wheels and scraping bumper. There’s no way around it, drag racing is as American as apple pie and such grotesque displays of horsepower are just cool. And so to lift our spirits during the rainy months, I’d like to share […] More »