This week’s Dyno Blast video features a heavily modified 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 stretching its legs on the rollers.
Modifications for this blown Camaro include “full bolt-ons”, ported stock heads, a custom camshaft and a plate nitrous system with 150 shot setup, but it should be noted that this ZL1 has the stock short block and the stock supercharger.
The result is one of the nastiest new ZL1 Camaros I’ve seen online, with power levels over 1,000 horsepower and 1,000 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels.
The video begins as we see the 2013 Camaro ZL1 purging the nitrous setup and then making a short, quick blast that I imagine is to check the air to fuel numbers before making a full rip on the dyno.
After this, we see the driver work the car through the gears before putting the hammer to the floor and the monster blown Camaro ZL1 sounds every bit as awesome as you might expect.
More importantly, this bottled and cammed ZL1 makes a whopping 1,070 horsepower and 1,050 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels, which the video claims is a record for a 5th gen Camaro ZL1 with the stock bottom end.
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