Fourth-gen Camaro Runs 8s with Single Turbo’d 5.3-liter
In a world constantly touting new stuff, an LS powerplant is still pushing an old Camaro to impressive speeds.
We live in a world where people are constantly distracted by the newest and shiniest toys available. We’re routinely faced with something touted as better than its predecessor. Bombarded with advertisements designed to entice us to give up our old stuff and buy new stuff. This is true in the automotive world as well, where shiny new toys like the C8 Corvette play the role of temptress all the time. But as we already know, older platforms like the fourth-gen Camaro are still rather capable, thank you very much.
We’ve seen this play out time and time again on the drag strip. And now we’re seeing it once again, courtesy of Mighty Mouse Solutions. The aftermarket parts seller also runs their own YouTube channel, where we get to see a variety of cars sporting their parts rip off impressive ETs. The latest example of that comes to us here, from this wicked fourth-gen Camaro. Details on the car are somewhat scant, but we get enough to leave a very positive impression.
The Camaro is running the ever-popular 5.3-liter LS powerplant burning E85 with a single turbo setup. And of course, it’s also sporting Mighty Mouse’s Gen 5 Wild 1000 catch can system, which is why it’s in their video. More importantly, the small block is backed up by a TH400 transmission. And it’s wicked quick. Yanking the front wheels on every pass, this Camaro leaves hard and rips off 8-second passes all day long.
We get to see a few of those passes here. While we don’t see an ET on the first pass, the second one nets an 8.69 at 155 mph. The next (and last) pass results in an even better 8.64 at 156 mph. Those are great numbers for such a simple setup, and one that anybody can replicate for not a ton of money. But as we already know, that’s the beauty of the LS to begin with. And it pairs quite nicely with a fourth-gen Camaro, too.
So you can keep your latest and greatest automotive techno wizardry. We’ll stick with what we know, and that’s a simple, reliable, and highly capable platform. Until that day inevitably comes when cars like the C8 Corvette are “old,” that is.
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