Wild, turbocharged F-Body on drag radial tires blast down the drag strip in just 7.47 seconds.
This video takes us to Australia, where a fourth-gen Camaro with a monster turbocharged LSX, and a set of huge drag radials, is making a few very quick runs down the quarter mile.
This video, which was posted by the FAST PERFORMANCE VIDEOS YouTube Channel, doesn’t offer a whole lot of detail on the car. However, we do know that it has an LSX crate engine with a monster turbo setup poking through the front bumper. We also know that it has a massive set of drag radial tires, and it sounds like it is running a PowerGlide transmission. Though, that is just our speculation.
What we know for sure is that this fourth-gen F-Body gets down the track in a major hurry and it does so with drag radial tires.
Before watching the two runs, consider the following. Cars in the NHRA Pro Stock class this past weekend all qualified in the range of 6.55-6.82 seconds, with speeds ranging from 202 to 210 miles per hour. Mind you, those are fully blown race cars on massive slicks. Meanwhile, this Camaro – while clearly built for racing – is based on a production car, yet it runs nearly as fast as the Pro Stock cars with a fairly narrow drag radial tire.
On each run, the boosted Camaro comes out somewhat gently, presumably to keep power levels low for the best possible launch traction. As the car heads away from the line, we hear the turbo spool as the front wheels slowly leave the ground. The F-Bofy runs straight as an arrow en route to a quarter mile run of 7.47 at 194.55 miles per hour (or 313.1kmh). On the second run, he appears to shut off early, causing him to “only” run a 7.623 at 167.63 miles per hour.
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
