This week’s Drag Race video features a half mile drag race between a pair of 5th gen Camaros – one being a ZL1 with the supercharged LTA V8 and the other being an SS with the LS3 engine.
What is there not to love about the drag strip? Sure, some people don’t like that the race is just a straight line. We’ll listen to them when they actually prove themselves at the track.
So what happens when you pit two amazing American muscle cars against one another in a drag race? Well, to be more specific — what happens when you pit a 1969 Camaro ZL1 against a 1971 Corvette LS6 at the drag strip?
The new Z06 is a monster of a car with that new supercharged 6.2-liter LT4 dumping 650 horsepower and 650 pounds of twist to the rear wheels. With that much grunt, the Z06 is quite the fast machine and it has been finding itself in numerous racing battles the world over.
Here’s the great thing about custom cars and trucks. They can literally be anything your heart ever desired. It doesn’t matter if it’s impractical, dangerous, or just downright stupid.