Tag: Yenko

The first 2017 Chevrolet Corvette with the 800hp Yenko package from Specialty Vehicle Engineering hits the dyno before heading off to its new owner. This week’s Dyno Blast Wednesday video features a 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray fitted with the 800hp Yenko package from Specialty Vehicle Engineering. We brought you information on this wicked Corvette package […] More »

Southern California is usually envisioned as a sunny paradise, an escape from the cold and inclement weather. Not this time, it was bucketing rain as we approached Classic Industries in Huntington Beach. The brand has become one of the largest one-stop shops for American muscle car parts in the United States. Their catalog of parts is kept […] More »

Now for those that didn’t know Yenkos are still being built, it’s because they really aren’t. Rather a company called SVE or Specialty Vehicle Engineering builds these cars.

The COPO is perhaps one of the nuttiest Camaro runs ever to be produced and this new generation is definitely shaping up to be the nuttiest of all.

I admire any person or company that has a vision and the work ethic to make that vision into a reality, especially when it comes to something as labor-intensive as a custom car. SEMA is full of them, but let’s face it – some of them are downright hideous despite the hours of knuckle-busting and Red Bull swilling that went into them.