Big Red Camaro Wing Top Speed
This 1969 Chevrolet Camaro started out as a factory spec vehicle until 1987, when a few auto enthusiasts decided to drop in a race-spec Lingenfelter V8 engine to race in the La Carrera Classica. Unfortunately, it was totaled, but then reborn as the “Big Red Camaro” with a 540-cubic-inch (8.8-liter) Donovan block generating 850 horsepower. It was then upgraded to a 598 cubic-inch (9.8-liter) Brodix block making 1,300 horsepower before its current supercharged iteration generating 1,900 horsepower. Read more to see it hit 216 mph at the drag strip.



Its 555-cubic-inch (9.1-liter) all-aluminum ProCharger supercharged V8 engine now makes over 1,900 horsepower running on a methanol-gas mixture, complete with a massive wing that provides 1,500-pounds of downforce. The team hopes to eventually break the 220-mph barrier over the half-mile after managing to hit 216.34 mph. They ran into a fuel leak issue, which prevented them from a final run.

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Big Red Camaro Wing Top Speed
Big Red Camaro Wing Top Speed
Big Red Camaro Wing Top Speed

It’s quite a bit, you know the air, at speed in this car that goes really far over the car and to really get a lot of traction, uh they decided to put it really high. I know it looks kind of funny, yeah, but right now it seems to be working. We are a little bit reluctant about turning up the power that way because we’re already having traction issues right, but with the wing and turning up the pro-charger, seems to be the combination to finally get us to where we were trying to get to,” said the driver.

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