We still remember the old days when finding a pulley system for your Camaro involved digging around in boneyards for just the right combination.
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Overall, the state of Nebraska is a pretty quiet place. In fact, it’s where people from Kansas go to “get away from it all.” But in the town of Arnold, it’s far from peaceful when the annual Sandhills Open Road Challenge (SORC) takes place.
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It was September 2010 when the folks at Holley made their presence more widely known in the LS world by dreaming up the inaugural Holley LS Fest held in their home digs of Bowling Green, Kentucky, at nearby Beech Bend Raceway Park.
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Drag racing fans worldwide have been waiting patiently for the much-anticipated unveiling of the newest generation Chevy Camaro for Sportsman class competition.
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Check out all of the Camaro action from 2011 Holley LS Fest
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When GM introduced the newest iteration of the venerable Camaro it was hailed as a huge leap forward in performance.
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The NFL has the Superbowl, MLB has the World Series, NASCAR has the Daytona 500, and the NHRA has the U.S. Nationals.
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California’s Joe Roubicek earned his most prestigious win yet as a driver during what is arguably drag racing’s most prestigious annual event for Sportsman racers.
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Michael Manning has owned 22 first-gen Camaros. Twenty-two. Does this qualify as love? Lust? Obsession? Business? The reality is that it’s a mad combination of all four.
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In many cultures, the belief is that a person’s soul is “reborn” into a new body once it leaves the current one. Some theorize that how a person lived their life has some bearing on who, or what they come back as. Do good and you might come back as a doctor or Formula 1 driver.
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Reworking and cleaning up your firewall to cleanse it of all the ugly barbs is kind of like taking a visit to the plastic surgeon.
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We love our classic Camaros, but what was considered cutting-edge tech 40-plus years ago is a bit antiquated today.
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Chew on this: If you could somehow shoehorn Kirstie Alley into the back seat of a fourth-gen Camaro, it would still weigh less than a new fifth-gen. The front-to-rear weight distribution would change to a quite unfavorable 20/80 split as well.
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Check out our SEMA Show 2011 Live Web Exclusive Coverage
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We love adding horsepower and torque to our Camaros, but all the elation turns to tears when the supporting players start turning to slag under the added power.
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When the guys at Unrestricted Motorsports in Phoenix, Arizona, built their first fifth-gen Camaro, they knew their next one would be a hard act to follow.
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To combat the effects of the less-than-stellar mono leaf springs coupled with the non-staggered shocks (a double whammy for the ’67 Camaro), Chevy engineers came up with the radius rod.
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Plans can be funny things. When you first come up with one, it seems so solid and realistic, but they can often unravel like a cheap sweater once put in motion.
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Big brakes are all the rage these days. After all, with modern cars having high-tech items like ABS, we’ve become accustomed to our cars stopping on a dime.
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A Barrett-Jackson auction is like a circus for those bitten by the automotive bug. And while their Scottsdale auction is the most known, they’ve also been successful with events in Palm Beach, Las Vegas, and most recently, Orange County, California.
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Last May, James Shipka and I played racer wannabes for a full week running the ’11 Tire Rack One Lap of America.
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A lightning storm is a thing of beauty. Everyone awes and oohs over the burst of light that comes crashing down at visceral speeds.
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Camaro Performers Magazine installed Hotchkis Race Pack Suspension on a 2011 Chevy Camaro SS, then flogged it through a 420ft Slalom to see the improvement in handling.
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Although the hosts of "Top Gear" America can somehow get away with it, in most situations, sucking it up isn’t something you want to do.
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A major turning point for project Orange Krate came in our last installment when its bare shell was delivered to Don Madden at D&T Powder Coating in Pembroke, Massachusetts, to have his team media blast its body structure.
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