The 1967 Camaro RS/SS 396

For Those Who Pursue Horsepower, The Numbers Are Never Big Enough. This 1967 Camaro proves that bigger is definatly better.

- In the 21st century, hot rodders have tremendous performance options available to attack the quarter-mile. Greg Edwards has taken advantage of todays high-horsepower developments and captured some very impressive low 9-second e.t.’s with his street-driven Camaro.
Gregs journey into horsepowers hallowed halls began 20 years ago during a high school lunch break. Traveling back to school, he came across a 1967 Camaro sporting a for-sale sign and soon struck a deal. During the next decade and a half, Greg experimented with several different powerplants for the Camaro, including a 6-71 blown small-block.
A few years ago he decided to push the Camaros quarter-mile envelope and contacted Jerry Lemke at Jamrs Engine Service to build a 770hp Donovan 540ci, aluminum Rat motor.
Because this kind of power needs reliable fuel delivery, Jerry added a Speed-Pro multipoint fuel injection unit rated at 2,000 cfm. For breathing capability, a pair of Dart 340 aluminum heads got the nod fitted with a full set of Manley stainless steel valves measuring 2.30/1.80 inches for the intake and exhaust. Inside the cavernous castings, Shafiroff Cylinder Heads prepared the port and bowl areas to optimize power. Operating the big valves is a Crane solid-lifter roller camshaft with almost 0.700-inch valve lift tickling 16 Jesel roller rockers. To squeeze the mixture, the Rat motor utilizes a set of J&E forged pistons yielding 10.3:1 compression attached to eight Carrillo 4340 steel rods. When added power doses are needed, Greg squeezes a NOS fogger nitrous system to give the big-block outrageous power.
For exhaust-routing tasks, Greg added a set of custom headers made by Bruns Race Cars and had them coated by HPC in Salt Lake City, Utah. Underneath, a set of Spin Tech mufflers are downstream from a Dr. Gas X-pipe that dampens the exhaust decibels and routes the gases to a pair of 3-inch tailpipes. But the best sound Greg hears is when he clicks off three gears at his local track. There he competes in the Rockford street-car class in which qualifiers must complete a 60-mile cruise to and from Wisconsin. Gregs Camaro made the trek in rush-hour traffic, then knocked down a 9.04 pass at 151 mph. That sounds like a total blast.