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2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 vs. Red Devil – Hot Rod Magazine

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Hot Rod Magazine does a showdown between the Camaro ZL1 and Mark Stielow’s 1969 Red Devil Camaro. This is interesting on levels beyond simply old vs. new. The ZL1 is Chevrolet’s ultimate expression of the current Camaro with the LSA supercharged engine, third generation magnetorheological shocks and a high tech computer controlled driver’s aid package. On the other hand, the Red Devil is widely regarded as the ultimate expression of the first generation Camaro with a 750 hp Corvette ZR-1 drive train and Detroit Speed suspension system. Going even deeper than the specs, both cars are essentially built by the same man. Mark Stielow works as a suspension engineer at GM and helped develop the ZL1. Watch the video to see which of his children set the faster lap time around Gingerman Raceway in Michigan.


Source: Hot Rod Magazine on YouTube

Battle of the Parts Cars – Hot Rod Magazine

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If you have 24 minutes to spare and like cars at all, I promise this video will be hugely entertaining. Hot Rod Magazine bought a couple of cheap parts cars for their future projects and decided to have some fun with them. This is pretty much the ultimate in disposable beater car competitions. You know you would love to do this to whatever piece of crap you had for your first car.


Source: Motor Trend on YouTube

The Ohio Mile – Hot Rod Unlimited

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Hot Rod Magazine checks out the Ohio Mile hosted by the East Coast Timing Association. This event is essentially the East Coast equivalent of the Bonneville Salt Flats. It used to be run on a WWII runway in Maxton, North Carolina until the military reclaimed that location. Now the ECTA has found an abandoned runway in Wilmington, Ohio where racers can safely attempt to break the 200 mph barrier. Of the 175 who entered, 24 were able to do it.


Source: Motor Trend on YouTube

The Return of the COPO Camaro

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Some people say that we are in the second golden age of the muscle car. Each of Detroit’s Big 3 have revived their performance car nameplates and the horsepower wars are on again. Further proof that the muscle car is alive and well is that you can buy factory built drag racing cars again. Ford turned the Mustang into the Super Cobra Jet and Dodge has a MOPAR Drag Package for the Challenger. Now GM has joined the game by reviving the COPO Camaro. COPO stands for Central Office Production Order which was a process used by a dealer in the 60’s to get GM to install a 427 into the Camaro even though that combination was never intended for production. 69 COPO’s were built in the 60’s and now GM will only build 69 of the new COPO’s. The new COPO was developed during the off-hours at the GM Powertrain Plant in Wixom, Michigan by all the hot rodders who worked there. The rear suspension has been converted to a 4-link solid axle and it will be available with three engine options.

The guys from Hot Rod Magazine also got a chance to tour the Wixom Performance Build Center in the other half of the building in Wixom. That’s where they hand build all the LS3’s for the Corvette Grand Sport, LS7’s for the Corvette Z06 and the supercharged LS9’s in the Corvette ZR-1. They also got to play with the Camaro ZL1 on the dragstrip and take a look at the new 1LE handling package.


Source: Motor Trend on YouTube