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Title: WOW
Post by: cammerfe on March 01, 2015, 12:25:00 PM

Have you seen the thread over on YB regarding the new 'Unlimited' camaro for Drag Week?

I have no use for the car, but the construction is all a work of art.

KS

Title: Re: WOW
Post by: machoneman on March 03, 2015, 09:06:48 AM

Link? I did try like heck to locate that article Ken but could not find it 

Title: Re: WOW
Post by: cammerfe on March 06, 2015, 12:33:59 PM

Sorry---

I'll try to find it again. Things go pretty fast on YB.

Found it.

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1230618

KS

Title: Re: WOW
Post by: jayb on March 06, 2015, 02:06:54 PM

Yikes, is he going to machine the block from that aluminum billet??

Title: Re: WOW
Post by: machoneman on March 06, 2015, 02:18:09 PM

Thanks Ken! Wow, that is an impressive ride. It does look like that block of ally may be the new engine. 

Title: Re: WOW
Post by: thatdarncat on March 06, 2015, 03:16:31 PM

Hot Rod posted a story about it online yesterday also. Sounds like Bailey has plans to run one of the standing mile races ( shooting for 300 mph ) as well as Drag Week.

http://www.hotrod.com/news/exclusive-tom-baileys-sick-seconds-2-0-300mph-standing-mile-five-second-in-the-quarter-1969-camaro/

Title: Re: WOW
Post by: Heo on March 06, 2015, 06:00:53 PM

Yes an impressiv car one of those fast chevys.....with no chevy
parts in it ::) ::)
I dont puting it down in any way its an impressiv car any way you
look at it
But the chevy fans will brag about this car and how fast the chevys are
when there is no chevy made part on the car ...maby exept for the trans
housing

Title: Re: WOW
Post by: cjshaker on March 09, 2015, 08:37:09 PM

Quote from: jayb on March 06, 2015, 02:06:54 PM

Yikes, is he going to machine the block from that aluminum billet??

That's easy, you just chisel away anything that doesn't look like a block 8)
Billet blocks are starting to become the new wave for the super high-end cars. Steve Morris builds some of the baddest engines on the planet, but I think even HIS custom dyno will be a challenge to hold this one.

Kirkham Motorsports did an FE billet block some years ago for one of his AC Cobra builds, but I never heard or saw how it worked out in running condition. He started with a 386lb block of billet, but the end result doesn't look much like an FE block. Still, it takes all the normal FE parts. If someone wants to waste some time, the videos can be found on YouTube.

http://youtu.be/8KLNJ8d8Vqc

Title: Re: WOW
Post by: ScotiaFE on March 09, 2015, 09:24:00 PM

Ya I wonder what happened to that chunk of swiss cheese.
Leaked like a sieve no doubt? bahahaha