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cammerfe

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« 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.

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« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2015, 09:06:48 AM »
Link? I did try like heck to locate that article Ken but could not find it 
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« Reply #2 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

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« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2015, 02:06:54 PM »
Yikes, is he going to machine the block from that aluminum billet??
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Re: WOW
« Reply #4 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. 
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« Reply #5 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/
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« Reply #6 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



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Re: WOW
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2015, 08:37:09 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
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« Reply #8 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