Chevrolet Camaro 1969 – Twin Turbo “Sick Seconds” 3350 Horse Power Street Car

Tom Bailey’s twin-turbo 1969 Camaro, nicknamed ‘Sick Seconds,’ is a genuinely street-legal car that has run the quarter-mile in 6.94 seconds at 208 mph on just 20 pounds of boost and over 3,300 horsepower. First shown at the 2013 Detroit Autorama, it became one of the benchmark builds of the street-turbo movement, later followed by an even wilder 4,000-horsepower successor.

A street-legal 1969 Camaro that runs the quarter-mile in under seven seconds shouldn’t exist — cars capable of that kind of elapsed time are usually full-tube chassis race cars that need a trailer to get to the track, not something you could theoretically drive to a car show. Tom Bailey’s twin-turbo Camaro, nicknamed “Sick Seconds,” broke that rule on the way to becoming one of the most talked-about builds in the pro street and drag-and-drive scene. With over 3,300 horsepower on tap and only 20 pounds of boost, this car has run 6.94 seconds at 208 mph, and then driven itself home afterward. How does a car built this extreme stay street legal in the first place?

6.94 at 208 MPH, On the Street

Owner Tom Bailey built “Sick Seconds” around a twin-turbo combination producing more than 3,300 horsepower on just 20 pounds of boost, a remarkably low number for output that extreme and a sign of just how much engine sits under the hood. Its best documented run stands at 6.94 seconds in the quarter-mile at 208 mph, and unlike a dedicated race car, this Camaro is genuinely street driven rather than trailered from event to event. It first turned heads at the 2013 Detroit Autorama, where it stood out even among a show full of serious builds.

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From Sick Seconds to Sick Seconds 2.0

The original car’s reputation eventually spawned a successor: “Sick Seconds 2.0,” built around a 615-cubic-inch Brodix block fed by twin 94mm Precision turbochargers and reported to make roughly 4,000 horsepower. The follow-up was designed to visually resemble a purpose-built Pro Mod while remaining street legal, pushing the same drag-and-drive philosophy that made the original famous even further past what anyone expects a “street car” to be capable of.

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