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This 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS396 carries the L78, the 375-horsepower big block Chevrolet reserved for buyers chasing real performance, wrapped in Hugger Orange with D90 stripes and the correct X66 SS package. Oddly, the original buyer skipped the tachometer and special gauges — an unusual choice for an L78 order. Filmed in Dallas by samspace81, the car is offered for sale for a limited time. Watch to see what else makes this build stand out.
1958 was the year Oldsmobile earned the nickname ChromeMobile, piling trim onto every surface of the lineup, but the real story was under the hood, where the 371-cubic-inch Rocket V8 came in three distinct states of tune from a mild 265-horsepower base version up to a rare 310-horsepower triple-carburetor option. This was also the year the entry-level 88 became the Dynamic 88, a name that stuck around for nearly a decade.
Spuds Garage built this 1969 Dodge Dart around a Hemi swap and gave it a name that tells you everything about how it drives: ‘Poison.’ The clip circulating is just a cold start and walkaround, no dyno pull or time slip attached, but the sound alone explains why A-body Hemi swaps have become one of the most sought-after builds in the Mopar world. Watch to hear what a properly dialed-in Hemi swap actually sounds like at idle.
Dodge charged nearly extra for the 426 Hemi option on the 1970 Charger R/T, a steep premium that scared off plenty of buyers who settled for a 440 instead. Those who paid up got 425 horsepower, a genuinely race-bred engine, and bragging rights over a car that helped Dodge log ten NASCAR wins that season. Here’s why the Hemi Charger remains one of the most sought-after muscle cars from Dodge’s golden era.
Pro Street built its reputation on cars that looked streetable but hid a full drag-race combination underneath, and a 1969 Camaro SS claiming over 1,800 horsepower is a serious example of the genre. Tubbed rear quarters, a reinforced rear end, and a fuel cell in place of the stock tank are the usual signs of a build pushed this far.
A street lined with muscle cars turns into an impromptu burnout show in this raw, unedited clip — no host, no explanation, just tire smoke and V8 sound. 247 SIMRACING typically covers virtual racing, which makes this glimpse of real horsepower on real pavement something of a detour from their usual content. It’s the kind of unscripted street culture that happens at car meets everywhere, rarely captured this cleanly. Watch, and listen, to see why the sound alone is worth the two minutes.
A Firebird running twin 98mm turbochargers on a 622 cubic inch big block Chevy and claiming 3,000 horsepower sounds far-fetched until you see the hardware involved. Here’s how that combination compares to other extreme twin-turbo Firebird builds – some making a fraction of the claimed power – and what it actually takes to reach four-digit horsepower numbers with a big block this size.
A C7 Corvette-bodied Pro Mod producing an estimated 3,000-plus horsepower once trapped 249.49 mph in a stunning 5.73-second quarter-mile pass, a run publicized as a new world record for the class. NHRA’s Pro Mod record books have since been rewritten by even quicker cars, but this Corvette remains one of the benchmark runs that pushed the doorslammer class forward.
Chevrolet’s corporate rules banned engines over 400 cubic inches in the Camaro – until a paperwork loophole meant for fleet orders let a handful of dealers order something else entirely. The COPO 9561 and 9560 packages hid a 427 cubic inch big block under deliberately plain sheet metal, with no badges or scoops to give the game away. Fewer than 900 combined cars were built, making this quiet Camaro one of the most collectible muscle cars of its era.
Chevrolet kept the 396 name on the fenders in 1970 even after quietly enlarging the engine to 402 cubic inches. Buyers could choose the 350-horsepower L34 or the solid-lifter, 375-horsepower L78 Cowl Induction version, backed by transmissions up to the heavy-duty M22 Rock Crusher four-speed. Only 49,862 SS 396 Chevelles were built that year, and well-documented convertibles now sell for a small fortune. Here’s what made this car a legend on both the strip and the auction block.
1972 marked the quiet end of an era for the Chevrolet Monte Carlo, the final year of its first generation and the last time buyers could order the SS package. Nearly 181,000 were sold that year, spanning engines from a mild 165-horsepower 350 up to a 270-horsepower 454 big block. Here’s what made this closing chapter of the original Monte Carlo worth remembering.
The 1967 Shelby GT350 was built on Ford’s newly widened Mustang body, but under the hood it stayed a 306-horsepower, 289-cubic-inch small-block built for real performance. Only 1,175 were made that year, fewer than half as many as the new big-block GT500, and it marked the last GT350 developed under Carroll Shelby’s direct supervision. Here’s what made this particular model year such a turning point for the badge.
A Fox Body Mustang running twin 102mm turbochargers and a FuelTech FT500 engine management system laid down a 3.91 at low elapsed time in the eighth mile – on a tire narrow enough to look undersized for the power on tap. Driver Josh Klugger backed up the pass in qualifying, no small feat with this much boost on tap. Here’s what it actually takes to make a small block Mustang run numbers like that.
