By The Numbers
1968 Camaro
Michelle Welch, 37
Soddy-Daisy, TN
Performance: 8.81-second e.t.'s (eighth-mile)
| ENGINE |
| Type: | 402-inch big-block Chevy |
| Block: | factory ’71 Impala |
| Oiling: | Melling oil pump, ARP oil pump shaft |
| Rotating assembly: | Keith Black pistons, |
| | factory crank |
| Cylinder heads: | factory iron |
| Camshaft: | Comp Magnum |
| Valvetrain: | Comp Magnum steel |
| | roller-tip rocker arms, |
| | Cloyes billet steel double |
| | roller timing chain |
| Induction: | RPM Air-Gap polished aluminum |
| | intake, Barry Grant Speed Demon 750 |
| Ignition: | HEI MSD coil, |
| | module, cap, and button |
| Cooling: | factory radiator |
| Fuel system: | factory tank, |
| | Edelbrock fuel pump, |
| | stainless lines |
| Exhaust: | 2 ¾-inch stainless, |
| | 40-series Flowmaster mufflers |
| Fasteners: | ARP |
| DRIVETRAIN |
| Transmission/shifter: | Turbo 400, |
| | TCI Saturday Night Special Converter, |
| | factory shifter |
| Driveshaft: | factory |
| Rear axle: | Auburn 3.73 Posi with |
| | Yukon ring-and-pinion |
| CHASSIS |
| Front suspension: | Hotchkis two-inch |
| | drop springs |
| Rear suspension: | gas shocks, |
| | factory monoleaf springs |
| Brakes: | slotted rotors, stainless brake lines, |
| | SSBC master cylinder and power booster |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
| Seats: | 1969 Camaro seats with headrest |
| Dashboard: | factory with |
| | Stewart-Warner gauges |
| Stereo: | Kenwood head unit, |
| | Boston Acoustics speakers, |
| | and Alpine amplifier |
| Wiring: | factory |
| Column: | factory column |
| | with Grant steering wheel |
| Paint: | custom copper |
| WHEELS/TIRES |
| Wheels: | 17-inch Billet Specialties Qualifiers, |
| | 17x7- and 17x8-inch |
| Tires: | Nitto NT555; 235/45R17, |
| | and 255/50R17 |