Of all the awesome stuff I saw at the inaugural Lingenfelter Performance Nationals last weekend, it was the run you are about to watch below that stole the whole show. It was the combination of Kurt Johnson’s amazingly well prepared drag strip at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, the brilliance and experience of the LPE crew, and some great weather conditions for making horsepower that saw COPO #19, on the fifth freaking pass of its life run 8.64/159mph. It seemed that the world stopped turning each time this car came to the lanes. Everyone in attendance was interested in seeing the mighty COPO rip down the strip and it just kept going quicker and quicker.
The LPE men ran 9.44 on the very first lap, then down into the 9.20s on the next one. They shattered their way into the eight second zone with an 8.90 pass on lap three, and spun the tires on lap four, slowing into the nines again. The fifth lap, which is the one shown below was when the shock adjustments, launch RPM, and tweaked rev limiter all came together to make magic. That magic translates into the quickest recorded lap in the short history of the late model COPO Camaro. Five laps and in the 8.60s? Those Cobra Jets may want to start paying attention quickly.
The excited lunatic you hear yelling 8.64 at the end? That’d be me.
“Those Cobra Jets may want to start paying attention quickly.” Why? Some Cobra Jets are already in the sevens . . .
http://mustangsdaily.com/blog/2012/03/07/video-tasca-ford-mustang-cobra-jet-runs-a-7-96-174-mph/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t6mLTwOb4k
A Cobra Jet also took the NHRA Factory Supercar Showdown at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals.
http://blogs.musclemustangfastfords.com/6786493/mustang-news/butner-claims-indy-title/#ixzz27USOiuJd
Perhaps they ought to call ’em “CoPoor Slomaros.”
Dude, pay attention. The Tasca Mustang is a tubbed, Super Stock car with years of development behind it. Super Stock means ported heads and unlimited cam, among other things. The Lingenfelter Camaro is in Stock Eliminator trim, and on it’s 5th pass. Big difference!
I’m not so sure the Tasca car even is a legal SS’er. More of a shoot-out car.
Correct me if I’m wrong.
My initial comment (with links to the proof) is “awaiting moderation” (no doubt by GMPP’s Dr. Jaime Meyer) But the text without the links is as follows:
“Those Cobra Jets may want to start paying attention quickly.” Why? Some Cobra Jets are already in the sevens . . .
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A Cobra Jet also took the NHRA Factory Supercar Showdown at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals.
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Perhaps they ought to call ‘em “CoPoor Slomaros.”
[Hopefully the post with the links will pass the “Government Motors” censor]
God, I missed your hiatus.
Awesome. Brian do you know if it was NHRA SS legal weight wise?
I assume it is a big blower car…