Thanks to Meziere and AFCO, All Air will keep its cool without lugging around a lot of excess weight, and we know that we’ve got dependable components that won’t require a lot of attention or maintenance; always a plus when you’re hustling in the pits between rounds.
Exhaust systems don’t have to be an afterthought when you’re shoe-horning a massive powerplant into a cramped stock engine bay. Exhaust header master builder Dan Lemons, of Lemons Headers, explains how performance and fit can work together for exceptional performance on the track.
When it came time to pick a transmission for our All Air Camaro project car, we wanted one that would work for serious drag racing and could be mounting behind any engine combination that we could hang in front of it. The GM Powerglide is a tried and true gearbox for the track with its simplicity and toughness.
Because this is a serious drag car build – we’re shooting for low nines – we needed to be equally serious about how the engine and transmission mated up to the chassis. Having a ton of power isn’t worth a damn if all it does is rip the motor mounts out, so we turned to Madman & Co. Racing for a motor plate setup.
Our All Air Project Camaro is up in the air on the lift, so that can mean only one thing – more progress is imminent! We don’t want to keep you waiting too long for the update, so we thought we’d tease you with some shots of what we’ll be working on next.
Here at PowerTV we don’t like to waste time when it comes to starting a new project. So when we bought our latest project car it took less then 4 hours before we had it on the track. Our latest weapon of choice is a 2000 Chevy Camaro, dubbed Project All Air. The first pass was a 9.93 at 70.26 mph out of a V6 in the eighth mile. Then we put our camera guy behind the wheel so read more to see what kind of time he pulled.
We have a pile of project cars that are in the back of our shop. Our V6 Camaro was the only one that was drivable, until we decided to pull the perfectly running V6 and stock 4L60E transmission to make way for the World Products LSX 454 monster that will nearly double the cubic inches over the V6. Because our lift was occupied with a different project car- we had to take out the engine and tranny the old fashion way. Read more to see the engine getting ripped out.
Project All Air has been under the scalpel undergoing a series of internal organ transplants. It is well on its way to becoming a nine second wheels up drag car. To help harness that power, we are installing the latest Moser M9 package, complete with Moser’s F-Body Torque Arm – and are capping it off with ChassisWorks shocks. Check out the steps and photos to installing this package.
When it comes to making tire squealing, asphalt shredding power, it is hard to beat a big cube LS engine. When it came time to select a monster LS engine to cram under the hood of our 2000 Camaro, nicknamed “All Air”, we did a lot research. World Products is known for making big power with their big LS engines, and we wanted to make that power naturally aspirated. They fit the bill for this build and we went with a big LS from their Warhawk Engine line. Read more to get all the details on this engine.
Our Casper white 2000 F-Body Camaro, dubbed project All-Air, will be powered by a naturally aspirated World Products LS7 Warhawk motor and needs stopping power to accommodate it. Wilwood supplied a set of their new drag racing brake system for F-body Camaros. Also while we were at it, we installed a set of Varishocks to provide proper valving for our Camaro when it is time to launch it. Check out the full installation article.
Our All-Air Camaro project has already come a long way from the pitiful V6 stocker it left the factory with. But the hard work has only just begun, and with plans as ambitious as ours to turn this mild-mannered muscle car into a 9-second all-motor track monster, we needed some serious drag suspension. Keep reading to see what we installed on our All Air Camaro.
