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1973 Chevy Camaro Project Car - Performer!
Get the scoop on this 1973 Chevy Camaro project car, capable of doing it all from cruising to racing. more
Garage - Reader's Performance Build Suggestions
Engines, bullets, motors, powerplants...the myriad names we call the sources of our motivators. And when we asked you to submit the types of engines you'd build...wow, the response was incredible, by far exceeding anything you've responded to previously. For t more
1974 Chevy Camaro Z28 Quadrajet - Special Q
CHP's unnamed project '74 Z28 is topped with a Q-jet, and we decided to yank the old mixer off and get it back into shape... more
Pro Touring 1981 Chevy El Camino
How often have you walked the isles of an automotive event daydreaming about building the perfect ride? The reality is that very few of us act on those thoughts. Imagining the perfect ride is like opening a book and reading the first paragraph. It’s the i more
Chevy Camaro Crane Ignition
Going fast is all about eliminating the weak links in the performance chain. This is the seventh part of our buildup of the My Generation Camaro, a car that started life as a lackluster 305-powered slug with a TH700-R4 overdrive automatic that ran 17.40s at on more
My Generation Camaro,  Part VI - Nitrous Oxide Systems
Last time, we left off with the Camaro running 15.39 at 87.28 mph after we added ported World Products S/R Torquer heads and an emissions-legal Crane hydraulic roller camshaft. We improved the e.t. over 0.40 second, but frankly we were disappointed that the Ca more
My Generation Camaro, Part V - Rebuilding 1987 Chevy Camaro Ported Heads & Cam
Our pocket-change performer Camaro is back. After a quick hiatus that Tim Moore spent thrashing on a new motor, we’re now quicker, faster, and more powerful than before. We’ve got a lot to cover in this installment, so let’s jump right into the more
My Generation Camaro, Part IV - 1987 Chevy Camaro Heads, Porting & a Cam
In our last exciting episode, we left our hero 305 Camaro dangling from the 15-second dragstrip cliff, waiting to be rescued with an influx of high-performance parts. So far, our little Camaro has responded to every component we’ve bolted on. While it more
1987 Chevy Camaro Intake, Exhaust & Fuel System
The adventures of CHP’s fire-breathing 17-second 305ci ’87 Camaro continue. We last left our hero Tim Moore contemplating how to push the budget Camaro into the 16s. For those of you attending this party for the first time, we introduced the My Gen more
My Generation Camaro, Part I - 1987 Chevy Camaro 305ci
Let's face it. The time is ripe for a 305ci third-generation Camaro. Chevy built about a billion of these third-generation Camaros between 1982 and 1992. The eldest of this generation Camaro is almost 20 years old now, and that makes them both plentiful and in more
1969 Chevy Camaro Restoration Completed
If you have been reading Chevy High Performance for the last year, you have seen the stories documenting the progression of my latest project, a '69 Chevy Camaro dubbed "The Thrasher." The name comes from my willingess to run my cars hard and take abuse withou more
1969 Chevy Camaro Paint & Body
Editor's Note: This is the fifth installment in CHP from Mark Stielow, builder of many Pro Touring-type '67-'69 Camaros. He's building this '69 Camaro, the Thrasher to illustrate what it takes to create a show-stopping, super-performing ponycar. This month's s more
Thrasher Camaro Part I - 1969 Chevy Camaro Restoration
Editor's note: If you don't know the name Mark Stielow, you will after reading the next few articles on what it takes to transform a first-generation Camaro into a Pro Touring performance car. And he should know. Among the many Camaros Stielow has constructed, more