Testing the Sick Seconds Camaro!

If you've been following along here, as well as on our official website (and Facebook Fan Page, too!), then you're no doubt familiar with Sick Seconds, the Drag Week project 1969 Camaro built and prepped by the talented folks at ProRides. It's been a long road for the orange machine, but it hit the strip this past weekend for some testing... and things are looking incredible.

On Saturday and Sunday,the crew ran shake down runs on the car and could not be happier (or, as Denny said, "we could be happier with about 3 more weeks to prepare for Hot Rod Drag Week.") Steve Roth said the car is reacting on the track much better than any of our expectations, and is going straight down the track. Granted, the crew still need to scale the chassis to enhance it more, but for straight-out-of-the-garage, it's looking amazing. The motor is on a mild tune, which made 1500+ horsepower at the flywheel at a recent dyno session. The car is limited to 16 lbs. of boost with the current pulley set up, and the plan is to take the engine up to 30 lbs. of boost and more RPM when in full Drag Week mode. The Camro turned a 7.99 1/4 mile ET at only 65% throttle and no tranny brake on the mild tune... which almost sounds frightening! With only 2 weekends left before Drag Week, the remaining goal is to turn up the power and have the car run consistent. Steve, Gary, Kevin, Denny and his father will be doing everything they can to make it happen. Stay tuned for more updates and here's hoping for a successful Hot Rod Drag Week!