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!

Sick Seconds Starting to Look Good

...and getting closer to the street, literally and figuratively.

The gang at ProRides, along with a dedicated team of close friends have been working diligently to get the '69 Camaro completed and ready for its show car circuit tour and also testing on the track. It is currently in Steve's garage and the gang has been working on it every night after work. The goal is to finish the car in April and start testing... We are even thinking about driving it on a leg of the Power Tour to test the street driving of the Camaro. Not bad for a six-second capable ride...

Bowler Transmissions wants to have the car in their booth at some Goodguys shows in the coming year, and Denny will also be working with Goodguys on making exhibition runs at their Indy event. Feel free to let Denny know if the car is needed for anything else during the entire season, as we'd all love to see the car not only running on the street and track, but also acting as an ambassador for the hobby and industry as a whole.

The car should be going to paint at the beginning of February, and look for many more pics to follow. We truly cannot wait to share some finished shots of the car. And check out the mounting of the Chiseled Performance intercooler, Be Cool radiator, B&M tranny cooler, ProCharger, and that fuel tank in the front.....not much room left!

...and if you're not yet familiar with the project, here's the rendering...

...and you can see the first updates, like machining the block to save weight, and building the chassis right here on the site! Look for more updates soon!