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Interesting thread ....
The well known free lance writer, Ro McGonegal, writing for Super Stock & Drag Illustrated in 1970, referred to the ZL1 Camaro as “Hellboy”! It ran 11.60s at 124 mph with open long tube headers – worth 100 horsepower according to Ro - on slicks with some carb tuning. The car was tuned by Dick Harrell out of the Fred Gibb Chevy Dealership (Kansas City). I've talked with Ro at length about driving that car on that day, and the wildest part was how Dick asked him to drive the thing: neutal drop the the Turbo 400 with the engine at 6,000 RPM. Ro told me almost put it in the wall three times, then Dick took over, ripping a string of 11.60s.
Stock for stock, the new car will murder an original ZL1 - just because of the tires. Give them both slicks, and it's going to be a great race.
Happy Bench Racing!
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