Mike McCracken assembles sleek 2010 Camaro dragster

[Tran]

This one of a kind Camaro dragster has been completed for a while, but remains extremely impressive nonetheless!

It has already run a 8.85 @ 155 MPH quarter mile!

Via Dragzine

The new 2010 Camaro, despite a lot of interest from the public since their unveiling and strong sales numbers to date, has been slow to infiltrate the drag racing scene. But if racers like Bellwood, Pennsylvania’s Mike McCracken keep churning out the sharp new GM muscle car, they’ll surely catch on.

McCracken’s Camaro SS – completed in just four months time in his garage – sports a 600 cubic inch, alcohol-injected Big Block Chevy producing 1,013 horsepower, backed by a three-speed Powerglide transmission. It delivers the power to a 9” Ford rear-end with 4.30 gears.





“I actually ordered a body-in-white right from GM around the end of the year and they couldn’t deliver it to me. There was a list, but we kept getting pushed back and back and back.” Instead, McCracken ordered every piece individually and pulled a stock dash from the junkyard and mounted it on the chassis he had already completed. “We actually painted it in pieces and put it back in the cardboard boxes that came from GM so when I assembled it, I could just pull it out of the box and put it together,” Mike explained.

Every piece of the car is made up of parts from GM, including the front end and hood, along with brand new door panels, all of the side glass, power windows, the original trunk, grilles, front fascias, headlights, and fog lights, among other original factory parts.





The mild steel, full tube chassis is a Morrison Super Car, which was originally being built to accommodate a 1969 Camaro body before Mike acquired it. The chassis features Strange Engineering front struts, Wilwood disc brakes, and a Super Series four-link with Koni coilover shocks.

McCracken was racing a dragster last year and decided he wanted to build a door car. He came across the chassis that had already been started on, and the owner wanted to trade for the dragster. “I went online looking to buy a new ’69 Camaro body. Well, I got to thinking about it and thought, hey, the new Camaro is out, why don’t I just buy a new Camaro body?”





The car will see duty primarily in Super Pro competition, along with some possible NHRA Super Gas races. The car is expected to run in the mid 8’s, making it perfectly suitable to either racing application. The car turned out a little heavier than McCracken anticipated – around 2,900 pounds – due to the factory body panels and glass which may keep it from the mid-to-high 7 second range that he had hoped for. “But I gave up the weigh for the look,” he said. “When we took it to the track the first weekend, people just went, wow!”

[tubzzz14]

Wow that thing is a beast

[305pride]

i wana see videos of this 8 second run

[2SSARMY]

I'll take 2.

[cterry]

Glad you went with the new body and kept the stock look. I love the 69 body, but this really looks good.

[MrRaZ28]

Friggin' amazing! I can't stop the drool!

[Revo1]

Vids please!

[jcamaro]

That is a sexy beast. Meh on the powerglide, +1 on the Ford 9". That is one stout rear end. Can't wait to see a video. Impressive numbers for no boost.

[Merc]

Very cool, but dragsters don't have doors.

[DarricSS]

2900lbs The Zeta platform is a heavy Bi@tch!

Had asked in another thread who it was that ran the 8.85...

[MillerTime]

[MillerTime]

Originally Posted by mercuryman96

Very cool, but dragsters don't have doors.

Not true.... Plus it didn't say it used the doors..just the door panels...

[Aldrich Z06]

Man, that is a bad ride.

[DarricSS]

I see this going on that car next so he can run in the high 7's...

VFN’s new fiberglass 2010 Camaro body should put a lot more 5th Gen’s on the strip



"Interest in GM’s newest Camaro has been growing by leaps and bounds of late, especially in the drag world where there are more projects underway involving the car than we can honestly keep track of. There is also talk of the possibility that many Pro Stock teams and chassis builders intend to switch over to the Chevrolet muscle car in the next couple of years.

Thus far, if you wanted a 2010 Camaro for drag racing purposes, you had to go with a heavy, body-in-white car, as fiberglass and carbon fiber versions made specifically for race cars hadn’t been developed and placed on the market yet. But now, thanks to VFN Fiberglass, we may be seeing many more of these cars hit the track in the coming months. This body appears to be at or very near stock body dimensions rather than a swoopy-looking piece that we might expect on a Pro Stock car, but nonetheless, it offers folks a huge weight savings compared to a factory steel body. The complete body weighs in at 135 pounds. For some of the series that allow certain composite body parts to be utilized, the doors, nose, bumpers and such can all be purchased separately. Being nearly stock appearing, its possible these may show up on other applications besides drag racing, such as full-on pro-touring builds, road race cars, and the like. Now we’d like to see someone take this relative brick and make it slick."

http://www.dragzine.com/news/vfns-ne...-on-the-strip/