Super Chevy – October 2019

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kind of racing.” When Wallace came to

work for Speedway he helped on all the

G-Comp suspension components (what

this car uses) and the idea to build his

own car, a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro

Z/28 clone, was quick to follow.

The end result is a raw and visceral

racer, purely mechanical, simple, and

fast. “There’s no driver’s aids of any

kind,” said Wallace. “It’s in line with

a real Trans-Am feel.

THE GO

The Chevrolet history buffs will be

quick to point out that no Camaro

Z/28 ever came with a big-block engine.

But, had the rulebook not capped

engine displacement at a miniscule

302 ci, we’re certain they would have.

Think of Wallace’s efforts as a “what-

could-have-been” of sorts. How would

Chevrolet have built a Trans-Am racer if

there were no rulebook? Easy, like this.

Under the hood of the ’69 beats

an all-aluminum big-block displacing

565 hungry cubes. Zack Woods at the

Speedway racing engine shop built the

engine, which made 1,050 hp to the

tires naturally aspirated and 1,380 hp

when the NOS Pro Fogger breathes

heavy. A custom Comp cam with over

0.800-inch of lift supplies the rattle

and shake from the tailpipes. The

big-inch engine revs to a stratospheric

7,500 rpm reliably, though the team

has made dyno pulls to 8,000 rpm.

A five-stage dry-sump system provides

lubrication at those engine speeds, and

with the insane grip, an AED Mini

Dominator G-3 billet carburetor

provides fuel to the big-inch mill.

Backing the monster big-block is a

McLeod Mag Force triple-disc clutch,

Andrews A431 four-speed dog box trans-

mission, QA1 carbon-fiber driveshaft,

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