Autos & Vehicles

Extreme Elco Engine Swap! – Roadkill Episode 4

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On this episode of Roadkill, David Freiburger, Mike Finnegan and a carsick dog drive a ’69 El Camino 500 miles from home (on seven cylinders) to change an engine in the parking lot of Summit Racing.

The story goes that Finnegan’s wife’s grandfather bought this1969 Chevy El
Camino brand new, and it’s been passed down through the family, finally to
her. It’s a solid car, and the suspension has been hopped up, but the
all-original 350 engine was smoking like a freight train. That didn’t stop
the guys from limping it from Los Angeles, California to Sparks, Nevada,
where Summit Racing has a fully-stocked warehouse.

Summit sells every speed part and replacement part on Earth, including the 420hp, 383ci crate engine, so the logic was that the guys would save time on the engine swap because they could walk right into the store instead of driving to a parts store multiple times, as they would have back home.

So how long will it take a couple gearheads to change an engine outside in a snow flurry? Will the EPA shut them down before they can finish? And what happens when you let a carsick dog ride shotgun? Watch to find out!

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Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupe & 1937 Type 320 – Wide Open Throttle Episode 15

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On this episode of Wide Open Throttle, Jessi Lang reports from the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center with an up-close look at a lovingly restored 1937 Type 320 Cabriolet B.

Then we head to the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art to get a close-to-production sneak peek at the 2013 Mercedes-Benz Concept-Style Coupe, the highly anticipated compact sedan that’s expected to wear CLA badges.

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King of the Hammers! – The Downshift Episode 15

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On this episode of The Downshift, ride along with Tony Pellegrino and his 4485 GenRight Off-Road Buggy as he competes in the ultimate battle of rock sports racing – King of the Hammers!

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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL550: Cruise Missile! – Ignition Episode 15

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On this episode of Ignition, Carlos Lago digs deep into the concoction of turbochargers and aluminum that is the 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL550. Does the latest and most powerful version of the big bad Benz do the SL name justice?

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Lingenfelter Camaro ZL1 Tops 200 MPH! – Hot Rod Unlimited Episode 7

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On this episode of HOT ROD Unlimited, HOT ROD Editor In Chief David
Freiburger drives the Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Camaro ZL1 to 202 mph, making it the first 2012 ZL1 to exceed 200 mph. This very same ZL1 in the exact same configuration (save for wheels and tires and the rollcage) was also the first to run 10s in the quarter mile.

The ZL1 Camaros were first delivered to the public in early April, making
580 hp from their supercharged, 6.2L, LSA engines. Within days of delivery,
Lingenfelter had its ZL1 making 720 hp at 6,500 rpm and 650 lb-ft at 4,650
rpm, both measured at the rear tires. The performance parts are all from
Lingenfelter: CNC-ported cylinder heads, a GT9 camshaft, a ported
supercharger cover, overdrive blower pulleys, a cold-air kit, 63-lb/hr fuel
injectors, a voltage booster for the fuel pump, a 160-degree thermostat, and
tuning. The entire package, installed, is $11,495. Everything else on this
manual-trans car is stock. The performance testing was done with 109-octane
VP fuel and 15 psi boost.

On April 18, 2012, the Lingenfelter ZL1 ran 10.79 at 134.36 mph at Muncie
Dragway in Indiana. That was on drag wheels and tires.

On April 30, 2012, the car was delivered to the Continental Tire Proving
Grounds in Uvalde, Texas. Shod with Continental Extreme Contact tires on the original ZL1 wheels, the Camaro was tested on the 8-1/2-mile oval. The
three-lane surface is like a road rather than a race track, the turns are
not banked, and there are a few elevation changes. During the top-speed run,
Freiburger pulled 0.4 to 0.5 g at 190-plus mph in the sweeping turns, then
held it down for nearly 40 seconds on the pull from 190 to 202.67 mph before
lifting to avoid cresting a small hill at corner entry at 200-plus mph. The
car had not reached terminal velocity. Conditions included a head/crosswind,
ambient temperatures in the 90s, and a density altitude of 3,280 feet. The
Camaro was aerodynamically stock except for some tape over the front
brake-duct openings in an attempt to channel more air through the stock
air-to-water intercooler, as the water was reaching temps in the 250s during
prolonged periods of WOT, leading to hot inlet air and reduced power.

Naturally, the comments here will lead to the upcoming ¹13 Ford Mustang
GT500, with claims of 200 mph capability in bone stock trim. A stock Camaro
ZL1 will run 185 mph. Will the GT500 be faster than the Lingenfelter ZL1?
Until someone shows up at the same track on the same day with both cars and a single driver, no one will know. Meanwhile, we present the first ZL1 to
eclipse the double century mark. See more at Lingenfelter.com and
HotRod.com.

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