1972 Chevrolet Camaro Track Car

Highlights

• Commissioned by EBC Brakes

• Fully documented build with 4+ hours of footage on YouTube

• 7.2-litre “small block” racing V8, rated at 700+bhp (c.640bhp at the rear wheels)

• Comprehensive shell lightening and strengthening

• Motorsport grade suspension, brakes and transmission

Overview

There comes a time in every petrolhead’s life where the words “I quite fancy a track car” spill out, and your world changes forever, often in ways that lead to awkward conversations with one’s partner. Usually, this can be managed with the judicious application of a half-caged MX-5 or possibly a Caterham of one flavour or another.

However, for the truly dedicated (and possibly slightly unhinged) amongst us there is really only one way to go, and that’s all in. In our case, that means you’re going to need a completely custom-built, V8 powered, fire-breathing monster with a stiffened and lightened shell decked out with more carbon fibre and trick drivetrain bits and pieces than the average BTCC pit crew could muster up. And if such a machine could be built by seasoned experts, with access to some of the finest motorsport grade parts and equipment on the planet, well that would just be dandy. Sadly, such wonders of motorsport artistry do not rain from the skies.

Damn good job we can offer you this magnificent beast then isn’t it? What you’re looking at is a bespoke from nose-to-tail Camaro-based track weapon. Now, while an early 70s Camaro may sound like an unusual choice for a track car, it’s worth remembering that they have a long and storied history in motorsport – including racing in period in the BTCC, then known as the British Saloon Car Championship.

Built by those good chaps at Carcass TV (Powernation on YouTube) for EBC Brakes, it is in every conceivable way both amazing and utterly terrifying. Just as any good race car should be. From the *ahem* “small block” V8 race engine to the motorsport grade carbon prop-shaft, race-spec suspension and full fire-suppression system, this is every inch the full-on track car. 

As well as benefitting from a custom rollcage that hard-fixed into the rear chassis and front subframe, the body has been significantly lightened and strengthened. In combination with that glorious racing V8, which puts out more than 700bhp, the results are quite staggering. The builders themselves described it as “the fastest car they’d ever driven” and “an absolute animal”. Which sounds perfect to us.

If you’re looking to make a statement at your local track day, look no further. This thing is beautifully finished, brutally fast, handles superbly and sounds utterly evil (in a good way). This doesn’t really clip apexes and zoom down straights. No, it utterly obliterates them with a maniacal combination of pure mechanical grip and belligerent naturally-aspirated fury.

Which leads us to only one conclusion: if you’re after a truly unique, superbly engineered track car then you need this delightfully mad, utterly intoxicating machine in your life.

History and documentation

• Commissioned by EBC Brakes

• Comes with the Nevada title

• Built in 2024 by the Carcass TV, led by Jeremy Weckman and Jimmy King

• Based on a classic 1972 split bumper Camaro Rally Sport, described by the builders as having “good bones” and no major rust issues

• Fully documented build

• 4+ hours of footage from the project on the Powernation YouTube channel

• Designed as a full “road course” track car

• Completely fresh build, with less than 2 hours of running since completion

• Imported to the UK and fully registered

Interior

• Black fabric RaceQuip bucket seat and racing harness

• Interior stripped, cleaned and fully resprayed in gloss white

• Custom fabricated aluminium dashboard

• Full custom built rollcage, integrated into the chassis and front subframe

• Electronic dash (Holley EFI), ECU

• RCR Force-12 programmable PDU/M

• Rear facing camera

• Fuel and battery cut-offs

• Optima lithium-ion battery mounted in the passenger side of the cabin

• Momo steering wheel on a quick-release boss

• Zero 2020 fire suppression system

• Everything in the cabin is reported to work just as it should, with no faults or issues

Exterior

• Comprehensive full body, bare shell strip down, with all rust removed and treated

• Exterior sprayed over and under in black on a rotisserie

• Professionally fitted wrap, offering a smart combination of matt black and printed yellow/black halftone patterns as well as EBC roundels on the doors

• As a fresh built car with minimal running time, the condition is excellent overall, with no evidence of wear or damage

• Extensive fabrication work undertaken, including numerous areas of body shell and chassis strengthening / stiffening

• Custom fabricated firewall, transmission tunnel and rear bulkhead

• Newly fabricated rear inner wheel arches

• Completely refreshed and refurbished front subframe with extra strengthening

• New nose cone with steel mesh grille

• Bespoke flared carbon fibre arches front and rear

• Carbon fibre door skins

• Carbon fibre boot lid with quick release aero-style locking pins

• Polycarbonate rear screen and side windows

• New rear light lenses and refreshed chrome trims

• Nine Lives Racing ‘Big Wang’ aluminium adjustable rear wing with ½” gurney flaps

• 18” 3-piece 3030 Autosport MOD3 alloy wheels, with grey centres, polished lips and barrels

• A full matched set of Hoosier Racing A7 slicks

Mechanical

• Engine and transmission mounted 6” further back for improved weight distribution and true ‘front-mid engined’ specification

• Small block Chevrolet race engine – hybrid 440ci (c.7.2-litre) iron block

• Dry sump set-up

• Tuned to run on VP C12 112 octane+ fuel

• Dyno-tested at 720bhp (crank) / 640bhp (tyres)

• Aluminium Mishimoto 3-row performance radiator

• Twin electronic Mishimoto fans in a custom metal shroud

• Manual Mid Valley 4-speed ‘dog box’ from a NASCAR

• Geared for 170-180mph top speed

• Twin custom fabricated 4-to-1 manifolds running out into exhausts that exit just in front of the rear wheels

• 9” Ford rear axle by Quick Performance – full floating set-up with 3.25 gearing

• New, uprated drive shafts, rear hubs and bearings

• QA1 custom carbon fibre propshaft, with forged yokes and 1350 u-joints, rated for 1,500+bhp

• UMI performance handling kit with uprated upper / lower control arms, sway bar and Viking Berserker coilovers at the front; uprated leaf springs, mounts (2” drop), adjustable sway bar and anti-tramp bars at the rear

• ACT Quarter Master 3-disc metal clutch

• EBC big brake kit, with 6-piston front calipers / 4-piston rear calipers, EBC hoses all round and custom hard lines

• Tilton master cylinders, repositioned inside the car

• Tilton pedal box with bespoke foot plate

• 10 gallon (US) Radium Engineering fuel cell with custom filler

• AN fuel lines

• We’re assured that the car runs perfectly, with no known mechanical issues

Summary

If what you want from a racecar is barely contained savagery and the kind of adrenaline rush that usually only comes from being chased by a spectacularly angry leopard, then this is exactly the right car for you. Visually it’s unforgettable, but when that naturally-aspirated V8 fires up, spines will tingle for miles around.

We’ve rarely seen a track car built with so little compromise and to such an exacting finish. It’s not only a compellingly unique proposition, but it’s the sort of machine that will worm its way into your heart and never leave. 

Brutal, raw and sinister even before it fires up or turns a wheel in anger, it’s the sort of car that would dominate a track day just by turning up. The ultimate distillation of everything we love about internal combustion performance vehicles, we can’t think of anything we’d rather hit the track in.

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