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So what happens when you pit two amazing American muscle cars against one another in a drag race? Well, to be more specific — what happens when you pit a 1969 Camaro ZL1 against a 1971 Corvette LS6 at the drag strip?
The video below shows the very rare competition between these two valuable icons. Feel free to guess which one wins right now and then see if you’re right at the end. In fact, we encourage you to guess! Though we will give you a bit more information on each car first.
The Camaro has a 427 cubic inch engine with an aluminum block and aluminum heads, a Turbo 400 transmission, and 4.30 Posi rear. According to the figures given, this ride is putting out about 430 horsepower.
The Corvette, on the other hand, has a 454 cubic inch engine with aluminum head, a M-22 transmission, and 4.30 Posi rear. The figure they give on this ride is 425 horsepower. Clearly the two are pretty evenly matched, which only makes the competition itself more intriguing to watch!Extra 5 - 3
Feel free to watch the video below now and see what happens! Of course, we know that many of you are more interesting in knowing the results rather than watching the race go down.
Thus, we’ll go ahead and tell you so that you don’t slam your computer shut and throw it out the window in frustration!
The 1969 Camaro ZL1 crossed the finish line first with a time of 11.56 seconds at 113 miles per hour. The 1971 Corvette LS6 finished at nearly a second behind with a time of 12.54 seconds at 116 miles per hours.
Watch the video below and enjoy seeing the two GM beauties fight for the win!
The video below shows the very rare competition between these two valuable icons. Feel free to guess which one wins right now and then see if you’re right at the end. In fact, we encourage you to guess! Though we will give you a bit more information on each car first.
The Camaro has a 427 cubic inch engine with an aluminum block and aluminum heads, a Turbo 400 transmission, and 4.30 Posi rear. According to the figures given, this ride is putting out about 430 horsepower.
The Corvette, on the other hand, has a 454 cubic inch engine with aluminum head, a M-22 transmission, and 4.30 Posi rear. The figure they give on this ride is 425 horsepower. Clearly the two are pretty evenly matched, which only makes the competition itself more intriguing to watch!Extra 5 - 3
Feel free to watch the video below now and see what happens! Of course, we know that many of you are more interesting in knowing the results rather than watching the race go down.
Thus, we’ll go ahead and tell you so that you don’t slam your computer shut and throw it out the window in frustration!
The 1969 Camaro ZL1 crossed the finish line first with a time of 11.56 seconds at 113 miles per hour. The 1971 Corvette LS6 finished at nearly a second behind with a time of 12.54 seconds at 116 miles per hours.
Watch the video below and enjoy seeing the two GM beauties fight for the win!
