A street-driven, 11-second, rat-motored Camaro is not beyond the realm of possibility; it’s a fact, and steps to achieve this goal are explained in the following text. They are simple and require no special skill — just the will to learn by doing the work yourself. Total cash outlay to prepare your killer-car is relatively low, depending upon the extent you wish to go to with chassis, tires, etc. In an honest effort to keep this expenditure to a minimum, we set out to talk with Paul Althouse, of Paul’s Automotive in Monrovia, California.
Paul has set up many street/strip-type big-inch Chevys that hold their own at the weekly drags. Our main thought was to come up with a winning combination the first time around and eliminate the “doesn’t work, we’ll…
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Hot Rod (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 1969