1969 Camaro Restomod – 1500HP Twin Turbo Street Beast

February 2nd, 2023

It’s back to Southern California for this one. Shawn from Autotopia LA delivers again with this 1969 Chevrolet Camaro restomod build by Nostalgia Hot Rods. Dustin joins forces with Shawn to give us the rundown on this outstanding build. Check it out. Under the hood is a Nelson Racing Engines built 7.0-liter LSx engine with a pair of 88-millimeter turbochargers. The engine and turbo setup typically produces approximately 1,500hp at the crankshaft (940whp), but it can be turned up to 2,000hp. Shifting duties are handled by a Tremec 6-speed manual gearbox – affectionately known as Tranzilla. Out back, the rear Read More

260 MPH COPO Camaro Texas Mile Car

March 30th, 2016

Take a gander at this awesome Texas Mile Car built as a collaborative effort by the crew at Nelson Racing Engines (NRE) and Brink Racecraft. When a race car project begins with a brand-new COPO Camaro, it is usually going to morph into something amazing. This project certainly makes the grade. Add a massive 632-cubic-inch NRE big block, a pair of NRE Mirror Image 88-millimeter turbochargers, an NRE Alien intake manifold, and you have an elite level Texas Mile monster. This Chevy also has an intricate dry-sump oiling system with the reservoir in the trunk, dual fuel supply systems, and Read More

3000HP Malibu Turns 4.0-Second Eighth-Mile @ 195 MPH

March 8th, 2016

This ain’t no charity case but man it’s great to have friends. With no engine, no fuel injection, and no wiring harness, this team showed up at Lights Out 7 (in South Georgia) with low expectations. As a testimonial to what good friends and hard work can accomplish, this beast of a machine was ready to make its inaugural 1/8-mile pass less than 24-hours later. This bad bowtie is rocking a 548-cubic-inch Nelson Racing engine, a pair of Garrett 98-millimeter turbochargers, and a Fuel Tech FT500 electronic fuel injection system. With all these consistent low-4-second passes, it’s only a matter Read More

Dyno Testing a Blown Methanol Monster

August 26th, 2015

Everyone knows that the guys at Nelson Racing Engines (NRE) are pushing the envelope to the very edge with regards to maximum performance. This video shows you just how far these professionals are willing to go to extrapolate every ounce of horsepower from the last cubic inch of their popular handcrafted, custom built crate motors. Running a dynamometer is a risky proposition, even when the engine is bolted into a chassis, but when you are talking about testing loose supercharged engines anything can happen. Now add in copious amounts of a volatile and highly combustible fuel known as methanol-alcohol and Read More

260MPH COPO Camaro

July 30th, 2015

Nelson Racing Engines (NRE), in conjunction with Brink Racecraft, are building a fifth-generation COPO Camaro designed to tackle the Texas Mile. It boasts 2,500hp and is capable of hitting speeds in the neighborhood of 260 mph. This bad bowtie is powered by a NRE 632-cubic-inch big block Chevy with twin 88-millimeter Mirror-Image turbochargers, 4-into-1 custom fabricated stainless steel turbo exhaust headers, an Alien intake manifold with Anteater snout, Tial wastegates and Tial Q blow-off valves, v-banded inlet and outlet pipes, a specially formed water to air intercooler, and a billet air breather system with integrated step downs. Built-in roof rails Read More

2,000HP Furious 7 Maximus Charger Exposed

July 16th, 2015

If you are a fan of the Fast and Furious Saga, then you don’t want to miss this video. It gives us an inside look at the Maximus 2000 Charger (featured in the final scene of Furious 7) as described by Tom Nelson, of Nelson Racing Engines (NRE). It is a handcrafted replica of a 1968 Dodge Charger – with a few new twists. For one, the body is 6-inches wider than a stock ’68 Charger so the 18-inch wide tires on the rear look like average street tires. The first thing you will notice is the paint job (or Read More

Twin Turbo S-10 Posts Sub-10-Second 1/4-mile

March 17th, 2015

Happy wearing o’ the green. Erin go bragh my Ameri-Irish sons and brothers and have a happy St. Patrick’s Day. Get a load of this compact Chevrolet S-10, owned and operated by Tim Dutton, as he punches out a 9.986 @ 138.0 mph in the 1/4-mile. This is a great looking street truck that, despite running street legal exhaust, is tubbed-out to accommodate a set of mammoth racing slicks. Providing the get-up-and-go for this little truck is a Nelson Racing engine outfitted with a pair of 74mm turbochargers; cubic-inches and horsepower are undisclosed. Inside, a complete safety roll cage and Read More

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