Behold my friend's awesome 580-horsepower beater Camaro

"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44) 07/28/2015 at 11:02 • Filed to: None

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Want a video of it? Me too. I’m working on it, but in the meantime, let me tell you the specs. It’s a 1977 Camaro that was bought for $1,500 with a lame duck 305 in it. As you can plainly see, it wears an odd combination of pale-beige, primer grey, and a blue cowl hood from another Camaro. This car will remain crappy on the outside because that’s half the fun. The secrets lie beneath the skin.

Under that ugly hood lies a demonic 383 stroker small-block with AFR heads and beefy internals. It’s carbed, naturally aspirated, revs to 7,500 rpm and makes 580 horsepower at the flywheel. He has a dyno sheet somewhere. Suspension is all new too with poly bushings and upgraded brakes. Exhaust? There isn’t any. The 3” headers dump out into the atmosphere and fill it with evil, evil, V8 noise. This thing’s a bastard.

Best part? The vanity plate.

Base model. He also has a set of DOT slicks for when he heads to the track. We’ll get a video of this thing in a few months and I honestly can’t wait.

thebigbossyboss > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 11:03

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Yes yes yes. Gimmi plox.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 11:04

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Be careful. Even Canadian serial killers are dangerous.

JKER > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 11:06

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Looks a lot like the mustang from the beginning of Tokyo Drift.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 11:07

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People don’t do enough with late 2nd gen F-bodies, more’s the pity.

DoYouEvenShift > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 11:09

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Tell your friend I love his car. Some people dont care for them but I love the bumperd Camaros

Tuned-Port-Injected-Rage > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 11:11

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Holy shit. That’s friggin awesome. Do want.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 11:12

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Where in Alberta is this thing?

jkm7680 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 11:14

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Damn, that’s cool.

DrJohannVegas > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 11:17

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I still have an irrational desire for a 2nd gen with a turbo LS, totally clapped out exterior, and brown velour interior.

KnowsAboutCars > JKER 07/28/2015 at 11:18

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You mean Monte Carlo? That came into my mind too when I saw this.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > JKER 07/28/2015 at 11:22

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You mean Monte Carlo?

Justin Hughes > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 07/28/2015 at 11:24

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At least they’re polite about murdering you.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 07/28/2015 at 11:24

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Calgary

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > DoYouEvenShift 07/28/2015 at 11:24

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He has two of them haha I’ll let him know. The other one is even nuttier but that’s for another time

JKER > KnowsAboutCars 07/28/2015 at 11:32

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Right! It’s been years since I watched that movie.

JKER > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/28/2015 at 11:32

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Yessir

dogisbadob > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 11:36

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no t-tops :p

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 11:41

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When was this thing built? I have heard from a friend about a Camaro that was full sleeper status, but I was told about it 7+ years ago, and I believe the sf that narrows thingstory was oldish at that point, the friend was from Edmonton if that narrows things

asenna > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 11:41

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put mufflers on it with electronic dumps so you can really fake em out coming in all quiet and then leaving off the light wide open.

DoYouEvenShift > DrJohannVegas 07/28/2015 at 11:44

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Same here, Roadkill style. 6.0 and 4l80 out of a truck. And beat in it with a 76mm

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. 07/28/2015 at 11:57

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Must be a different sleeper Camaro. This one started being built around October of last year. In Calgary too.

RallyWrench > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 12:00

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Bitchin’ sleeper!

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > dogisbadob 07/28/2015 at 12:00

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For a reason. When launching on a prepped surface with slicks, built second-gens have been known to twist pretty bad.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > asenna 07/28/2015 at 12:01

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It’s actually getting a vestigal exhaust consiting of twin 3” pipes and two stubby dynomax mufflers dumping out at the rear axle

Sam > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 12:08

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I was just about to say that with no mufflers at all, very few tracks will allow it.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 12:14

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Well it is a good platform for a sleeper, not pretty enough to catch the eye of anyone who isn’t an enthusiest.

vondon302 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 12:22

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No cage ? I assume frame rails are tied but I’d only do an 1/8 mile with no cage.

lone_liberal > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 12:26

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I had a friend with a ‘79 with a fully built 427 in it. Does your friend’s car get as scary light in the front at speed as my friend’s did? I had it at somewhere around 135 going down an old landing strip and it was very, very spooky.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > vondon302 07/28/2015 at 12:27

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It has subframe connectors to keep the body somewhat straight. But no cage, no fuel cell and it might run 11’s on slicks. It’s an interesting car.

vondon302 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 12:29

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Low 11s i would think. Cool build though.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 13:36

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rather have this

and its turbo now

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 07/28/2015 at 13:40

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I’ll bet this car cost a bit more to build

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 07/28/2015 at 13:41

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yea probably

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 07/28/2015 at 13:56

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God that thing was mean