First Time Out in 2022 With the FAST 1969 ZL1 Camaro! Stock Appearing Camaro with Too Much Power!

We went out to 131 Motorsports Park with the 69 ZL1 to try a new first gear ratio with our fresh engine. Traction was a major issue, we need to do some more homework on getting this thing down the track, but we still clicked off a 9.69 144 which is our best mph ever!
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[@Ls6racer]

hope he's ok. glad you didn't get collected in that. glad to see the car and the effort. 👍👍 also forgot to say hope Ryan gets well soon.

[@spence1300]

If you have more video showing my car hitting both walls back and forth I'd love to get a copy please

[@VG-iq8xq]

Holy cow man hate to see that. Sure hope he’s alright. How does it feel doing 160 on bias ply? Have or can you do tire or brake upgrades? I guess you gotta run the bias ply for the FAST series. Do you think the car could do a 8.99? The car is already ridiculous, 8’s would be just insane.

[@HorsepowerDepot]

It’s got wilwood brakes up front and drums in the back. The car stops very well actually. But it’s getting a better brake upgrade, I have them just waiting on the new rear end to get here. Honestly felt good going that fast especially on the rough shut down road lol. I’d like to think the car could go 8.99 at some point. I believe a corvette will get it done first, but an 8.99 is one of a few goals I have for the car.

[@VG-iq8xq]

Awesome look forward to seeing the progress

[@dannystephen591]

Just stumbled on your you tube watching on my home tv . Really awesome what you all are doing , thank you for all the info as well. As a former street and track racer in St Petersburg Florida back in the 80’s and very early 90’s when I got out of it race secrets came only with a ton of testing and dynos definitely weren’t in our budget back then. Did pretty well with my last car an original disc brake 69 Z28 that was without its original 302 4spd. But being an employee at a machine shop for quite a few years and lucky to have the keys to it and permission to work on my stuff after work and very early morning hours was able to build a for back then pretty quick 30 over 350 ( 355 C.I.D. ) 10 & 1/2 to 1 flat top motor with 300 Horse capable fogger nitrous system with 200 horse pills in it . The double hump steel heads 461 casting ran a best of 10:32 @ 138 mph. With 3” crossover exhaust and flow master mufflers .Pretty fast car for back in those days. You all sure do look like your having a lot of fun and doing it with your family and friends makes it even better. I subscribed to your channel and will watch a bunch more. Thank you for taking the time to share what you all are doing. Really enjoy watching.

[@HorsepowerDepot]

That’s flying for back then! And it’s even a respectable et and mph for now days! Thanks for watching!

[@sergebasque8460]

When racing there the possibility the driven in front or next to you something will happen your ok.👍💪😎👏🇨🇦

[@drew7767]

wow that was to close…great video. hopefully you have that car scheduled for more cage work soon! I think you mentioned it a few videos ago I am sure it moved farther up your list of things to do with that close call.

[@HorsepowerDepot]

I need to get the tubing so I can do it. Was kind of last minute decision to go to the track.

[@earth2steven197]

Wow! Love your car. I am column shifting my automatic. Can you tell me how you made your column shifter?

[@spence1300]

Great video. I'm the guy that wrecked next to you. I missed your back end by a foot or so but had no control at that point unfortunately so I'm glad I didn't clip ya.

[@HorsepowerDepot]

I knew it had to be close! You good? How’s the car? I heard you hit the opening of the track. That video I posted is all I have. My dad was filming and he shut the camera off as soon as saw you get out of shape. I almost put a GoPro on the back window right before that pass but I didn’t.

[@spence1300]

@@HorsepowerDepot car is a total loss unfortunately. My guy shut the camera off early too so I don't have anything to see lol.

[@HorsepowerDepot]

That sucks. Glad to see your ok. Cars can be replaced.

[@thomasward4505]

Pretty sure the wipers can re Park themselves even when they're switched off or unplugged, obviously still power getting to them somehow

[@sporty196071]

Wow!!, keep it up you'll do what they think is impossible.

[@stevenwalsh2119]

The sound is what a foriegn car just cant duplicate great job guys rumble

[@theinsaneshecklador6598]

Looks like your recent improvements are gonna lead to some good numbers once you get it dialed in.

[@rpturbo]

I really enjoy your videos. Always sucks seeing a guy get out of shape, and ending like that.

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Thanks! And I agree never good to see.

[@justinadams1360]

Thanks for the video guys. Great stuff. Let us know on that driveshaft speed, she was screaming!

[@christopherhill6064]

Glad you didn't get collected in that. Hope the other driver is ok.

[@theinsaneshecklador6598]

The driver commented in the post above yours. Said the car is a total loss but it sounds like he is OK.

[@jesusdiaz1498]

Hi from Puerto Rico. Y love that camaro 👍🧰🔧🏁

[@johnmilner7603]

The ZL1 looks just like Pete Simpson’s car. R.I.P. Pete.

[@thegreenerthemeaner]

Watching you deal with the tiller at higher speed would have me investigating that issue as well. You could have gotten loose if you went any faster.

[@howabouthetruth2157]

Another awesome video & seeing the ongoing progress of this fantastic car. Just curious: How come ya stopped the footage shot from the starting line that was showing the other guy wrecking? The video footage just stopped right as he was hitting the wall in his lane. ?????? I sure hope he's ok. We always dread seeing these types of things happen.

[@HorsepowerDepot]

My dad was filming, he stopped the camera and took off towards the golf cart. That’s all the footage we had. He thought we were getting collected up in the accident.

[@howabouthetruth2157]

@@HorsepowerDepot Oh.....ok. That makes total sense. I didn't know it was your Dad getting that footage. I would've stopped filming too, if I thought my son was about to get collected in a bad crash. Thanks for letting me know. Please let us know if ya find out what happened & how the driver is doing. Sure hope he is ok. That looked really bad.

[@reillystsb]

Good job staying at it man that is some freaky shit. You did say there was water seeping at the big end

[@davidconley3610]

Going to be a great year 👍

[@danieldimitri6133]

The wipers are probably being pushed off of the park contact by the wind and the park circuit activates the motor to bring it around. When you turn off the wipers a part of the motor assembly still has positive power as long as the car is on so that the motor doesn't just stop in place and actually keeps running back to a home or parked position before stopping. Alternatively since they sit high on the glass, it may be that they just get the motor spinning so fast as the go up the windshield that the motor gets up momentum and keeps going. You could short the motor onto itself to create a resistance to it spinning and then the wipers may eventually just point straight up till you push them to the parked position.

[@dragginwagon406]

Another great video Jordan. See you in May.

[@musclebone7875]

Sounds like your starter and flywheel don't like each other.

[@HorsepowerDepot]

They are no longer friends.

[@musclebone7875]

@@HorsepowerDepot 😆

[@mitchellstanton2864]

The wipers when you went through the traps on the first run... That had me howling, but that cars so sick!

[@HorsepowerDepot]

I don’t get it lol, I unplugged them because they kept going off at the top end of the track and they still go off lol.

[@dannystephen591]

My 69 did the same thing only at Qtr mile tracks don’t remember doing it at the 1/8 mile track we also ran at. It’s been 30 years but think we found the metal ground strap from motor body to frame was missing or bad connections can’t remember but the “Park” arm not having a ground to lock it on wasn’t extending to grab the motor crank and at high MPH the wiper arms would move and continue to run my guess was generating its own electricity by the movement of the motor when wipers were pushed into moving from the MPH. It’s been a long time but thinking that was the problem.

[@vrm86gt]

Glad you didn't get hit! Car is hauling!

[@dondotterer24]

It's pretty impressive you guys got a lot of horsepower on tap What Ignition system are you guys using ? Thanks for the videos

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Holley efi controls the ignition.

[@dondotterer24]

@@HorsepowerDepot ok thanks

[@jrfairclough4291]

@horsepowerdepot, Are you running an MSD setup or a factory HEI, or do you have to run a points ignition in this class?

[@zone47]

Wow, that's the bad thing about racing... you spend so much time taking care of the car and tuning to the tee, then someone else can clock you. I guess that's the name of the game. Glad you are ok and best wishes to the driver who crashed.... hope it's minor and he makes it back.

[@johnkelly4593]

The wind is moving the Wiper they are coming out of park pos. If the wiper motor have battery power to return back into park pos.

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

asleep at the wheel ? lights = your reflexes on the lights is way off ! big improvement in time if you can - get it together ?

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Reaction time has absolutely nothing to do with ET. No reason to try to get a good light when testing.

[@nrken1]

Love the sound of that engine!

[@gregbarhorst3986]

Love how you changed the shifter to pull down to go up a gear

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Reverse manual valve body, helps big time with the column shifter!

[@earth2steven197]

My column shifted car has reverse manual VB also with Lokar linkage. How did you get your shifter to spring back between gear shifts?

[@HorsepowerDepot]

@@earth2steven197 it doesn’t spring back, if you shift too far it will go 1st to 3rd. I have the factory detent ground 1st to 2nd is straight down. Then for 3rd pull the shifter a little bit and go down.

[@williamstamper442]

My '70 Olds 442 came with buckets and column shift. When I first put the manual reverse valvebody in I never could make the column shift work. Kept banging 1st to 3rd. Put in a cheetah floor shifter. Really wanna go back to column shift and make it work. Car runs 10.80@122

[@jonlambert321]

So to understand this times on pupm gas is due to big block and electronics ?

[@HorsepowerDepot]

No pump gas. We run Q16.

[@dondotterer24]

Did you eventually hear if the other guy was OK?

[@HorsepowerDepot]

I did not hear anything. He did walk to the ambulance.

[@dondotterer24]

@@HorsepowerDepot good

[@theinsaneshecklador6598]

He actually posted comment on this vid 5 days ago. Said his car was a total loss but it sounded like he is doing OK.

[@dondotterer24]

@@theinsaneshecklador6598 cool thanks

[@f5garage401]

I need to do trunk kee lanyard like that

[@HorsepowerDepot]

It’s nice. Don’t ever have to worry about pulling the keys out of the ignition to get into the trunk, also not worrying about the key falling out. It’s actually an NHRA rule to be able to get into the trunk at any time.

[@f5garage401]

@@HorsepowerDepot what did you use to make it?

[@HorsepowerDepot]

@@f5garage401 an old throttle cable. Same thing as steel wire rope from Lowes.

[@thomasward4505]

And what happened to the rest of the video of the crash from the starting line?

[@lildno2007]

What gear ratios you running now

[@HorsepowerDepot]

4.10 rear gear

[@RacerXGarage]

Do you have EFI on this car? Noticed the 3.5 dash. If not, how are you running the Holley 3.5 screen?

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Holley efi is controlling the electronics, still has a carb controlling the fuel.

[@brianalbrecht4423]

@@HorsepowerDepot ....glad to here that...😀

[@jeremymcnicol9585]

Looks like new first gear in trans is working

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Yes and no. Needs more work lol

[@motoweenies4431]

I was wondering where your trans brake was, I thought it was one of the steering wheel buttons. Is that it on the brake pedal?

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Transbrake is on a spiral cord, 2step is on the brake pedal, steering wheel button is the line lock.

[@approachingtarget.4503]

I love the FAST series. Have you guys heard about the no name nationals? It would be outstanding to have a few of these cars at the event.

[@prostreetmafia806]

No way you raced my shity malibu 🤣😂🤣

[@prostreetmafia806]

And that's a 26 10.5 15 tinny tier

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Lol hell yeah! It was a 64/65 Malibu/Chevelle that I was talking about, it had a big ol tar lol. I guess it is kinda confusing in the video to say that then pull up next to you with a 26 lol.

[@prostreetmafia806]

Yea I stood no chance that day against you this Ls deal has fought the crap outta me I think I did more hits on the test road then the track lol beautiful car im sure you caught me staring at it a couple times in the lanes

[@phild6509]

What an awesome car. What vacuum pump do you use?

[@theinsaneshecklador6598]

He talks about it in his "Secrets revealed" vid. It's powered by a cordless drill battery and I think I remember him saying or commenting it was made by Star Machine but I might be wrong about that part.

[@phild6509]

@@theinsaneshecklador6598 thanks. I will check it out

[@rjmzz430]

Is that a reverse pattern column shift?

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Yes it is.

[@rjmzz430]

@@HorsepowerDepot pretty cool... Looks like it works well!

[@dondotterer24]

Are you guys running tubes?

[@HorsepowerDepot]

Yes.