Full Build: Classic Camaro 700+ HP Road Course Beast - DIRECTOR'S CUT

This wild ride transforms a classic 1972 Camaro into a modern road course beast. Built for our friends EBC Brakes, it is brimming with cutting-edge performance upgrades and sleek aesthetics.
Under the hood, our Camaro boasts a custom Small Block Chevy built by Engine Power that pumps out over 700 horsepower in a naturally aspirated package.
What better way to achieve weight reduction and improved aerodynamics than with carbon fiber? We’ve swapped out the stock steel panels and trunk lid for custom-made carbon fiber ones.
Performance at the track? With better weight distribution and a significant drop in overall heft, our Camaro is primed for sharper turns and faster lap times. Not to mention, it looks absolutely killer with those slick carbon fiber touches highlighting its classic lines.
PARTS USED IN THIS EPISODE
ARP
8740 Chrome Moly
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ARP
ARP Stainless Steel Bolts
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Classic Industries
1970-73 Camaro Rally Sport; Front Bumper Nose
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Classic Industries
1970-73 Camaro; Tail Lamp Lens; Left
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1970-73 Camaro; Tail Lamp Lens; Right
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Classic Industries
1972-73 Camaro; RS Back Up Lens; Driver Side
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Classic Industries
1972-73 Camaro; RS Back Up Lens; Passenger Side
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Continental Tire
Hoosier Circuit Racing D.O.T. Radial Tires
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EBC Brakes
EBC Balanced Brake Kit
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EBC Brakes
EBC Blue Stuff Brake Pads
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EBC Brakes
EBC Brakes
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EBC Brakes
Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines
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Holley
Hans Pro Ultra Lite
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Holley
Simpson Racing Checkers Suit
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Holley
Simpson Racing DNA X2 Shoes
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Holley
Simpson Racing Magnata Gloves
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Holley
Simpson Racing Nomex Socks
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Holley
Simpson Racing Pro-Fit Balaclava White Head Sock
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Holley
Simpson Racing SA2020 Bandit Helmet
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P.O.R. Products
POR 15 Cleaner Degreaser
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P.O.R. Products
POR15 Metal Prep
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P.O.R. Products
POR15 Top Coat
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Rogue Fabrication
Metal Tube Bender M625
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Rogue Fabrication
VersaNotcher
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Schaeffer Specialized Lubricants
708 Supreme 7000 Synthetic Plus Racing Oil
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Summit Racing
Detroit Speed Inc. Mini-Tub Kit
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Summit Racing
Lifeline Zero 2020 Fire Suppression System
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Summit Racing
Wheel Fit Professional Wheel Fitment Tool Kit
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Summit Racing
AeroCatch 120 Series Plus Flush Mount Hood Pins
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Allstar Performance Threaded Tubes
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Classic Performance Spindles
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Detroit Speed U-Bolt Kits
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QA1 Custom REV Series Carbon Fiber Driveshaft
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Summit Racing
Radium Engineering RA-Series Fuel Cell
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Summit Racing
RideTech Subframe Bushing Kit
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Summit Racing
Summit Racing Chassis Shield Catalyst
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Summit Racing
Summit Racing Epoxy Primer
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Summit Racing
Summit Racing Insulated Clamps
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Summit Racing
Summit Racing Oval Exhaust Tubing
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UMI Performance
Suspension System
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3030 AUTOSPORT
MOD3 Series Wheels
Blast From the Past
Sand Blasting & Powder Coating
Classic Industries
Camaro Nose Cone
Graphic Effects
Camaro Wrap
GUNIWHEEL
Guniwheel Wheels
Holley
Holley EFI 12.3" Pro Dash
MISHIMOTO
Aluminum Radiator
MISHIMOTO
Fan Shroud Kit
Nine Lives Racing
Big Wang Kit
Quick Performance
Full Floating Axle
Radium Engineering
Fuel Cell
Radium Engineering
Fuel Neck
SKF USA Inc.
X-Tracker Hub Bearings
Speedway Motors
Steering Column
Switch-Pros
Switch Panel Power System
UMI Performance
Viking Performance Shocks & Coil Overs

[@Maxxed_Out_Garage_Erwin_TN]

I've been watching Power Nation since it started, This is my favorite episode ever, Awesome Build!

[@jackwebb5917]

I think I fainted for 3 minutes when he so casually cut the roof off!😳

[@thralldumehammer]

Was the sound not synchronized for anyone else? Just wondering

[@georgewashington1414]

Was in the beginning then it went off

[@thralldumehammer]

@@georgewashington1414 I noticed after I made the comment

[@alexanderpena129]

i restarted my app many times thinking it was my internet lmfoaoooo

[@DaKing95]

I thought the third gen Camaro they chopped up was bad enough, this takes the cake! Good god

[@jeffnash9333]

I have to agree with others.... Cutting up an original gen ll Z28? As nice as this one "was" to start with, this should have been a restoration not a distruction.... Up side, it makes the rest of them worth that much more.....😊

[@დავითიკუჭუაშვილი]

💙! this camaro

[@tremec6]

This car had the will to survive for 51 years until it got in the hands of these guys.

[@stevencuenca1980]

Pulling ol girl apart wouldve been a pleasure...so clean.😊

[@georgewashington1414]

The real hero is that drill bit at the 47:24 - 47:45

[@alexpresler1449]

How? Drilling through aluminum is ridiculously easy.

[@groverracing33]

Anybody else remember when they had good informative hosts? Doing the main hoop, he says the total length it needed to be, and then 0 about figuring out the bends or anything else involved..... or hey, lets make a bracket, I'll just head over to my plasma table...so relatable 😂 Weird build, put all that good stuff on the front, move the motor, but then stick with leafs in the back?

[@notme2221]

That's what I was trying to figure out. If I was putting all this money towards a complete conversion I would throw a 4 link at it. Granted I've never installed one, but everyone I know says a 4 link is better then leaf spring with traction bars.

[@babyhuez597]

Great show. I prefer power nation over MotorTrend.

[@teddysmith457]

You guys should have run ladder bars or four links with them coil overs, instead of frigging leaf springs. In short, you should have back halved it❤

[@kevintaylor3306]

Hey dumb a... They're building a corner Carver not a drag car.

[@sgtmac21]

Great build and really enjoyed watching your video! I had a 72 RS SS Camaro just out of high school and sold it before i left for my new USAF base in Italy way back in the early 80's. Makes me wish I still had it!

[@ronaldhellengreen7063]

Sure can't understand doing that too an original Z28 when there is so many other Gen 2 Camaros out there that would have been excellent candidates! Just saying! PEACE ✌️

[@thralldumehammer]

I'm a Mopar guy and was wondering the same thing

[@anderssvemark8302]

@@thralldumehammerAm a Mopar guy too from Sweden

[@LogicalLighting]

Totally agree

[@ronaldhellengreen7063]

@LogicalLighting Great minds think alike brother! PEACE ✌️

[@LastCallDemon170]

yeah like my 1979 Camaro I bought for $2500. They made more of those than any other year. I painted some insane stuff on it on my channel

[@RAKEyon]

That looks fun.nice build

[@MrAndrew1400]

Great build guys but I don’t understand a couple of things.. Why didn’t you paint the top of the cage before installing the roof? You are all very concerned about using the correct PPE, yet you are using grinders without guards??

[@nickayivor8432]

👌 👍

[@donniemorrell-lq4lu]

When they were marking the holes for the rear deck lid they could have removed the fuel cell and went through there to mark the holes work smart guys

[@kevinlewis9151]

Really? All that gorgeous interior?

[@oldboy707]

just listen to that motor sing , wow.

[@tremec6]

Victor Frankenstein wouldn't have done this to this car.

[@jake-dw2fw]

Hate to see such a solid camaro butchered like this mainly because the split bumper is my favorite of all the camaros. We've all seen much worse classic cars brought back to full glory and this one was perfect for a restoration or resto-mod but not this.

[@koelzspeedgarage2796]

That car didn't look bad before it was chopped up. It wasn't a rust bucket. You ruined a great original car.

[@kajpirinen1831]

Could it also be worthwhile to strengthen the circumferences of the attachment points of the front end lower support arms, i.e. holes that are only factory-drilled into the old front frame beam into the frame, for example by just welding thick washers, i.e. brads, over the holes as reinforcement.

[@DontCryAboutIt]

2:57 What's going on with the vise?

[@AndyTheSupremeBeing]

Man, I had a 72 dark green camaro with the black landeu top back in like 1987- 1992 or so? Biggest regret I've ever had was selling it. Wonder if that's my old one? Sad thing is though is that I don't have any of the info on it. Got lost in the 5 moves and 2 marriages over the last 35 years.

[@cjcoleman7372]

Why are the rockers installed in the firing order? Is it due to the cam lobs being at TDC or?

[@blakameatmon]

So let me understand this, because this beautiful example of an increasingly rare car had a dent in it You think it's time to cut it up?

[@zerocontent3171]

Another beautiful rare classic destroyed by some idiots. If your gonna build a race car don't use something that is desirable to put back on the road use something that nobody wants to ever put back together and make nice again. I still can't believe you cut up a split bumper Z28camaro ..... bad move guys. Seriously bad carma.

[@kajpirinen1831]

Why you didn't make / weld that safety cage symmetrically tubes inside the car? That kind of safty cage you made asymmetric does not support the car frame evenly and therefore enables the car frame to live differently, especially in tight curves, depending on how the car turns and leans in different directions when driving.

[@supercharged2414]

iI hate seeing a classic Camaro butchered into a race car. Can't even watch this happen!

[@anderssvemark8302]

What is the totaly cost of this rebuild?

[@Anythingautomotive]

Hard to say; they get sponsorships for parts so they don’t pay full price or pay anything at all.

[@RalphIvanDelaTonga]

That things hott

[@Harley.Davidson]

😂 when you have an unlimited corporate bank roll driving your blasphemous attempts at hot rodding.....

[@flammer6479]

Not doing any corrosion treatment or paint on frame or undercarriage?

[@jacksonmarshallkramer5087]

Took a nice classic car and phuktitup.

[@vsavage_old_rockerz]

im at 18,973 dollars, bringing my ratty 71 Camaro back from the dead and its no where this kind of effort. this build must be 200,000 dollars?????

[@jaylamer-u2h]

I love it the parts are somewhat straight we're only building a race car. LoL

[@raythemanroe]

Love the car but the wing would be gone so fast, spoiler looks so much better for that car

[@giggiddy]

Watched this years ago. Not sure who these two fellas are. I remember lots of hosts. But these two I dont recall. Both look the same. 😅

[@QuigzDrifts]

Whats different about this "director's cut" version?

[@jaylamer-u2h]

I love the hairstyle it's like something from Star wars. LoL

[@jaylamer-u2h]

I like how they use regular safety glasses while cutting metal having sparks flying everywhere instead of using goggles Sparks can get inside of regular safety glasses. But when using chemicals then they decide to use goggles. LoL

[@user-gn1ic9ww8q]

theres jimbob. have u seen your dad? i jusr asked u that yesterday. long time no here... lol

[@teddysmith457]

You should turn that ball cap around so you don’t look so silly

[@chriswalker6776]

This is why I quit watching the show. It's ok to take a basket case junkyard car and gut it out but a perfectly great car and ruin it nah crazy

[@hawkdsl]

Oh yea, this is the "Let's take a pristine condition 70's Camaro , and hack the sh*t out of it" episode.

[@VernonWallacejr-hu4yg]

Yo that junk the back shows they should have used hood pins a lot cheaper and not a lot of trouble to put in

[@DontCryAboutIt]

When was the last time you just picked up an axle housing? Lol

[@bobechs7234]

How do you ensure you make the rear flares symmetrical to each other instead of having two different potato-shapes? Oh, I see... you don't

[@vickypratamaputra4363]

1972 Chevrolet Camaro RS

[@LastCallDemon170]

😩

[@franciscooper.retired]

How can you bring yourselves to chop a beautiful car like a 72 Camero. Restore it, and drive it for pleasure, not tear around a race track. What a waste of a great car.

[@condunphy1568]

You ran fuel lines next to the driveshaft, the transmission, the bell housing. Pretty sure that will fail tech inspection. A driveline failure could rupture those lines and cause a massive fire. Bad, bad idea.

[@nuffsaid8082]

Can it spray plasti dip

[@E.Bandier]

Nice🎉

[@josephnelson48]

Their ruining a perfect original car..stupid..

[@Youralwayswhining4367]

Agreed, preach

[@koelzspeedgarage2796]

I agree

[@maegenyoungs2591]

So you welded solid bars out front to a car that has a bolted in cross member on polyurethane bushings.. Yeah it won’t crack..

[@keithjagarnath5137]

Sacrilige ............race cars have short life span and never promote classic car usage, go do this to a tesla

[@mightyeagle]

You guys should invest in some health and safety all that money you guys have to do these shows and then no guards on the grinders with a cutting disc wait to let thing flies off and goes through your chest

[@dizzle123able]

Should of just got a donor car off marketplace or eBay. Why butcher a nice car?

[@ACZ921]

What a way to ruin a beautiful car.

[@no-purpose-here]

the good old days are gone and soon old peeps will be too. count your days, and your luck.

[@SUNSHINE-fd4vb]

This car has been wrecked before, perfect candidate to make a race/track car. Cry about it to yo mama.

[@CameronNelson-t6q]

Shut your mouth up bro let them do what they want to

[@ronaldbutler9687]

I didn't see anything wrecked. I must have missed it.I would prefer a street legal race car.At the track they have more rules than law's on the street

[@TheRoadhammer379]

​@@no-purpose-herehow do you know the OP is old?

[@tsquare936]

Disappointed should have kept the wrap off 😢

[@dylanbaxter1]

Boomers in the comments are in shambles. Great build.

[@tremec6]

What’s you two guys major malfunction? Why destroy a numbers matching Gen II Z28 and for what? An inline 6, why not. A 307, maybe, but butcher an original factory muscle? That’s unjustly. There’s a lot of things in life what’s not to do and this is one of them. SMFH.

[@hiroklyph4568]

But… it’s actually racing…IDK

[@lesleykg9439]

something is missing,not that good .

[@EmergencyGuy]

The sound gets out of sync.