Holy Tyre Smoke, There’s Now A 1000bhp Chevrolet Camaro

Limited to just 25 examples, the extensively tuned Yenko/SC Stage II Camaro cranks out 1000bhp, and you can buy it through regular Chevy dealers
Holy Tyre Smoke, There’s Now A 1000bhp Chevrolet Camaro

The Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE has just spawned a much, much angrier brother called the Yenko/SC. Courtesy of Specialty Vehicle Engineering (SVE), you can buy into a limited run of massively tuned examples with up to 1000bhp.

A four-figure power output in a rear-wheel drive car? Well, we all know how that story goes, and it involves inevitably getting yourself onto the Christmas card list of your local tyre shop. But hey, much like the 975bhp Fireball 900 Camaro of 2016 it does sound like a hilarious bundle of silly fun.

Holy Tyre Smoke, There’s Now A 1000bhp Chevrolet Camaro

The 455bhp, 455lb ft Camaro SS 1LE is hardly a slouch as it stands. The 1LWE package adds a host of track-focused modifications that help control its power, spanning Magnetic Ride Control suspension, six-piston Brembo brakes and aerodynamics.

But in SVE’s slightly unhinged grip the 6.2-litre normally-aspirated V8 is enlarged to 6.8 litres and then supercharged. Because of course it is. A list of strength-boosting extras add internal reliability. The result, in Stage II guise, is that magic four-figure power output and a crushing 875lb ft of torque. Oversteer really shouldn’t be difficult. Staying out of ditches might be.

Stage I cars lose the two-tone wheels
Stage I cars lose the two-tone wheels

The Stage II kit features unique 20-inch wheels clothed with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S super-sticky road rubber while there’s a bit of a weight cut at the front in the shape of a carbon bonnet, which will at least partly offset the addition of the supercharger kit.

Only 25 will be made, but there’s a choice of 10 body colours and nine shades for the retro Yenko/SC graphics along the sides. As if it really matters there are new, embroidered floor mats, model-specific sill plates and a plaque denoting which of the 25 cars each one is.

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Posted by Specialty Vehicle Engineering, Inc. on Wednesday, September 26, 2018

If you feel that 1000bhp might be a tad extreme for your daily drive, there’s also a Stage I car with an obviously far more sedate 835bhp. You don’t get the wheel and tyre upgrades but you do still get more power than you’re likely to need. Like the Stage II, only 25 Stage Is will be made.

If you fancy one then you’d better get saving. Hard. At retail prices a standard 1SS 1LE-spec Camaro will set you back a minimum of $44,995 including destination charge, but excluding any dealer discounts. For a fully-installed Stage I Yenko/SC kit it’s a frankly hilarious $46,995 or for the full-bananas Stage II setup it’ll be $66,995. That makes a brand-spanking new 1000bhp Camaro $111,990 (£85,730). Worth it?

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Comments

RWB Dude

2 Fast 2 Furious intensifies

10/18/2018 - 21:13 |
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Anonymous

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10/18/2018 - 22:46 |
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Anonymous

The power is nuts but I HATE the new camaro body

10/18/2018 - 23:41 |
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Destroya

Feel free to give this comment as many downvotes as humanly possible, but…
That front end is f*ing UGLY!!!

10/19/2018 - 00:37 |
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Holy Tyre Smoke, There’s Now A 1000bhp Chevrolet Camaro
1985 c4 lover

Talk act like the demon the only car produce 800 hp , yenko and chevy have made production drag cars forever, but none of them are street legal cuz it be pointless to buy a car that you can’t use on the drag strip(Demon)

10/19/2018 - 07:19 |
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Dave 12

As a novelty in a car collection then definitely! Although I’m sure a lot of people would consider this the perfect car.

10/19/2018 - 10:38 |
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Anonymous

With all these vehicles breaking 1000bhp, it had just gotten too boring. This is news? Come back when vehicles start having 10.000bhp.

10/19/2018 - 14:17 |
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Griffin Mackenzie

Why does it look like a dart LMAO

10/20/2018 - 03:03 |
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Jared G.

Ooooo the legendary Yenko camaro has returned!

10/20/2018 - 10:19 |
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Anonymous

Lowkey wanna see a guy in a tesla race this to see who wins…and if its the camaro..then the fanboys can stop going on about how there isnt a production car that can beat the p100d for that price…the demon can win some of the time but i feel like the 1000hp will end it

10/21/2018 - 14:57 |
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