Nelson Racing Engines in Chatsworth Builds The Ultimate Twin-Turbo, First-Gen Camaro...

Since opening its doors in 1995, Nelson Racing Engines of Chatsworth has earned a reputation here in the West San Fernando Valley of building some of the Valley's most radical, high-horsepower applications; their unique dual-injector-per-cylinder and twin-turbo configurations are unmatched. Because of their expansive knowledge and resources, shop owner Tom Nelson and the NRE team are able to build any application from 1500 to 2000+bhp, applications that are built for the street and the strip.

Nelson's most radical creation, by far, is this twin-turbo '69 Camaro SS, which features a high-tech performance package that is unique to NRE. This package includes a 427 small block with twin turbos and dual fuel injectors per cylinder, an engine design that has become an NRE trademark.


NRE's twin-turbo 427 produced around 730bhp on pump gas, but the mill is capable of producing around 1750 with the turbos tweaked on race fuel. Not only this, but NRE's turbo rat was able to create this kind of streetable horsepower just by spooling the turbos to a total of 6 pounds of boost, and the outrageous Camaro is actually street-legal.


The advantage of this setup from NRE is that it offers manageable horsepower, and it does so without nearly tearing the motor's valvetrain apart. The twin-turbos are responsive, and the quick-building boost makes the 427 rev so fast that it bounces off of its own rev limiter.


In this video from NRE, the Camaro is running uncorked, but is still relatively quiet and smooth for a car of its build. Tom Nelson and company built the '69 Camaro, which they call "Split Personality," for a client in Denmark, and we're sure that they will have way too much fun in this twin-turbo pony, if they haven't done so already!


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"Buyavette" Wants You To Consider This '59 For Your Next Cruiser!!!

Buyavette.net, a Corvette super-showroom out of Atlanta, Georgia, presents this neatly-restored, '59 Corvette convertible.

The early 'Vette is by far one of the cleanest that we've seen, the original Roman Red paint and white convertible top offering an overwhelming, "Fabulous-Fifties" blast from the past like only certain, '50s-model Chevs can. The car, as it currently stands, has good-to-excellent condition paint, and all of the 'Vette's chrome seems to be clean and in-tact, though moderate-to-severe scratches, patina and pitting can be found in certain places throughout the chrome.


The 'Vette has red, vinyl interior, and is a fully-documented car with 59,673 original miles recorded. The car's original, 170-horse 283 and 4-speed are in-tact, and the engine's casting number, 3794226, corresponds to a 1958-63 283 engine that would've been installed in a Chevy passenger car or truck.


The motor's casting date also corresponds with the late 1962 calendar year, and the 'Vette's stamp pad reveals a "D" suffix, which corresponds with the 170-185bhp, 283 option for Chev's passenger cars and trucks from 1958-60.


The factory-correct 283 under the hood of this '59 'Vette convertible wears a pair of pre-1967, 350 horse-style Corvette valve covers made from aluminum. Other parts that have been replaced on the early 'Vette include the gas tank, sending unit and floor mats, and the frame appears to be solid with no rust.

All-together, this '59 'Vette is ready to roll and is in desperate search for an early-'Vette enthusiast who would be willing to give the ride a new home.


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