obeying the NMCA 7.5 pounds per cubic inch rule for nitros cars. Inside the mini Rat
spins a Crowler billet crank, BMF rods, and Ross pistons wearing Speed-Pro rings. A
Jessel beltdrive turns the custom ground Comp Cams roller actuating Strait line
Performance pushrods and Jessel shaft rockers. Fast Times ported Dart/Olds Pro
Stock aluminum heads flow enormous amounts of nitrous, air, and fuel past Victory
Titanium intake and exhaust valves, all of which gets ignited by a hot spark from the
MSD crank trigger system. The engine breaths through a Kinsle four barrel throttle
body sitting on top of a Fast Times modified Dart cast aluminum intake manifold. The
speed pro EFI system drinks up more than 2 gallons of VP race juice per mile and is
fed by a Weldon electric fuel pump hanging next to the radiator. This baby cranked out
more than 1,300 hp and 1,100 lb-ft of torque on the dyno, exhaling through a pair of
DynoMax mufflers enough to push the Camaro to the best of 7.95 at 144.40 mph at
Atlanta Dragway.
  All of that power won't do much good if it doesn't make it to the ground, so Scavo
contracted TRZ Race Cars in Alsip Illinois to set up the chassis and install the 10 point
cage.  A Dean Cameron built TH400 or Powerglide (depending on the track) absorbs
torque from the Automatic Trans Design 9 inch converter and sends it back through an
Inland aluminum driveshaft. TRZ hung a Chassis Engineering (CE) 9-inch Ford rear
end using Strange internals under the modified rear framerails. The CE four link
suspension uses AFCO shocks and springs to plant the tires and CE wheelie bars to
keep the bumper off the ground. Up front, TRZ modified the equil lenght A-arms to
accommodate the CE rack-and-pinion steering and AFCO shocks and springs. The
Camaro hooks up on Weld Aluma Star wheels wearing M/T slicks and is slowed
courtesy of Strange Engineering four wheel disk brakes.
  The boys know they could not have made this project a success  if it wasn't for the
help from guys like Jerry Raucci and John Degrado at Moldtec in Roselle, Illinois, who
helped fabricate and machine the countless custom pieces that went on this car.
Scavo says that he will always consider himself a down to earth street racer and likes
racing because, as he so eloquently puts it,  "I enjoy pain, difficult people,
unreasonable time frames, and people like me." Sounds like all the right reasons tpo
go racing. CHP