Hennessey Camaro, 705hp

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Dave

you're one of those ''wallet tuner'' guys arent ya?

No, I've built my own motors but when it's brand new.. yeah I'm paying to have it modded. I've built a 2 stroke race engine for my dirt bike and 2 chevy SB engines in the past.

[Dave]

fair enough, i wouldnt ever buy new in the first place. tends to skew my outlooks a bit

[Adeptus_Minor]

Hell... to *not* be a wallet tuner these days, you practically need to be a computer programmer or electrical engineer.
(but if you're either of those things, you're likely a wallet tuner anyway )

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Hell... to *not* be a wallet tuner these days, you practically need to be a computer programmer or electrical engineer.
(but if you're either of those things, you're likely a wallet tuner anyway )

Hey now, some of us like to get our hands dirty.

[Chris S]

Originally Posted by goof2

I'm interested to see what happens with the value of these cars in the future. Yenko did this with some early Camaros and while I don't know about now, they commanded a hefty premium over factory Camaros of the same vintage not long ago.

Wasn't Yenko associated w/ Chevy in some semi-official capacity? At any rate, Yenko had a much better rep than Hennessey. An OEM Camaro will be a much less worse "investment" than a Hennessey Camaro - I can assure you of that.

[RACER X]

Originally Posted by Chris S

Wasn't Yenko associated w/ Chevy in some semi-official capacity? At any rate, Yenko had a much better rep than Hennessey. An OEM Camaro will be a much less worse "investment" than a Hennessey Camaro - I can assure you of that.

are you sure, i mean that was 30-35yrs ago.....who knows if Yenko wasn't pulling similar shinanigans back then. you'd think if hennessy was such a crook he wouldn't be doing as well as he is.

he's also developed a high hp GT-R also

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Hell... to *not* be a wallet tuner these days, you practically need to be a computer programmer or electrical engineer.
(but if you're either of those things, you're likely a wallet tuner anyway )

hell man its not that difficult. Dont try headers on an nsx though, 18 hour job without a lift. Easy

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Chris S

Wasn't Yenko associated w/ Chevy in some semi-official capacity? At any rate, Yenko had a much better rep than Hennessey. An OEM Camaro will be a much less worse "investment" than a Hennessey Camaro - I can assure you of that.

Other than being a Chevy dealer I don't believe so. Are you possibly thinking of Copo Camaros? Copos were ordered and built from the Chevy factory and they were offered more as a response to what Yenko was doing.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by goof2

Other than being a Chevy dealer I don't believe so. Are you possibly thinking of Copo Camaros? Copos were ordered and built from the Chevy factory and they were offered more as a response to what Yenko was doing.

http://www.holisticpage.com/camaro/camaros/copo.htm

[Dave]

Originally Posted by RACER X

are you sure, i mean that was 30-35yrs ago.....who knows if Yenko wasn't pulling similar shinanigans back then. you'd think if hennessy was such a crook he wouldn't be doing as well as he is.

he's also developed a high hp GT-R also

and yenko built civics in the late 70s