990 Horsepower Fireball Chevrolet Camaro Debuts At 2016 SEMA Show
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The horsepower standard has steadily crept up over the years. Figures found in super cars of the 1990s can now normally be found in an average crossover, and normally with a much smaller displacement. To play today, power better be approaching 1,000 ponies.
The Fireball Chevrolet Camaro has done just that, and at an incredibly affordable price, too. Fireball revealed the first production vehicle with 990 hp and at a starting price of just $90,000. However, it’s only 900 ponies if you cheap out at the starting price.
Fireball has tacked on a supercharger, custom cam, high-performance lifters, long-tube headers, ported heads and much, much more to help the Camaro reach its lofty horsepower figure.
As for design, the Fireball Camaro features a custom hood, wheels and special badging to differentiate itself on the road.
Fireball has made quite a proclamation. 900 horsepower for less than $100 per pony? That may be something many can buy into.
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I was always the d*cks that drove firebirds and camaros ever since I was a kid. The guys that thought the world of themselves and would even make fun of little kids walking by.
I’d never own one.
Corvettes have always been owned by bald knuckleheads with what I can only assume is a problem compensating for their packages.
Harley riders with their loud pipes are also compensating for something. Loud pipes save lives? LOL. Nope. The pipes point BACKWARDS, idiots!
Harley-Davidson motorcycles are farting bolt buckets. Ancient technology from a century past. Riddle: What’s the difference between a Harley-Davidson motorcyle and a Hoover vacuum cleaner? Answer : On a Hoover vaccum cleaner the dirt bag is on the BOTTOM of the machine.
Personal attacks off topic are not comments, Troll.
I’m from Milwaukee, so I ought to know!
I am going to get a green one, so I can go green …
So, it’s an aftermarket company based out of OK vs a Shelby or Hellcat which arrive in full dress from the factory floor. Not surprisingly, there’s no mention of a factory warranty not that it matters once we get used to all the torque and HP.
I don’t understand why anyone would want a 990 horsepower car, but I do.
Regardless it’s a mean & nasty Camaro. GM out did themselves Great Job!!!!
A sad case of overkill. This 900 hp beast cannot do anything any better than a car with half that horsepower rating. There is a limit to how much power you can effectively put to where the rubber meets the road and it tops out around 450 hp or so. Beyond that figure the return on perfomance as a function of power diminishes dramatically. You may get a higher top end speed from such a motor, but where are you going to travel over 200 mph on any road in the world, even if the suspension, handling and aerodynamics would safely allow for it,which they certainly cannot? If you want a kickass sports car drop a high-revving,normally aspirated small block V-8 in a super-light chassie and power train it to a 5-speed tranny and 4.56 rear end. Such a car will suck the doors off anything you come up against up to 100 mph. The 900 hp Camero is just a sad case of willy wagging for someone who can’t get a date. Real men build their own muscle cars and don’t by them off the manufacturer’s clothing rack.
It’s pretty amazing how they are getting that much HP out of these engines! In the early 90’s I had a 70 Mach 1 Mustang with a 351C engine, that I had built to produce 500+ HP ,then I put a 300Hp nitrous fogger system on it. It was unbelievably fast! And cops would pull me over just to ask about it. It was a sleeper car, looked pretty stock, had a 5 speed Doug Nash racing transmission behind the powerplant. But like others have said, there’s not many places to use it on the streets these days. I’d go out after midnight and do 160mph runs on the empty freeways back then. Cars with that much power are fun, but you have to respect the power!
Amazing? Hardly, this is ancient news. Its just that Passenger Car Buyers were stuck with low compression V8s for so many decades they thought that was all there was.
NASCAR teams have been doing this for decades with SBCs
Not with THOSE tires it wont.
May be 900 PEAK HP at a 5 RPM range, but that aint 900 Hp to the road.
Give me 990 MPG and I’ll take notice and give you an cash order. Otherwise, this is so …… foolish.
Is this a factory offering, like the Hellcat? Or is it a licensed vendor like Shelby is to Ford?
Man is this pickuptrucks.com ! ? Because you sure sound like them!! If you don’t like GM -Chevy ,Stay off this page !!
900 HP! Today’s automotive engineering advances are quite impressive. My old 1960 era Dodge muscle cars using 383 and 440 cu inch Mopar engines delivered probably less HP than my present family van, if you account for the change in HP ratings in the early 1970s. Those old cars were also dangerously unstable when you pushed them past 100 mph or when you cornered at high speeds. Today’s cars seem to require far less maintenance, too. But, back then, anyone who wanted to repair their own car problems were able to do so. I remember owning a 1958 Ford Fairlane with a slant six engine that allowed you to stand between the engine and the firewall, when you worked on it. It was just a vertical engine block with a distributor, alternator, and fuel pump sticking out. I like today’s engineering, but I like the looks of the old cars. I often see ads of newer cars on TV trying too desperately to show off a bland and boring design. This Camaro’s design tries desperately to look good, but is quite lacking. I guess the engineering makes up for it.
Social justice warriors and environment wackos will make sure the car is declared illegal. And if not, you’ll be shamed by the Hillary crowd.
I don’t have a “LIMP-WRIST” … I’m all man with a business degree, lead foot, quick reflexes, keen eye, and the need for speed! For all your “lady boys” out there … go out and buy your “little lectric toys” …. whoo hoo!
Ninety-thousand dollars is “affordable?” Sure. Right.