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COPO vs COPO

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#1 ·
drag this car with the Challenger Demon
Though the COPO Camaro is down on overall power, it’s still capable of running quarter-mile times in the 8.5-second range at 162 mph. The Demon? 9.65 seconds at 140 mph.
 
#2 ·
There's one problem with this, GM's COPO Camaro's are not street legal, they're built for the drag strip. A fair comparison would be a COPO against one of Chrysler's DRAG PAK Challengers. This is their factory racecar that you can buy if you can afford one, just like the COPO and Ford's newest COBRA JET Mustangs.
They're currently running 7's at over 170 MPH.
 
#3 ·
There's one problem with this, GM's COPO Camaro's are not street legal, they're built for the drag strip. A fair comparison would be a COPO against one of Chrysler's DRAG PAK Challengers. This is their factory race car that you can buy if you can afford one, just like the COPO and Ford's newest COBRA JET Mustangs.
They're currently running 7's at over 170 MPH.
You can still make a COPO Camaro street legal in Louisiana depending on what boxes you checked on the COPO form. Same for the Chrysler and Ford.

As to the speeds and times - that is just a retune or a 'chip' change away for all of them.
 
#4 ·
The Drag Pak Challengers that have been built by Roush industries are dedicated race cars only and cannot be street driven. They all come with warnings on them stating this.
They only use lightweight glass that isn't legal for street use, and have zero insulation anywhere. There is no heater, windshield wipers, radio, passenger or rear seats, side view mirrors, or gauges in the dash. You get a stripped down, lightweight drag car with no warranties of any kind.

The manufacturers haven't used "chips" to change the tune up on these cars for years now, everything is monitored and adjustable using a laptop at the race track.
 
#5 ·
If they are Roush Industries prepared products they are no longer Chrysler prepared or sold vehicles. These are exactly the factory COPO optioned type vehicles that the State of Louisiana catagorizes as being home built. And as long as you bring them up to their current MOT specs - you can license them to be street legal.

If you were paying attention - the 'lap tops' are still unplugged from the HDMI portals after the adjustments are made to the various internal 'chips'.