Jon Carmean Freelance Contributor

Jon is a hardcore fan of F-bodies and anything drag racing. Owning many F-bodies over his lifetime, Jon works on his own cars himself. Jon started freelancing for powerTV in 2009.


For an extra $16,500 you can throw on the Livernois performance package and up your horsepower level to 660 wheel horsepower and 602 pound-feet of torque at the wheels. Did we mention that’s through an automatic transmission? Not too shabby.

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A few weeks ago, there was a story reported by Jalopnik.com about how higher speed limits will increase safety, which turned out to be a big hoax. A firm out of Australia came out with a study that looked legit; even going so far as to include contact information and other supporting documents.

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During this year’s game there was a lot of excitement. But not all the excitement was over the game. This year, fans where glued to the TV to make sure they didn’t miss a minute of the car commercials, particularly one for Chevrolet.

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After blowing the big block Chevy one-too-many times, he traded for a ’99 Hugger Orange Camaro SS. As time went on Randy’s curiosity got the best of him as to what happened to the ’70 after the trade. After a bit of searching, he ending up finding it on eBay with only 1,600 additional miles added.

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Ferrari is one of the world’s most popular exotic car makers. Their cars are known for horsepower, top speed and the very expensive price tag. So what if you are not so lucky as to own one of these exotics? What’s the next best thing? Could it be a kit car transplanted over the shell of a third-gen Camaro?

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Hennessey Performance has been a leading fabricator on high performance cars like the Dodge Viper, Ford GT, and Chevy Corvette for years. They have produced some record breaking race cars along with very fast street car for customers. The name Hennessey demands respect.

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For over an hour a 23-year-old from New Mexico took police on a chase down an interstate in a new Camaro SS. The driver’s speed was in excess of 120mph while dodging spike strips. Finally, police where able to get a spike strip under the car’s wheels, blowing out all four tires and stopping the chase.

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We all wish we would have kept our 1969 Camaro SS or Shelby cobra when we where younger, not knowing they would become classic collectors cars. Many of these cars are hard to find or very expensive to buy these days. But who would have known back in the day they would be such classic sought after cars.

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We just love finding wild and crazy home brewed car project builds. Recently we came across and insane garage build over on bangshift.com. The build will consist of an AMC AMX body mated to a modern day GTO coupe. Now I know what your thinking this will never work, well guys it does and with only a few mods with narrowing the GTO frame, the body will bolt right up.

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Remember when the V6 version of the Camaro was the car you bought for your spoiled teenage daughter, or because you couldn’t afford the insurance on an SS? Things are very different today – check out what a little nitrous can do!

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Chevrolet has a few different models of the Camaro that includes the powerful SS. In 2012 Chevy will look to release the long awaited Camaro Z/28 that is rumored to have a supercharger and LS3 engine making 560-plus-horsepower, similar to the Cadillac CTS-V engine and supercharger combo.

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The Pontiac G8 was released in 2008 and was short lived till 2009 when Pontiac pulled its plug. The G8 was introduced as a family car with the muscle and power of a sports car. The car was given 3 different types of power plants under the hood.

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If you are seen in a Lambo or Ferrari you are assumed to have money, power and respect. Although these cars would be great to have, most of us can’t afford even a fraction of what these cars cost. Until now!

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We have seen some pretty interesting LS swaps, but then again there are some cars you just never expect to see with an LS under the hood. Then we came across a very unique swap over on LS1Tech. Board member 1dirtyZ has begun a long, expensive journey of swapping an LS engine into a 2001 Porsche 996.

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One of the most popular cars on the market today is the new Chevy Camaro. With its aggressive styling and powerful engine it’s the perfect base for car customizers around the world.

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The modern traffic lights have been around since the dawn of time. With its classic red, yellow, green signals and the wait between them turning can get frustrating when your late for work and the darn light just won’t change to green.

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When the car was finished they strapped the engine to a dyno and pulled out an amazing 1,738 HP at only 22 pounds of boost and still aren’t running at its full boost setting. The first pass dialed in at 207 MPH, backed by an impressive 214 at only 11 PSI.

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