Visible progress!

[JoeC]

I am a big Don Yenko fan but he was above all a car salesman and did tend to exaggerate and his memory was not 100%. To his credit, he was very smart and he may have remembered that he ordered a special suspension on the COPO Camaros and a special BE rear which the Nova didn't have although a L78 Nova had similar HD rear end set up.
A 1969 427 Yenko Nova and '69 427 Camaro with identical drive train would be a toss up in a drag race. If you bench race them you can say that the Nova may hook up a little better because it's longer rear overhang may put more wt. on rear tires. The Nova's 14 inch tire would give lower gear ratio then the Camaro 15 inch tire. The Camaro may produce higher mph as it has lower drag (better aero) and the cold air hood may help it on top end. All things considered, it would be close race. Who knows maybe a blue Yenko Nova and a yellow Yenko Camaro may go at it sometime.
[img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]