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All-Motor Domination: Van Geibel’s Camaro Sets Half-Mile Records
By
Brian Wagner June 25, 2019
Van Geibel’s 1969 Camaro has been a work in progress since he purchased it back in 2006. One thing has remained the same during that time: the car has never seen a power-adder bolted to the engine while Geibel has owned it. That dedication to the all-motor craft has earned him many wins and, recently, the title of the fastest naturally-aspirated car in the WannaGoFast half-mile series.
The Camaro that Geibel pilots retains the factory steel body and weighs in at 3,150-pounds. Under the hood is an
Uratchko Racing Engines 694 cubic-inch big-block Chevy engine that uses a
Brodix aluminum block as its base. Inside the mill is a set of
Diamond Pistons slugs and
Trend wrist pins and pushrods that work with the Uratchko-designed valvetrain. A single
Book Racing Enterprises Dominator carburetor and sheet-metal intake manifold suck in the air and mix it with the racing fuel. The TH400 transmission that puts the power down was built by Geibel himself, while a converter from
Neal Chance Racing Converters rounds out the driveline.