Woooo...how purdy...

This summer we brought you the first look at Lingenfelter’s new 5th Gen Drag Camaro that was being built to compete in the Real Street Class of the LSX Challenge Series. In that story we reported that the new Lingenfelter Drag Camaro would be powered by a 358 cubic inch LSX, pressurized by a single 76mm turbo, and now thanks to this video Lingenfelter recently posted to YouTube, we can all get a look at this bad-boy at work on the dyno.

The engine features a “flat plane” crankshaft, which means that the throws are arranged to be 180 degrees apart, rather than just 90 degrees like a typical V8. Flat Plane cranks can potentially be stronger than conventional cranks thanks to the forging process, and require much less counterweight for primary balance – meaning lighter weight, for quicker and higher revs.

The flat plane crank is on the right. Notice the much smaller counter weights.

Having the crank throws 180 degrees apart essentially makes the engine into two four cylinders attached at the crank. Graham Behan from Lingenfelter told us back in July, ““We feel that to optimize an engine to run with a 76mm turbo, we have to peak power way late – something like 8500 RPM is what we’re going to try for peak power. The flat plane gives us some advantages, in my mind.”

Lingenfelter reports in the video that the 358 LSX is pumping out well over 1,000 horsepower, and we can’t wait to see what this thing will do strapped into a purpose built chassis.

Bonus: If you liked it with the lights on, check it out in darkness…