In the summer of 2008 Southern California began to shake uncontrollably. Buildings rattled, shelves were toppled and plates smashed on the floor.

What could have caused such violent rocking? Did Matt Kemp hit a homer out of Dodger’s Stadium? Did Godzilla make landfall in LA? Another Alien invasion that Will Smith saved us from?

Actually according to scientists it was the 2008 Chino Hills earthquake, or so they claim. But we have uncovered the real reason this earthquake took place.

It was triggered by David Freiburger after his infamous F-Bomb Camaro broke the 1,500 horsepower barrier. On the Nelson Racing Engines (NRE) dyno it reached 1540.

The Chase for the 8’s

Fast forward to 2015, with the horsepower in the right spot, Freiburger and the guys from NRE (who originally built the car) began working on tweaks in order to push F-Bomb into the 8 second range.

When Freiburger envisioned the F-Bomb Camaro in circa 2006, he wanted a car that produced 1000 horses, could turn an 8 second quarter, and be used as a daily driver in Southern California. With its twin turbo, dual injector per cylinder, all aluminum 406 cubic inch small block Chevy engineered by NRE the F-Bomb was ready to take hot rodding to new heights.

Freiburger and the NRE crew hit the drag strip and began to push the olive drab Camaro toward the 8 Second Barrier. All day passes were made starting with the 9.3 range, after each tune and adjustment to the motor Freiburger inched closer to 8 seconds.

The day had to come to an end but he was able to finish the day with an E.T. Of 9.08. If he had more time and conditions were better, Freiburger believes he could reach 8.99, but that’s only bench racing. Hopefully we will found out soon. Would you daily drive an eight-second musclecar to work? Who wouldn’t, right?

Nelson Racing Engines did a pretty good job fixing the F-Bomb after Dom Toretto wrecked it.