Twin Turbo LS1 Camaro test car

Chassis- "Casper" owned by Mike Moran. First Pro street car to go into the 6's and break 200 mph on Labor day in 1996

Engine- 352 inch factory iron block LS1 built by Wheel to Wheel Powertrain.

Twin turbo system- designed and built by Wheel to Wheel Powertrain.

Combination built to test the limits and potential of the LS1 engine platform in drag racing.

Current best ET 6.86 @ 205 mph

Presently the quickest and fastest LS1 powered vehicle in the world!

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To view video of 6.86 pass click here

It is important to realize that this project really belongs to our employees not Wheel to Wheel Powertrain.  Kurt Urban the current Director of Operations for Wheel to Wheel Powertrain (former engine builder) has been personally buying the parts for the engine for about a year. 

Kurt and several other guys from the shop decided that they wanted to have the fastest LS-1 powered car in the world.  Kurt borrowed a chassis from Mike Moran which just happened to have a fair bit of History, because it was the first production car to go 200 MPH and 6’s.  The team is perfectly capable of building the car from scratch, but it was more of a question of money. Considering Casper was the first car to go into the 6's with a big block Chevy our team thought it would be quite nice to accompolish this feat with a Gen 3 small block.

So the team went to work assembling the engine, fabricating the turbo headers, and induction.  After the team was well on their way they asked Wheel to Wheel for a very modest $2500 contribution for some of the materials.  All the man hours strictly voluntary, and the parts were primarily borrowed.

While others helped out on occasion, the team mainly consisted of the following individuals who sacrificed significant amounts of time, energy and money, all to say they built the world’s fastest LS-1 car.

 

• Kurt Urban - Director of Operations
• Billy Briggs - Engine Build Manager
• Denny Dera – Fabricator
• Dave Brown – Fabricator
• Rick Rasmussen  - Fabricator
• Frank Lamborghini – Fabricator
• Jim Bell – Technician
• Greg Santavy - Technician
• Rich Gala – Dyno and Tuning

Even though Wheel to Wheel Powertrain didn’t officially build and does not own the car or engine, we are capable of and excited about the prospect of building similar projects for customers.  I think that the employees listed above demonstrate the passion for performance that our customers will receive.