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When Lingenfelter Performance Engineering announced it had crossed the 200-mph mark in its tuned Camaro ZL1, the man guiding the wheel was Hot Rod editor-in-chief Dave Freiburger. We saw a short video of the run in the 702-horsepower - that's at the wheels - coupe, but in the latest episode of Hot Rod Unlimited, Freiburger offers the long-form backstory of what it took to get to 202.6 mph exactly.

Continental Tire's proving grounds in Uvalde, Texas aren't Italy's Nardo Ring (where the 2013 Shelby GT500 did 202 mph), and there was much more involved than keeping steady on the straights and hanging on the banks. Scroll down for the video.Continue reading Watch Hot Rod hit 202 MPH in Lingenfelter Camaro ZL1

Watch Hot Rod hit 202 MPH in Lingenfelter Camaro ZL1 originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 09 May 2012 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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5thgen69camaro

Good find. This is cool but almost seems like it needs an astrix after the 202.6 the way he describes hitting that mark. He said the car would not come close to 200 early on because of the temp of fluid. So he had to take it easy then hit it hard to break 200. I would think would not be long before the temp heated up and forced the car back down to 180.

I have a feeling some on here might say I am just crapping on this car or accomplishment when I cant afford it. If so I dont agree. When the ZR1 broke 200 on the Autobahn I got the impression if the driver could control the car it would stay there for as long as he needed within reason. If I did have the money for this car, I would have felt a lot better if they said something like "While trying to hit the 200 mark we exposed a cooling weak point and heres how we fixed it to bring you a better car" What they did was, here is how we worked around the cars flaws so we could make the 200+ claim for a short period of time. Your ability to reproduce this will entirely depend not on your ability to drive but your ability to keep the car from over heating. Good luck!