SWAP SPIT

ENGINE swaps are always good fodder for sparking online debate, and so it was a safe bet that Warick Meldrum’s Barrapowered Camaro was going to get keyboards a-clackin’. Warick rocked up to the most recent Street Machine Drag Challenge with his freshly finished first-gen Camaro, one of General Motors’ most iconic muscle cars, into which he has placed a factory Ford XR6 Turbo motor! Not even 10-second timeslips could quell the disquiet when we posted a video of it on Facebook.

Deb Fuller – Well done, Warick. Sanjay Joshi – Yuk!!! Sacrilege. Tom Mezzapesa – Confused, very... yeah, just no! Mike Patton – LOL. That’s gotta piss GM fans off. David Capser – What a shame. Shane Murphy – Wow! A whole new level of stupid. Daniel Peachey – So now it sounds like a six-cylinder? Len Mitchell – Get that motor out of there. Ha ha. Euwey Mercer – You ruined a classic muscle car FFS. Kai Alex – Brave of him. Jason Sawyers – Not sure what I hate most about this build, but I love the ‘up yours’ approach. Allan Ingham – Each to their own but… nup. Anthony Koop – Not good. James Whitehouse – Like the RB Mustang in Tokyo Drift. Rotten. Jeff Pahl – Uppercut yourself. Greg Broderick – Reading the comments here makes it even more obvious why people who aren’t “into cars” think that we’re all stupid bogans. It’s a sweet car, it goes like shit off a chrome-plated shovel, and even if you do ever see the thing in the metal, you’ll never get to drive it. Build something better or shove your head back up your arse where it belongs.

Graeme Woods – Personally would like to see a BBC in it, but at least it’s not another TT LS. Zac Paget – No, just no. It’s like my mate’s uncle buying a Ford Falcon just to put a Holden V6 in it, which is understandable! Andy Allen – I don’t know what to think. It’s quick, that’s for sure, but it just ain’t right. Barry Hudgson – Awesome motor. Brendan Carter – One thing all Aussies know is them damn Barras get up and boogie with minimal alterations, and if you have one lying around, why not shoehorn it into something? David Munce – This is plain awesome! Conversions not conversations; more welding, less yacking. Richard Stanaway – Wow, wicked. Dylan Mccall – Barra anything... but a Camaro. Trent Wood – That era of Camaro is perfect as-is, absolutely no reason for this. LOL. Brandon Gunn – Hate to see it. $20,000 car with a $100 motor. Chris Dicker – So wrong it’s right. Linton Hewson – Oh no! He didn’t put a Chev V8 in it like everybody else does! The world will spin off its axis! Matthew Williams – Waste of a good Barra. Godfrey Gregor – He had fun triggering everyone.