Nevertheless, they helped define the future. The Chevelle Malibu SS Z16 was not created for drag racing, and it wasn’t necessarily lightweight. According to Hot Rod Hoarder, the Chevelle Malibu ...

Not Chevelle. I was a high school sophomore in ... Woodward Avenue used to be a hotbed of late-night drag racing. Lesser Chevys, Fords, and Mopars were probably used to seeing SS 396 taillights.

John Lohone’s 1,169-hp all-aluminum Brodix big-block cut through Drag Week’s Pro Street NA class for the win. Here’s how he ...