When does a hurried build ever make sense? This '87 Chevrolet Camaro build has none of the calming energy of a shop that knows exactly what happens next, but somehow, it works. It has an 1,150-hp Yenko engine, a deadline measured in days, a fuel system that involves mild sketchiness, and the very real goal of becoming a third-gen street car that can road trip across the country, crack off an 8-second quarter-mile pass, and still show up at a Sunday morning meet looking deeply unreasonable. By the end, against all common sense, it actually fires. This Camaro Started Out As A Total Mess ScrapLifeLee YouTubeNothing about this plan sounded simple, but what added to the mess was that the car didn’t start, stop, roll properly, or behave like anything close to a finished machine. The crew had two weeks before racing other major YouTube builders, and unlike everyone else’s cars, this Chevrolet Camaro was still basically a loud promise on jack stands.The rear end already had a Ford 9-inch axle and most of the suspension in place, but the front end needed major surgery. The old brakes were tossed, the spindles were cut, drilled, and tapped, and six-piston front calipers went on with C7-style hardware. The rear got four-piston brakes, which is funny because most drag cars usually go smaller back there to fit tiny wheels. Clearly, this one has bigger ambitions than a single pass.Then the wheels. The fronts needed 18-inch skinnies to clear the giant brakes, while the rear got 17x11 Forgeline F14s with 28-inch Mickey Thompson drag radials. Naturally, they didn’t fit. The solution involved spacers, cutting, bump-stop removal, fender pulling, and the comforting phrase “five plus millimeters of clearance.” The Fuel System Was Pure Race-Car Comedy ScrapLifeLee YouTubeThe temporary trunk-mounted 10-gallon fuel cell stayed because the bigger 15-gallon unit wasn’t ready yet. That meant modifying what was already there, including welding on the tank after filling it with water to push out fuel vapor. Technically sensible, but hardly relaxing. Future Mayhem? ScrapLifeLee YouTubeA Holley VR2 fuel pump went in because the engine needs serious fuel. The same pump had supported around 1,380 hp on E85 in another build, so this Camaro’s projected output shouldn’t scare it. Fuel filters, ethanol-content sensing, return lines, and pump controllers followed, with the crew placing components wherever the third-gen’s structure allowed."Doesn't start, doesn't stop, doesn't really do much of anything." - Lee CarterThe supercharger also came back from Whipple with fresh parts and port injection. That should’ve been the smooth part, but the build immediately tripped over throttle-body bolt patterns, pulley sizing, and a strange blower-seal problem solved with 3M 5200 and a coin. No doubt something future mechanics won't envy. The Camaro Finally Fired With Six Days Left ScrapLifeLee YouTubeThe interior became its own battlefield. The old gauges came out, a Holley digital dash went in, and a drive-by-wire pedal from a C6 Corvette replaced the factory unit. A CO2 shifter, nitrous bottle, lithium-ion battery, Holley Dominator ECU, and ECU Masters PMU also joined the party. Somewhere in all that, the Camaro’s old wiring fought back with oily, open-ended mystery wires.The exhaust was built from scratch with an X-pipe, over-axle routing, and temporary dumps under the car. It’s lower than ideal, probably louder than polite society allows, and still better finished than a rushed temporary system has any right to be. Parts-Bin Chaos ScrapLifeLee YouTubeThe biggest headache turned out to be the blower-belt setup. The broken Yenko tensioner sent them down a rabbit hole before they discovered it matched an A/C belt tensioner from a 2009 6.4-liter diesel Ford F-250. That’s either brilliant parts-bin engineering or chaos with a General Motors badge on it.With the correct belt still unresolved and time running out, they filled the fuel system, tested the intercooler circuit, checked the nitrous purge, loaded a base tune, and hit the starter. Somehow, the Camaro fired immediately. It still needs sorting, driving, tuning, and the supercharger belt solution, but the big part happened. The busted 1987 Camaro now runs, and with six days left, that's got to count as a win.Source: ScrapLifeLee (YouTube).