Nate Miskulin has had a passion for drag racing and high performance cars for much of his life, having grown up around it. After watching and following the sport for years, he finally decided it was time to get involved and behind the seat, purchasing a 1980 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 from Jeff Shawver, who campaigned the car in Outlaw 10.5 competition for years. While Shawver was behind the wheel, the car ran numerous competitive passes, including a best of 7.00 at 207 mph in the 1/4-mile with a twin turbocharged powerplant on the 10.5W’s.

The clean underside of the sleek Camaro is topped off with the Strange Engineering and Menscer Motorsports components.

Miskulin put his build on the backburner while he opened his own towing and auto repair business in Jupiter, Florida, but after a few years the business took off, the racing program came back to the forefront.

Putting in the time to find the right parts, the call was made to Dan Neumann Race Cars of Ocala, Florida, for the chassis work to help this second-generation Camaro plant the power to the ground. Strange Engineering supplied the 9-inch rear end housing with an Ultra case and 40-spline gun-drilled axles, with custom Menscer Motorsports shocks bolted on to ensure adequate traction. One thing that we found very interesting about this car is that it has eight brake calipers; four on the front and four on the rear, to ensure great stopping power at the weight and speeds this car will be competing at.

Under the hood, Neumann showed out with his great fabrication work to make the turbo system work.

TRZ Motorsports handled the front end of the car with their custom upper and lower control arms along with chromoly spindles. Neumann fabricated unique travel limiters made for the Camaro to keep the front end in check, along with two more Menscer Motorsports custom shocks.

Steve McInnis at Progressive Racing Engines in Miami, Florida built the new 615 cubic inch

big-block Chevrolet bullet that’s stuffed between the framerails with twin 94mm turbochargers from Turbo By Garrett supplying tons of boost to create all the horsepower needed to compete in Drag Radial.

TiAl Sport was called upon for their exhaust housing and dual V60 waste gates, while dual Turbosmart blow-off valves cap off the turbo system on this high-horsepower monster. Miskulin chose an ACD three-speed Bruno/Lenco transmission with an air-shifter to bang the gears with a fully custom torque converter from Pro Torque and a PST carbon fiber driveshaft to connect everything together.

A BigStuff 3 setup will handle the electronic fuel injection needs, while MSD is onboard with an MSD 8 Plus ignition box, and an MSD Grid Controller with the ARC module handing the power management.

Homier Fabrication did a killer job on the wiring system with the Speedwire Solutions products.

The HyperKontrol boost controller from Hyperaktive Performance Solutions will keep a steady boost curve built to keep the Mickey Thompson drag radials planted to the ground. John at Homier Fabrication has all of the electronics tied together with a great wiring job to keep everything working together and uniform.

We will be keeping an eye out for the debut of this unique build coming to Drag Radial soon. Miskulin wanted something new, unique and not seen very often. The second-generation Chevrolet Camaro body style is rarely seen sitting on radials with dual huffing turbochargers hiding behind the grille. With Rob Zarcone behind the laptop and a premier chassis from Dan Neumann under him, Nate may have a strong contender in the world of Drag Radial racing with his Camaro that is in his words, “not just another Mustang.”