{"id":127175,"date":"2025-01-31T12:36:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T18:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=127175"},"modified":"2025-01-31T12:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T18:36:18","slug":"camaro-with-a-454-ci-lsx-v8-races-hillclimb-and-rallycross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=127175","title":{"rendered":"Camaro with a 454 ci LSX V8 Races Hillclimb and Rallycross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=127184\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-127184\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"127184\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=127184\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Johnny-Josdal-Camaro-with-a-454-ci-LSX-V8-01.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Johnny Josdal Camaro with a 454 ci LSX V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Johnny Josdal racing his Camaro with a 454 ci LSX V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Johnny-Josdal-Camaro-with-a-454-ci-LSX-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Johnny-Josdal-Camaro-with-a-454-ci-LSX-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Johnny Josdal racing his Camaro with a 454 ci LSX V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-127184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Johnny-Josdal-Camaro-with-a-454-ci-LSX-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Johnny-Josdal-Camaro-with-a-454-ci-LSX-V8-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Johnny-Josdal-Camaro-with-a-454-ci-LSX-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Johnny-Josdal-Camaro-with-a-454-ci-LSX-V8-01.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Johnny-Josdal-Camaro-with-a-454-ci-LSX-V8-01.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Josdal1\/videos\">Johnny Josdal<\/a> enjoys racing his third-generation Camaro in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rallycross\">rallycross<\/a> in Norway. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HillClimbMonsters\">HillClimb Monsters<\/a> reports the Camaro is powered by a 454 ci LSX V8 and three-speed automatic transmission. The naturally aspirated V8 produces 700 hp (514 kW). Watch Johnny compete in the Lillehammer hillclimb event in Lillehammer, Norway. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Qj0JxHx6NOw?si=Mz_uDwdXQBMYFGtk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The videos below are from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Josdal1\/videos\">Johnny&#8217;s channel<\/a> showing his rallycross racing. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2Y0cbj0G-II?si=sUNbPcwIYUI68GAF\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/FXRmc1POT1k?si=B7XlzfrQ6IPJGcfv\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HillClimbMonsters\">HillClimb Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Josdal enjoys racing his third-generation Camaro in rallycross in Norway. HillClimb Monsters reports the Camaro is powered by a 454 ci LSX V8 and three-speed automatic transmission. The naturally aspirated V8 produces 700 hp (514 kW). Watch Johnny compete in the Lillehammer hillclimb event in Lillehammer, Norway. The videos below are from Johnny&#8217;s channel&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=127175\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Camaro with a 454 ci LSX V8 Races Hillclimb and Rallycross<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":127184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camaro"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Johnny-Josdal-Camaro-with-a-454-ci-LSX-V8-01.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":139123,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=139123","url_meta":{"origin":127175,"position":0},"title":"Comp Cams 1969 Camaro Convertible","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Paul \u201cScooter\u201d Brothers is the co-founder of Comp Cams. 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