Classic American

Shooting Star

If Marc Lamude’s name seems familiar, it’s probably because you’ve seen or read about the string of high-performance American cars he’s built and owned over the years - a Pontiac GTO, a well-known ’55 Chevy, street-driven, and capable of eight-second quarters, and a Brodix-equipped ’68 Camaro, also street driven, and boasting more than 2000bhp.

Marc’s obsession with building awesome Chevy engines and then adding either superchargers or twin turbo set-ups has earned him a reputation as one of the top engine builders in the country. His company, Lamude Racing Engines, specialises in race engines (the clue’s in the name) and if further proof were needed, LRE has been building a succession of engines and also sponsoring Andy Frost’s Red Victor Series of street-driven Vauxhalls that have demolished many

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