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WHEN it comes to tough LS combinations, few can hold a candle to the monster small-block in Cam Riley’s bad-arse VK Commodore.

The car highlights the talents of some of the best people in our sport. Yes, it cost an absolute bomb to build, as it has the best of everything as far as go-fast bits go, but you will struggle to find a car that has accomplished so much in a relatively short mount of time. Its many achievements include being the first 235-radial car to run a six-second quarter-mile pass (6.93@200mph) and the first into the 4.4s over the eighth-mile with a 4.49@166mph.

While it maintains the highly detailed aura of a street car, the Commodore is really more of a race car with some nice street trimmings. “It started as a 364-cube streeter with an 85mm

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