Shop Tour - Hardcore Drag Racing

                                                           This Chevelle has been featured in 2 magazines and won over 100 awards ! The low profile hood scoop that is on the car is functional and feeds a built 402 cubic inch engine that was Dyno tested at 475 horsepower. All that muscle is backed up with  a TCI 700-R4 that is rated for 650 horsepower, so it can handle whatever the big-block can throw at it. The engine features a Holley 750CFM Double-Pumper and a full roller valve-train by Comp . The B&M shifted 4-speed automatic transmission features a 2,400 stall converter . Power is then sent out to a narrowed 12-bolt rear end with an Eaton posi and 4.11 gears. Ladder bars & coil-over shocks  keep the rear- end planted.      The interior features racing style bucket seats with harnesses...

  This 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle is powered by a 496 C.I. big-block with Brodix aluminum heads and forged Eagle rotating asembly. A full roller valve-train from Comp lets the boost in . A Holley Dominator Cpu. controls the fuel injection system .  The fully polished Weiand 8-71 supercharger pokes through the hood and it's topped off with a Big & Ugly injector hat that draws your attention to the big Rat motor . Backing up the big- block is a 4L80E equipped with Trans- brake and 3200 stall converter.  Power is sent to a Mark Williams Ford 9- inch rear end with 4:88 gears and a spool. This car was built to be street friendly.  On super unleaded, this Chevelle produces 600 H.P. to the rear wheels but will make 1,000+ horsepower tuned on race gas.  Stopping this beast is 4-wheel disc brake system by Wilwood .   Other upgrades include a 10 point roll cage, along with five point race harnesses keeping the passengers safe.   The transmission is co...

  Don't let this happen to you , make sure the person selling/building your parts has experience ! Published on December 3, 2021 By, Mike Salemme     I want to share some thoughts about the job market in the automotive industry today. This is a story of what happened to me this week .   It concerns me very much not only from a Technicians view but also from a human safety view as well . Cars and trucks are deadly weapons and when I work on a car before and after a repair I think to myself is this car safe to return to a customer ?  When you bring in your car/truck for service do you consider how much experience the Technician has and do you feel comfortable about it . How much experience do you think a person should have before you trust them to work on your car ? I would say I would want a technician to have at least 5 years behind them to do just an oil change on my car . (That would never happen because I do my own repairs) .   Or do y...

        This pro-built 1998 Chevrolet Camaro was built for the popular X-275 class as well as Grudge type racing. It features a 5.3 Liter Gen-4 iron block filled with Wiseco forged pistons, Molnar connecting rods, King bearings and it's held together with ARP bolts & studs. The valve train starts  with a trick turbo spec. camshaft.  On the induction side there is a single 88 MM X275 class legal Precision  turbo blowing into a Holley EFI single-plane intake manifold equipped with a 102 MM throttle body. Engine management is controlled by a Holley Terminator-X system , while an Aeromotive pump and 210 lb injectors supply the go juice. The Camaro is estimated to have 1200-1300 H.P. at the crank,and yet it remains street legal .    The power is sent to the Strange 12 bolt  rear end through a two-speed Powerglide with a Reid case filled with a 1.80 first gear, the 4000 RPM billet converter and it's controlled by a Precision Products shift...

                              Street Machine Spotlight   Even though this 1962 Plymouth Savoy Max Wedge is a clone it holds true to the originals.    With an original 56,000 miles, It was built with no frills at all.  The interior features an excellent original cloth & vinyl interior, a Hurst shifted 4-speed & rubber floor mats - no carpets and no radio or heater.    Under the hood it's very clean and highly detailed.. The engine was built by Krammer & Krammer Ent. ,a 440 big- block with dual quad Holley carbs mounted on a reproduction cross-ram intake manifold. On the Dyno it made 517 H.P. The rotating assembly was balanced & blue printed with Forged pistons & Crankshaft.. Hardened valve seats were also installed in the 906 heads to run on today's unleaded fuels .   Here is a view of the spartan interior, no frills here . Just a bench seat and a 4-speed...

Street Machine Spotlight    Shortly after this 1971 Ford Pinto was purchased new in Ohio , it was converted to a full-time drag car, complete with a small-block V-8 and a 12-point roll cage.   The first order of business was to replace the engine. The original inline-four cylinder boat anchor gave way to a 302-cu.in V-8 & C4 Transmission with a 4000 RPM stall converter .The engine was bored .030 over and fitted with 12:1domed pistons and a roller cam shaft.. The cylinder heads were milled .080-inches equipped with roller rocker arms.       The fuel system is complete with  a 10 gallon fuel cell via a Holley Red competition fuel pump and sent to dual Holley 400 CFM carburetors on a tunnel ram intake. The rear end is a Ford H.D. 9 inch from a 68 Mustang , filled with 4.10:1 gears and a spool . When the car was on the chassis- dyno, it put 398-horsepower and 318.5-lb.ft. of torque to the rear wheels, which is enough to send this Pinto into the low 11...