Shop Tour - Hardcore Drag Racing

        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...

      Like most gear heads in his age group, Butch Hill notes that while growing up, he took a particular liking to hot rods as a result of the influence from his father, Don.  He was known as the Hill-Boys Race Team in the dirt/asphalt racing circuit.    Although his involvement with hot rods came from his father. His mother, Marilyn, was one of his biggest fans and supporters. Butch made frequent trips to the drag strips to check out what was running. The “look and power” of those cars was something that intrigued him.  Needless to say, he was always on the hunt for cool hot rods.    In 1978 Butch was driving  through a local neighborhood and noticed a 1939 Ford Coupe in a driveway. He decided to stop and ask if the car was for sale. The owner answered the door and agreed to sell it to him.  After a quick look-over, the deal was done .     He dove into his new purchase with a tune up on the 396 big block Chevy ...