Shop Tour - Hardcore Drag Racing

  When this wild 1982 C10 went through a frame off restoration It was fully customized. Those touches include a powder coated frame, a tubbed bed with a wood floor and chrome hold down strips. At the rear a ZR-1 Corvette style rear roll pan was fabbed. Then the C10 was covered in Omaha Orange by PPG. The interior features a factory bench seat covered in grey factory fabric but it was upgraded with the Silverado option ,with pull straps, map pockets & chrome trim.     The factory dash bezel’s were fitted with Auto Meter Ultra-Lite gauges, And for control a Grant leather-wrapped steering wheel.   For the main attraction, we have a 502 big block with a polished 8-71 Weiand blower sitting on top of an intercooler.Boost is limited to 10 psi for the street but when it was dyno tested,it made 850 HP at 6,600 RPM with 794 lb.-ft at 4,300 RPM. The spent fumes exit through Hooker Super Competition ceramic coated Headers and 3-inch exhaust pipes.   Gears are rowed by a Richmond

          This 65' Econoline must sound amazing! It looks like it's running a set of Jet Boat headers for an exhaust system.      For power this beast has a big-block 460 Ford V8 sporting a polished 8-71 blower, it's sitting on top of 2 Rude Ron's four-inch spacers.  Mixing the fumes are two Edelbrock Carbs. with an Enderle Big and Ugly injector scoop catching the fresh air.   Shifting is handled by a heavy-duty C6 Automatic Transmission.Then the power is sent to the ground via a Dana 60 Rear End with 3.73:1 Gears with a locker . For stopping power a set Wilwood  4-Wheel Disc Brakes are at each corner.                                                                             If you are the owner of this Street Freak please contact me,I would love to to know more about it !                Photo's by Mike Salemme 2021