Shop Tour - Hardcore Drag Racing

      This is a very rare Canadian built 1970 Pontiac GTO that's owned by Randy Greene, he is retired from United States Marine Corps where he worked on helicopters.  The GTO had some serious upgrades over the years, starting with a hopped-up 455 c.i. Pontiac engine equipped with a big Holley carburetor supplying the air/fuel mixture. It's mounted on top of an aluminum Edelbrock Performer intake manifold.   The fumes exit through long-tube headers & Flowmaster mufflers. A high lift-long duration cam was installed giving the exhaust notes that nice rump- atty-rump sound! The 455 is backed up with a 3-speed automatic transmission, that was filled with a 3000 rpm high-stall torque converter and it's controlled by a Hurst His & Hers shifter .  The chassis was filled with the best parts from QA1, including control arms, sway-bars and heavy duty end links. The rear end was filled with 3:42:1 gears and a posi-traction differential.    Randy said he has owned the car for

      This 68' Firebird is a true beast ,sporting a 565 CID Reher-Morrison built big block Chevy with 1000HP.  Plus it has a 600HP Nitrous fogger  system on tap.. The big 565 is backed by an air-shifted BTE TH-400 Transmission  (with trans-brake).  It's been fitted with a Neal Chance bolt-together 4000 RPM torque converter.   Topping the 565 is a fully tuned 1200 CFM Dominator carb. that's fed by a Magna Fuel 500 electric fuel pump.         Keeping the enormous mill cooled is a massive aluminum radiator & CSR aluminum electric water pump . A complete MSD  ignition system provides the spark needed to get things going.  While a set of ceramic-coated Lemons headers scavenge the spent fumes .    The rear end is a Ford 9-inch with a back brace , inside we find a spool with a 4.30: gear set and hardened 31 spline axles. The rear end is swinging from ladder bars suspended by 3 way coil over shocks . A set of chrome-moly wheelie bars keep this over- powered bird on all fo