Shop Tour - Hardcore Drag Racing

    I bet you would never miss a day of school if your bus looked like this ! This was seven year custom build with  no expense spared. The body went through a frame-off restoration . For power a 355 C.I. small block Chevy is equipped with a Blower Shop 8-71 supercharger .  Mixing the go juice is a pair of  Edelbrock carburetors topped off with a MR.Gasket scoop . The exhaust exits the aluminum heads through  Hedman Headers and flow through three inch tubing ending at the rear bumper.  A Turbo-400 automatic transmission handles the gear shifts .       Modern touches include power steering, & power disk brakes.    The interior features gray tweed upholstery, a Vintage Air hvac- system has been hidden . Classic Instruments gauges fill the factory dash board , while a tilt steering column and vintage looking steering wheel blend form and function.                                  This Hot Rod bus rides on custom 16 inch chrome wheels with high-speed rated radial tires.        

                                                           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 and a roll cage. Custom Autometer gauges fill the dash and Custom Auto Sound AM/FM radio supplies the tunes.           Big and little radial tires on Centerline  wheels not only put the p

  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 controlled by a B&M Mega shi

  This 1977 Chevrolet Nova Super Sport is a Street Racer Special. It features a big block 427CI V8 with large amounts of compression.   Fuel is mixed by a Holley 750 CFM. double pumper mounted on a vintage Weiand Team-G single plane intake manifold.   It's running a full roller valve-train by Comp Cams with over .500 lift. Spark is handled by a full MSD ignition system, 6AL Box,Pro-Billet distributor and 8MM wire set.   Connected to that 427 is a heavy-duty Turbo 400 three speed automatic. Hard launches are courtesy of a 4000 RPM torque converter & trans brake, that's controlled by a Cheetah shifter. The chassis was back halved with ladder-bars which hangs a 12 bolt rear end filled with 4.56:1 gears and a spool. A set of three way adjustable coil over shocks keep the rear tires planted. The front features old school 90/10 drag shocks and six cylinder coil springs. For rolling stock ,huge Cragar wheels- 15x14 in the rear and 15x5's up front. Traction is not an issue.  

  This wild 1973 Mustang Mach 1 was given the full Pro-Street treatment back in the early 1990's, and was built by the Rod Shop in Erie, P.A. The current owner is from Nanuet,New York and owns some other significant Pro-Street cars as well. The hood now opens in reverse like a Corvette .  And poking through the hood is a custom made air box fed by two ram tubes fitted with high-flow air filters. The owner stated that he is going to give the hood the factory black out treatment to match the other Mach 1 graphics. Under the hood we find the huge by large big-block Ford that has been stroked to almost 600 cubic inches . The transmission is a H.D. Ford C6 automatic with a high stall converter. You can see the detail work that went into this build , the fire wall has been smoothed and set back and the engine has been set back at least four inches as well .  The cowl has been removed and a custom windshield was flush fitted to the opening.  A single wiper was added to keep it street lega

                    This 1967 Camaro is nicknamed "Sinister", because it has a bad attitude according to the owner. It's powered by a Dart Big M block stroked to 565 CI . A Holley 1050 CFM Dominator feeds this beastly big block, which sits on-top of a  Dart single plane intake manifold.  A Barry Grant BG- 400 fuel pump supplies Sunoco 110 octane race fuel from the rear mounted 10 gallon cell .  A huge four-core Griffin radiator with three electric fans cools that large big block , for fast cool downs between runs.       The Camaro  has a full ATI drive line , including a TH- 400 transmission with a  4000 RPM stall converter with a trans- brake.  Shifting is courtesy of a B&M Pro- ratchet shifter.  There are massive Wilwood disk brakes on the front & rear and  if that is not enough stopping power , the Camaro is equipped with a Simpson parachute .   It rolls on a set of  Weld  15x5 aluminum wheels with 26X6 Mickey Thompson SPORTSMAN S/R TIRES on the front , while t