Shop Tour - Hardcore Drag Racing

 Quick Look ! This is not your typical 78' Ford Bronco   This has to be the coolest 1978 Bronco, it’s a full custom all the way. The rear cap is long gone and now a custom rear bulkhead and tonneau cover take its place. It makes it look like a short bed pick-up!   The build spanned many years from the 80’s and well into the early 2000’s, starting with the frame that was custom fabricated, it was notched and lowered and features a Fatman front clip with coilovers and tubular A-arms.      Under the hood a Ford 351 Windsor engine was stroked to 427 CI. It features Dart aluminum heads and a custom grind Comp Cam. Exiting the engine the owner built stainless steel headers that connect to a full stainless exhaust system, it dumps out at the rear bumper. Backing up the stroker a B&M 3-speed C6 automatic transmission and a Moser Engineering 9-inch rear end with a Posi-Traction diff.   Other features include: Power rack and pinion steering,Power windows,Flaming River tilt steerin

    Quick Look !       This by far has to be the most unique police car of all time! What started out as a 1968 Dodge Coronet police interceptor is now a crazy over the top hot rod. This was a real Canadian police car, having its original working radio, sirens and lights still intact. The Coronet originally had a 440 hp motor and 727 trans but it was removed and a 2018 Challenger Hellcat motor with approximately 3,000 miles was installed.   A custom-built Gear Star GM4L85E transmission was installed behind the Hellcat engine. Other features include an Alterkation front suspension with Wilwood disk- brakes, Dana 60 rear-end with 4:11:1 gears and new brakes. Under hood updates include a custom made aluminum radiator with electric fans, new intercooler, and custom-made ram air intake system.   T he exhaust system is designed to breathe, starting with TTI headers that blend into a three-inch exhaust with remote-controlled cutouts for the zoomies. The car is using the factory Dodge

          A Funny Car for the street ?   In the 1960's funny cars were making their debut at the drag strips across America, and by the 70's they were the most popular class in Drag Racing. They had flashy paint jobs and covered the 1/4-mile in less then seven seconds! During the 60's & 70's many racing fans saw these ground pounding machines at the track and wanted to capture the same look for the street.  Craig Cochran had the idea and the skills needed to adapt a funny car for street driving. It had to have a flashy paint job, killer bodywork and plenty of horsepower.     The build started in 1971with a fiberglass body that was a mixture of a 1970 Camaro & Corvette, it was molded by Karr Manufacturing of Monson, Mass.  This car is street legal, its complete with head lights and tail lights. The exhaust system looks like came off a funny car, but they're hiding Sanderson baffles that are made from stainless 2-1/4 tubing.  Since it was titled the car only a

                                                                 Travis Walters is what you can call a triple threat when it comes to motorsports, he can drive, fabricate and tune. In his short professional carer he has worked for some big powerhouse teams. He is not a novice by any means, as he has been around racing his whole life.  Travis grew up in Ocean City, Maryland and his father was into racing so when Travis was six years old he started racing Go-Karts, shortly after he was in the winners circle. He had the drive to something bigger. When Travis was just 10 years old he was a crew member & turned wrenches on a Super Late-model full body dirt track car, he did that until he was 18.                                                       Young Travis checking out the progress on his fathers latest build.               Travis looking over the UNOH  UMP Late Model race car before going to Volusia for the Dirt Car Nationals. Fast forward a few years, Travis went through the moto

    A street racers dream... Wow! This Nissan has the best of both worlds, a high powered American V8 under the hood and a body with unique Japanese styling. This 1991 Nissan 240 SX S13 Coupe started out as a stock street car then it was turned into a super street-sleeper.   The builder of this 240 SX didn't cut any corners, the work is top notch and only the best parts were used. Under the hood resides a Chevrolet 327 C.I. small-block that features a Weiand intake manifold and a big Holley Carb.      The top end includes Vortec aluminum heads with 1.7 roller rockers, their covered with polished valve covers for some contrast against all that white paint. An MSD ignition system gets the sparks flying and big custom big tube headers dump into a full 2.5 inch exhaust system.   Backing up the hot small-block is a turbo 350 transmission with a shift-kit and 2500 RPM stall torque converter. The chassis was completely worked over with a tubbed out 9-inch Ford rear end hanging on c

  When Dodge introduced the Dodge Dart it was considered a compact car, it was built on the new smaller A-Body platform. The base engine was the inline 225 slant-6 with a tiny one barrel carburetor. The engine was weak in the horsepower department but the body had some cool crisp lines that were unique to the Dart .                                    The Dart rolls on super cool American Racing Torque Thrust D wheels, Coker Pro-Trac tires. The owner of this black beauty took this 1963 Dodge Dart to the next level. Starting with the wheelbase. The rear axle was moved up giving it the look of a 60’s Gasser, the straight front axle was moved forward five inches.   The Dart started out as a rust free California body, the black paint is so deep it looks like a mirror. The interior is a stunning bright red featuring A-100 van bucket seats up front and smooth rear panel where the rear seat once was. For safety a four point roll bar was installed.   Under the short hood a 700 horsepo

        Ford had the Cobra Jet's, Chrysler had their S/S Cuda's & Darts and Chevrolet had their COPO program. These were all drag strip terrors, the public ate it up and rushed to their local dealer just to get a look at these monsters. Dealers themselves started building their own versions like this Camaro here.   Campaigned in NHRA competition by Dick Arons and Gordy Foust for Berger Chevrolet in 1969. It featured the factory L78 396 with 375 HP. backed up with a 4-speed transmission and heavy-duty 12-bolt rear end. Later the car was equipped with an L72 427 CI V-8 for use in Super/Stock competition. This Camaro was the SS/E class winner at the 1969 NHRA Spring Nationals in Dallas, it was also raced at the Super Stock Nationals in York Pennsylvania and at the"Big Go" U.S. Nationals. The Odometer only reads 210 miles as it was only used as a drag car its entire life and the mileage was put on a quarter mile at a time and was never tagged for the street. In 2003 i