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For years I was telling everybody this was a 408. The motor was an LQ9 iron block with a 4.010 inch bore and a 4 inch stroke making it mostly a 402. The internals were an Eagle Crank, Eagle H-Beam … Continue reading →

The Moroso remote electric waterpump was one of the mods I personally got most involved in. I really enjoyed it and it performed flawlessly. The only drawback was elimination of the OEM water pump also eliminated the tensioner for the … Continue reading →

Perhaps the largest disappointment I have ever encountered is the poor quality and service from Precision Turbochargers. We bought two PTE 6266 units over a year ago thinking that they were the best technology and most reliable on the market. … Continue reading →

We took the T-56 further than we thought was possible. The 11 inch Monster Clutch held the power remarkably well. It became obvious that we would need a different approach to go to higher levels. We first tried to have … Continue reading →

We went with the RPM 6 Point Rollbar for several reasons. First , it was a pre certified bolt in Rollbar of high quality craftsmanship. Mostly we felt we would ultimately get into the 10 second range and figured the … Continue reading →

One of our most exciting mods was the Mini Tub SNL put on the car just as we were getting the Harrop ready to roll out. Steve used the GForce1320 Engineering Mini Tub Kit. We also put in a set … Continue reading →

For a while we ran the OEM GTO Differential with a spool. We initially had 2.91 gears in the car but went to the 3.46 OEM Gears when we went to the spool. The spool was hard on the lower … Continue reading →

Initial upgrades to the fuel system included addition of a FAST 92 and increase in injector sizeFuel System to 36 lbs. Once we went to the Harrop and the 402 we stepped up to a full return system with a … Continue reading →

We had a lot of problems with belt slippage at 18 pounds or more of boost with the Whipple 10 rib belt system. Steve went back to the drawing board and fabricated a cog drive from a combination of parts … Continue reading →