After the buffing was wrapped up it was time to put the drivetrain in. This is about the only area of the car that didnt get completely changed from previous versions. The engine is a 468 with edelbrock performer rpm heads and a lunati voodoo cam, all forged gm rotating assembly and pistons. Transmission is an old Richmond R.O.D. six speed, which is basically a doug nash five speed that they added an overdrive. Its proven, so it stayed. The engine was painted VW Habenero Orange, the valve covers are just 39.99 summit cheapies that I painted the Chevy script on. Trans was painted in Sterling gray metallic and mated up to the Lakewood bellhousing and Centerforce clutch. One major change is I bought an Edelbrock Toker 2 intake that I welded injector bungs into so I could run EFI. For an ecu I used a holley hp, with a dual sync distributor to run coil on plug. Coils are 585 truck coils and injectors are zl1 injectors, easily available in case an issue would arise. The accufab throttle body and torker intake keep it LOW, because hood clearance is at a premium. Headers are actually the same Hookers I had on the car with the stock frame, i just had to move a tube to clear the steering.
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