1970 Firebird "Mobile Closing Unit"

[tgvettes]

The Roof is just awesome. Something the factory should have done on the 2nd gens

Tonny

[tcronkright]

The six pack intake includes three 600 cfm 48mm billet throttle bodies and .58ID fuel rails. Not exactly sure what size injectors will be used. I wanted a very unique but authentic look that would support the twin turbos. While not the least expensive, that's why we started with a Butler Pontiac 400 block and had numerous custom components made rather than pulling an engine out of a newer GTO. As far as numbers, we are expecting to break 1,500 hp at the rear when we get it on the rack.

All Speed just finished molding the enlarged and extended hood scoops and they look amazing. I should have pictures to share by the end of the week. Finalizing the rear spoiler and starting on the front chin spoiler are next.

[LSXZ28]

The renderings are awesome!!! Love that roof - I'll be watching...

[tcronkright]

I finally have a few minutes to catch my breath and update everyone on the status of the project.

In the past few months, we've brought on several additional sponsors: FAST, Forgiato Wheels, DSE, Wilwood, Corbeau Seats, Visner Engine Development, and Optima Batteries. Everyone is excited about this build that will be featured in Forgiato's SEMA booth in November.

It has been several months of non-stop changes/edits/triumphs and set backs on this project - I'm sure many of you can relate.

A few weeks ago we decided to have Kaufman build us a larger set of heads moving from 290 cfm to 340 cfm. This ruled out our use of the custom six pack intake we had built. I contacted Dave Visner of Visner Engine Development to build a custom one-off billet intake. Dave has been building intakes for NASCAR engines for years and is a true master. The intake will include dual FAST 92mm throttle bodies with TPS and dual fuel rails on each side with two injectors per cylinder. One 65lb and one 95lb injector will be installed for each cylinder to give us good idle and all the support we need at high boost. He is also building custom two-piece valve covers to match the milling of the intake.

I upgraded the brake package from a Wilwood 12” to their large 14” six piston set up all the way around. Wilwood coated the calipers in a custom gunmetal gray color to match the rim of the wheels and the stripe of the car.

We also recently installed DSE’s Quadralink suspension system in the rear of the vehicle. Due to the hardware, we had to cut the axles, install the brackets and re-attach the axle tubes. We opted for DSE’s double adjustable shocks to give us the ability to fine tune the ride height and flexibility for track days.

As for the body, the plastic injected front spoiler and rear wing were scrapped for real metal. All Speed was concerned about the structural integrity of trying to blend the plastic and metal as it would result in separation at high speeds. Everything on the car is now metal except for the fiberglass nose and hood.

The chin spoiler is complete. Now we just need to cut in the lower valance openings and we are installing 3” running lights below the headlights. This car originally had square turn signals below the headlights, but we are installing an integrated headlight and turn signal thereby leaving the space below for some tasteful running lights. We also closed out the side marker lights for the front and back.

The front fenders have been widened by about 1” and are cropped by front wheel flares that carry into the side skirting and rear wheel flares. They will finish the flares behind the rear wheels this week which will tie into the rear diffuser that will run from the rear bumper (that will be tucked) to the axle. The rear diffuser will include the cut-out for the custom exhaust manifold that exits the rear.

The fender vents are being built and will be finished this week as well. They will be fully functional to create more down draft on the front.

The rear spoiler includes the cut-out in the middle to carry the indentation theme from the roof to the trunk lid to the rear of the vehicle.

The hood scoops have been enlarged for height, width and were brought forward 3” and back about 5”. This will compact the look of the front nose. The scoops will be functional and tied into the turbo system.

The Forgiato custom forged wheels will feature a satin black face and face with a gunmetal detail and lip. 20” x 12.5” rear and 19” x 10” front.

Let me know your thoughts/ideas.


Here is a picture of the original six pack intake, as you can see, the head ports extend beyond the top of the intake.


This is a CAD rendering of the new billet intake by Visner


DSE's Quadralink Suspension with dual adjustable coil overs should to the trick.


Here are a few shots of the chin spoiler after the first pass with the grinder.




Fenders were widened and side skirt added.





The rear spoilder has been enlarged with the center cut detail and rounded edge.





Forgiato custom wheel design with gunmetal gray lip and detail to match the calipers and stripe of the car.

[phillym5]

on the ground....

[tones2SS]

Very nice! This is going to be one kick ass car!!
Keep us posted.

[Tuske427]

Beautiful project! And extra points for saving the car from a yard. I am also amazed that someone would actually throw that car out.

[Hdesign]

Cool take on one of my favorite cars. Looks pretty angry...me likey.

[ccm399]

Lookin' good!

I was thinking about adding a '60 style vent to my fenders and BOOM there they are (with some additional flair of course!). Very nice.

Keep the pics coming.

Chris

(can't wait until mine is this far along)

[tcronkright]

We recently upgraded the Kaufman heads to provide for larger flow (340 CFM with CNC porting) which resulted in our need to have a custom intake and throttle body assembly made. Visner Engine's is a local shop with experience in the NASCAR world and puts out an incredible product. They were milling the top of the intake out of this chunk of billet. Here is the CAD design of the intake. We are going to build a set of custom throttle bodies with the linkage concealed under the intake so the entire top will be smooth. The CAD shows one fuel rail per side, but we are running two per side as we will have two injectors per cylinder.



Here is a picture of the top that was just finished.



Here is one side rail being milled. 10 hours of milling each side.