II Much Public Debut At PRI Show. INSANE!!

[hotrods]

Damn......... I see you really need to build a chevy around here well I guess its a good thing we are starting one.

[Steve Chryssos]

Originally Posted by hotrods

Damn......... I see you really need to build a chevy around here well I guess its a good thing we are starting one.

No, it's the titanium hardware and brown wheels.

[Steve Chryssos]

No need to defend or apologize for John's color choice. As you can see, his thought process went from the obvious choices of safe "people pleaser" shades of blue to a racy "how dare you!" final choice. One way or another, the color is designed to make people think.

The color, the wheels, the exposed hardware...all of these styling cues say: "Take your polished, shiny, filled-seam smoothster and shove it! I'm going racing." Obviously the color accomplished it's goal.

[Payton King]

I am at the point now that shiny paint is cool and all, but show me some tricky stuff....and this one has plenty of tricky stuff.

I really like the blue, but to tell you the truth I would not care if it were pink or primer. The car and the workmanship speak for themselves.

Congrats on a great and extended build!

So are you goning to drive, show or sell it? Always the tough questions

Not sure how much you have driven it but did it turn out the way you wanted (driving wise)?

[ProTouring442]

Wow! And I mean WOW!! I can't wait to see the whole thing, absolutely amazing!

One thing, did you fabricate the washers for the countersunk bolts, or are they available somewhere?

Shiny Side Up!
Bill
'72 442 "Inamorata"
www.FQuick.com/ProTouring442

[XcYZ]

John, I'd love to hear more about the motor. What all did you do to it? What are the specs?

[Speedster]

Originally Posted by streetfytr68

No need to defend or apologize for John's color choice. As you can see, his thought process went from the obvious choices of safe "people pleaser" shades of blue to a racy "how dare you!" final choice. One way or another, the color is designed to make people think.

The color, the wheels, the exposed hardware...all of these styling cues say: "Take your polished, shiny, filled-seam smoothster and shove it! I'm going racing." Obviously the color accomplished it's goal.

John -
Comparing the two colors, glad you went with the one you did. It screams race, not show. Kind of a sinister look. If I was in a high horsepower car, I would be nervous if you pulled up next to me at a light...

[parsonsj]

John, I'd love to hear more about the motor. What all did you do to it? What are the specs?

Scott, it's a 427 LSx, and it was built and dyno tested by Wegner Automotive Research. They do a few street motors a year, but their main work is NASCAR Busch lease program race motors. They are also producing very cool LSx front assembly sets. They alternator, ps, and water pump setup you see on mine is manufactured at their facility in Wisconsin.

The block is a sleeved LS2, 4.125 bore. The internals are all Lunati, with a 4" crank. Wegner supplied their CNC-ported LS6 heads (Manley valves, Comp valve springs). We tried some GM, Comp, and Lunati cams on the dyno, and the best combination was the Lunati Voodoo grind. The engine made 620hp at the flywheel at 6300 rpm, with 579 TQ at 5800. It's a torque monster, with plenty of power to 7000 rpm.

Intake is GMPP's carb-style manifold (developed by Wegner and licensed to GM), with a Holley 1000 CFM throttle body. Exhaust is my original headers, though updated to 1.75 / 32 in stainless by Stainless Works.

It's a long story, but the engine management is a FAST XFI, using an eDIST and their crank decoder. Mike Norris (nee Next Level Performance) did the tuning here in Orlando.

jp

[c.schulz]

John,
With every comment I have read here I cant believe what a great car you have built.The things you have told me about your "Design Committee" what a great bunch of friends you have also.In not one way did they steer you wrong.Fantastic craftmanship I am speechless......cant wait until June.


Chris Schulz

[Jay Hilliard]

Very nice John. I've been waiting a long time to see this completed. Major Congrats! Personally, I love the color! On my computer it reminds me of Petty blue. Last time I checked, those Petty blue cars from the 60-80's were very fast.

Super nice job! Simply Awesome!