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Engine: Replacing the 273 is a 340 bored/stroked to 416 inches. There's a Procharger D1-SC supercharger with water/alcohol injection (both from The Supercharger Store). Inside are Diamond 8:1 compression pistons, Eagle H-Beam rods and steel crank, and a Comp Cams hydraulic roller cam. Heads are Edelbrock Performer RPM), and an Edelbrock Super Victor intake wears a Holley 950 HP from Performance Carburetors. Ignition is an MSD 6AL, with MSD distributor, coil and wires.
Exhaust: tti headers and three-inch-diameter exhaust pipes.
Engine machining and short block build: Kilpatrick Engines, Waukesha, Wisconsin
Transmission: Built-for-street-and-strip 727 Torqueflite (by U.S. Speed and Research) shifts with a B&M shifter
Rearend: Dana 60, narrowed 8 inches, with 3.73 gears and Strange axle shafts.
Sure Grip
Suspension: (Front) Mopar torsion bars with tubular control arms and Competition Engineering 90/10 adjustable shocks (Rear) CalTrac monoleaf springs and traction system keep the Dana 60 where it should be.
Brakes: Wilwood four-piston-caliper discs, front and rear.
Wheels & Tires: At each corner, Center Line "Convo Pro" wheels wear BFGoodrich TA Drag Radial tires (P315/50-15s in back).
High Impact
Body: Original '67 A-Body hardtop coupe unibody wears a fiberglass hood from AAR, plus mini-tubs in back that John fabricated and installed.
Paint: 2000 Mopar Intense Blue Pearlcoat, sprayed by a fellow Wisconsin Mopar Muscle Club member
Interior: You want luxury? Buy an Imperial. Spartan, purpose-built interior has full roll cage (by Extreme Fabrication, Waukesha, Wisconsin), bucket seats from the Summit Racing catalog, plus a dash insert that John hand-fabbed that holds a set of AutoMeter Pro Comp gauges.
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