 The Royal Purple booth at this year's SEMA show was jammed with people checking out a new supercharged Pontiac G8 GT pulling a matching Chris Craft Lancer GT concept boat. Both machines showed off bright red exteriors with matching beige leather, gauge treatments, silver stripes, exhaust treatments, and wheels. The combination is exactly what you'd want to see parked in your driveway ready for a summer's day of driving and boating in high-style. The G8 GT's 6.0 V8 features a new Magnuson supercharger and upgrades to tow the boat with ease. We talked with Chris Craft VP of Engineering Bob Greenburg and GM Powertrain rep Brian Shipman about the projects.
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 Here are some shots of the S71 Olds project's body being mounted back on the frame. We used a YearOne body mount hardware and bushing kit to make the body sit properly on the frame and to replace all the old, crusty bushings. Click Read More for the pictures.
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 The engine choice has changed a little on the Olds S71 project. It's still an Olds motor,
but we've decided to run a 350 Diesel block based engine because of its much higher strength. We sourced a
DX block from a running 1981 Olds 98 Regency and pulled it apart to see
what's inside. These pics show the internals of the Diesel block and
the large webbing and overall meatier guts of this block. It's also a
factory roller lifter setup. Below you can see the stock 350
block (gold) for comparison. The new recipe as outlined by Bill Trovato at BTR
Performance calls for an offset ground Olds 425 crank, high-strength
big block Chevy rods, custom pistons, MAHLE coated bearings, and a
trick Comp Cams valvetrain to build a 428 cubic-inch Olds stroker. We're
running Edelbrock aluminum heads and intake, an MSD ignition , and a
complete FAST EFI system on the car.
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 We found a super-slick 1950 Kaiser Henry J wagon built by Roger Burman and the crew at Lakeside Rods and Rides in the DuPont Hot Hues booth and just had to learn more about it. Roger takes us through this LSX-powered wagon and all its tricks from the Art Morrison chassis coated by Extreme Powdercoating to the molded-in roof section from a Chevy wagon!
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 Can you believe that 1 in 6 wheel weights fly off cars on the road? Not only does this throw your car into a shake at speed, but the lead weights are accumulating all over the country causing a health hazard. 3M came up with an innovative and safe solution with a new weight system that is good enough for Indy cars!
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 Wiring a car can be a pain, especially chasing down shorted circuits and troubleshooting. ISIS came up with the Intelligent Multiplex System which sends a digital signal to each item in the car, and triggers them to behave in a pre-programmed way. This allows you to program your switches in the dash to do things never before possible, trouble shoot the system with no tools, save weight, increase security, and reduce dangerous sparks and fire hazards. It's pretty high-tech, watch the video to learn more!
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