Fastest Street Car in the US is a tall order and a difficult goal.
The inspiration of this car build is based on the spirit of the Grassroots Ultimate Track car Challenge. Instead of building another race car that could be street driven, I wanted to home build a car that you would drive on the street without sacrificing the practical comforts. After taking second place in 2007 my new goal was to finish first beating race cars. This would be a real Ultimate Track Car and a difficult challenge. “True Street” defined as Windows that go up, AC, Radio, normal interior, good highway mileage, normal idle and starting, etc. Not just drivable or with tags like my last car. Yes I drove that car about 5000 miles on the street including a One Lap competition, however when it rained I got wet, and when it was 90 degrees I would be uncomfortable and by that definition any race car could be called street.
The build will be innovative and low budget. Not to say it is low cost, it will be money saved by self welding, bending, assembling, and just smart decisions like trading work and parts, buying used, making my own parts, taking time to accommodate sponsors, and a lot of help from knowledgeable friends.
Most of the buildup is complete and hopefully you will see additional detail written in Grassroots Magazine.
Car-
5” thick C&R Visteon Radiator
Dual Oil Cooler with Oil Thermostat
Open front nose for more air flow
Accusump with remote Schrader valve, air gauge, and cable pull (Behind front fender)
Full Cage
Turn-1 Power Steering Pump
Exedy triple carbon Clutch
B&M Shifter
Stoptech Brakes
Carbotech Brake Pads
Brake Ducting
Forgeline Wheels
New Hubs
ARP wheel Studs
Hardened Input/Output Shaft Diff
Torque tube Couplers
T1 Sway Bars
Camera Mount
Sparco Pedals
Sparco race seats modified with more padding and fire certified suede covered
6-Point Harnesses
PFADT Polyurethane Bushings and Alignment kit
Heim joint toe arms
Front splitter
Moton triple remote reservoir adjustable coil over Shocks
Procharger Custom F1 series Supercharger
Intercooler with ATI Blow-Off Valve
Kooks 2” Primary Headers
Billy Boat Mufflers and Tail Pipes
LG scavenge Pipes
7.0 liter Engine Build
ATI and Walden estimate between 1400 and 1600 hp we plan to de-tune to 1000 WHP
I wanted to fit and tune the custom Procharger on the stock engine but ATI told me not to because it would try to push the engine to 700 with the largest pulley (Lowest boost pressure). Of course I hate to hear the word cant so I fitted the head unit with the largest pulley and restricted the 4” intake to 2.5” and the engine still makes about 550 WHP with the stock 5.0
C5R Block
Callies Dragonslayer Crank
Oliver Billet Rods with Titanium bolts
Wiseco Pistons
Katech Chain w/Comp roller
Custom Roller Cam
ARP Head and Main Studs
Ported LS& Intake & Throttle body
1000 cc Injectors
Acceleronics Injector Driver
MTI Wires
PFADT Engine Mounts
Racetronix dual Fuel Pump kit
Ported LS7 heads O-ringed
Ferrea Inconel super alloy Valves
Comp Cams Springs
Titanium Retainers
Smith Brothers restricted Pushrods
Yella Terra 1.8 Roller Rockers
Future (or things that still need to be done)-
New engine install (About a week away)
Rear Wing
Ducted Hood Mod
Additional Cage
Built Diff
Built Trans
PFADT Trans Mount
Battery Relocation
PFADT Mono Ball Kit
Seat Brace
New Tires
Driver- Has experience and history at VIR full course.
A VIR Chief Instructor for Chin/Traquest
VIR Race Wins and Track Records
VIR Grand-Am Experience
Current Skip Barber Instructor
I need to take current pictures, and I will post them with more info soon.
Please vote for me to compete in the 2009 Ultimate Track car Challenge.
Rob Morrison
