Like it or not, American hotrodders and their cars offer unique perspectives in automobile tuning, which reflects on their unique culture and practical nature. Our featured car here was commissioned by Raybestos Brakes, an aftermarket parts company. Built for a giveaway promo, the car is a 1964 Pontiac GTO. Unlike typical hot rod builds, the design brief was for a car built for road racing.
To this end, the builders used a unitized chassis insert and a chromoly rollcage to build the foundation for the rolling stock. The rear suspension is a 4-link design optimized for handling while the front will be a dual-wishbone suspension. Controlling those links will be Ridetech triple adjustable, remote reservoir coil over shocks. Raybestos NASCAR-spec brakes hide behind vintage-style wheels.
As you can see, no forced-induction was used for the powerplant. Instead, it relies on cubic inches, 454 of them, to produce about 700 horsepower. The LSX engine uses a Hillborn injection stack that’s sure to produce an induction roar that’s not been heard for a long time. Transmission duties will be born by a TTC Magnum T56.
The original car weighed in at around 3110 pounds, but this car has been lightened extensively. Assuming 2900 lbs. and 700 horsepower, performance calculations give this car a power-to-weight ratio equivalent to an Evo 8 or a Lotus Elise. 0-60 mph is estimated at 2.4 seconds. It’s almost a shame that a car like this is a giveaway, but one very lucky winner will have gotten his hands on this beauty as of this writing. We hope that he lavishes as much care on this car as how it was built.
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