CHIP FOOSE CARS SALE MANUAL

Magnaflow supplied a slightly modified C-10 exhaust kit to fit FooseвЂ™s custom installation.ДЇoose also designed custom wheels inspired by the original wheel covers. Hotchkis suspension and disc brakes were bolted in place. Meanwhile, the truckвЂ™s frame was cleaned and powder coated. The rear gears were changed from 4:11 to 3:08.

CHIP FOOSE CARS SALE MANUAL

The engine was balanced and blueprinted and mated via a custom Centerforce clutch and flywheel to a Bowler T-56 5-speed manual transmission.

He rebuilt the 302cid V8 to make it fully compatible with contemporary fuel supplies, lowering compression, installing updated hydraulic roller camshaft with low-profile rockers that would fit beneath the stock valve covers, porting and polishing the stock heads, porting the intake and opening the exhaust to fit the D-shaped ports on period-correct Rams Horn exhaust manifolds. But he quickly changed his mind and decided that instead he was going to go somewhat more subtle because this vehicle would become his daily driver. Hmmm, he wondered, what if Vince Piggins and his Camaro team had decided to build a C/28 sport truck back in the day? What might that vehicle be?ДЄt first, Foose was going to go exotic with his design, perhaps a Camaro-based El Camino sort of truck. What made the engine even more exciting to Foose was that it was date coded the exact day as a 1967 Chevrolet C10 pickup truck he already owned. Which is how well-known designer and car customizer Chip Foose came to acquire a rare and original 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 engine. Sometimes itвЂ™s not entire cars that are stumbled across in barns or garages, but very special vehicle components.

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