Chris Bryant and Mitchell Dodd brought a very unique race car to the Grassroots Motorsports $2016 Challenge. Their original plan was to bring the truck to the $2015 Challenge but the project involved more than they had anticipated so it took an extra year of development.
The team called Procrastination Performance started with a 1994 F-350 Crew Cab and a 1992 front clip. As you can see there is no need for a bed on this race car. Under the body the guys installed the full suspension from a Subaru Forester. This included the front and rear subframes, rack and pinion steering, and MacPherson front and rear independent suspension.
Powering the wild custom is a Chevy 350 ci V8 pulled from a 1979 Corvette. The previous owner upgraded the engine with a mild camshaft and the team added an aftermarket carburetor. The team estimates the engine is producing around 400 horsepower.
The rest of the powertrain consists of a 700R4 four-speed automatic connected to a Subaru Forester rear end. The front Subaru differential was removed and the system modified to roll freely.
Source: Grassroots Motorsports
I definitely like this truck, but….
a ’79 Corvette made either 195 hp (L-48) or 225 hp (L-82)
I assume it would take more than a mild camshaft for it to suddenly make around 400 hp.
Your probably right there is more going on. I forgot to mention in the article (corrected now) they added an aftermarket carburetor.
Why not just put the V8 in a Subaru?
I found an interview with the team. They seemed to take influence from their snow plow machines.
That’s awesome but the truck is not a 94, all the parts I see there make it an 87-91.
I kinda want to build one now!
I was the partner on the truck the cab is a 94 the front clip is a 92 off a 7.3 idi and the misspelled my name
I apologize for misspelling your name. I’ve updated the article.