{"id":37897,"date":"2019-03-21T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=37897"},"modified":"2019-03-21T15:30:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T21:30:43","slug":"1940-ford-truck-with-a-supercharged-ls3-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=37897","title":{"rendered":"1940 Ford Truck with a Supercharged LS3 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1940 Ford truck called “40 Shades of Grey” was built for Chris Church by Carolina Kustoms<\/a> in Portland, Oregon. The body sits on a boxed and reinforced reproduction frame with a No Limit Engineering Mustang II independent front and AVS 4-link rear suspension with Watt’s link. It rides on Slam Specialties SS8 airbags and RideTech Q-series shocks and stops with Wilwood 12.9-inch slotted\/drilled rotors with six-piston calipers. Under the hood is a Wegner Motorsports 376 ci LS3 V8 that makes 935 horsepower thanks to a Whipple 2.9 L supercharger. The engine also features Wegner pistons, forged crank, Bullet Cams camshaft, ported heads, and Nick Williams DBW 103 mm throttle body. The drivetrain consists of a A-1 Performance Transmission 4L80E four-speed automatic, QA1 carbon fiber driveshaft, and Moser 9-inch rear end with Eaton Trutrac LSD and 3.73 gears. View more photos and details of the truck in HotRod’s article<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Source: Carolina Kustoms FB page<\/a> and HotRod<\/a> via Wegner Motorsports FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 1940 Ford truck called “40 Shades of Grey” was built for Chris Church by Carolina Kustoms in Portland, Oregon. The body sits on a boxed and reinforced reproduction frame with a No Limit Engineering Mustang II independent front and AVS 4-link rear suspension with Watt’s link. It rides on Slam Specialties SS8 airbags and… Read More »1940 Ford Truck with a Supercharged LS3 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":37898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ford"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134824,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=134824","url_meta":{"origin":37897,"position":0},"title":"1966 Chevy C10 with a Supercharged LS3 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Ironworks Speed & Kustom built this 1966 Chevy C10 at their company in Bakersfield, California. 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