Phil Engle’s "Quik Six"

1987 Grand National

This car was purchased in August of 2000 with 33,000 miles and was completely stock. First run of modifications was done in the fall of 2000 according to Ken Mosher’s spring recipe listed in GNTTYPE.org. Car responded well and ran 12.65 @ 108 MPH at Noble shootout with about ten tuning runs. Several modifications were done over the winter and status of car at this point is as follows:

Engine:

Stock block, bored .030 over with strapped mains and ARP main bolts

TRW forged pistons with ARP rod bolts

Champion Ported Iron Heads

Lunati 210/205 Camshaft

Poston’s headers

PTE 52 turbo with heavy duty actuator and turbo saver

Terry Houston 3" SS downpipe

Hooker exhaust system with test pipe

Hemco 62MM plenum

Jay Jackson 62MM throttle body

CAS V2 front mount intercooler

Delphi 50# fuel injectors

Walbro 340 fuel pump, hot wired

Billet adjustable fuel pressure regulator

Alcohol injection system by Steve Monroe

Kenne Bell ram air system with K&N cone filter

GM aluminum radiator

Carter high volume water pump

Polyurethane engine mounts

Billet valve cover breathers

Billet thermostat housing with 160 thermostat

Voltblaster

Custom chips

Red Armstrong ignition wires

 

Transmission and Driveline:

GM 2004R

Art Carr transmission pan modified by Don Wang

Art Carr shift kit

Art Carr pressure valve

High pressure pump with hardened vanes and hardened stator

Performance Transmission Xtreme 9/11" lockup convertor with 2800 RPM stall

B&M transmission cooler

Drive shaft loop

TA Performance Aluminum differential cover with stiffening components

 

Suspension:

Body bushings, lower and uppers

Rear "X" braces

Front braces, upper and lower

Air bags

Boxed, rear upper and lower control arms with polygraphite bushings

 

Wheels and tires:

Stock for the street, BFG T/A’s, stock size. "H" rated on front, 275x50 BFG Drag Radials on rear

Cragar race wheels for strip with 3 ½ inch front tires and 10x26 MT’s on rear

 

Gauges:

Scanmaster II with hood

Pillar mounted boost gauge and EGT

Black GNX style dash with 4 gauge cluster, 7,000 RPM tach and 160MPH speedometer

Rail mounted fuel pressure gauge

 

Dress Up Items and other:

IMM Auto Specialties Trunk kit

IMM Console Riser

BFH Personalized console plaque

GN logo floor mats

Numerous chrome pieces under the hood

Kirban’s window motor kit, both sides

Bilstein shocks

Undercarriage painted

 

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