JIMMER KLINE’S 1966 GTO STREET/STRIP (We’ve also included tech info on Kline’s “Evil Twin” GTO for those daring enough to challenge him...you just never know what car he will show up with on race day.)
SPECIAL THANKS “Jeff Covey at Gun Lake Performance who taught me and helped me build the tube chassis in the car. Ron McKey with Perfit Corp/Engine Pro warehouse for helping me with the parts combination and supplies. Dave Visner with VED for cylinder head/manifold design. The whole GoFast community that have helped wrench, modify, rebuild, and spare their personal time to help from the beginning. Tina Kline for supporting my hobby.”
Chassis Type & Mods: First car is equipped with a round tube chassis with funny car cage and 7.50 cert. Evil Twin: Chromoly round tube double rail chassis, funny car cage with 6.0 cert. Suspension: Strange strut front, ladder bar rear, Strange double adjust rear shocks. Evil Twin: Strange strut front, four link rear, Menzer double adjust canister rear shocks. Body & Paint: First car’s paint by Darrel Rose from Belmont MI in 1991 Camaro Teal Green base coat clear coat. Evil Twin: Paint and body by Gary Seher from Wyoming MI in 1992 Camaro Teal Green base coat clear coat. Engine: First car is equipped with a 565 ci Dart Big M block with 4.610 bore, Wiseco nitrous pistons, GRP rods, Jesel belt drive, Reher Morrison roller cam, Profiler heads and Profiler Sniper II intake done by Visner Engine Development, T&D rockers and Pro Systems SV1 carb. Power adder is an Induction Solutions direct port system and plate kit (engine is a shade over 1,000hp NA, plus over 600 from nitrous.) . Evil Twin: 670 ci Dart 11.100 Race block with 4.620 bore, Callies 5-inch stroke crank, Wiseco custom pistons, GRP aluminum rods, Dart 11-degee Big Chief heads, Visner Engine Development custom intake and head work, T&D rocker arms, 60mm billet roller cam, Jesel belt drive and twin Pro Systems 1250 Dominators style carbs. The Evil Twin’s power adder consists of two Induction Solutions direct port kits and a plenum kit. (The sister GTO produces 1299hp on the motor plus 3-300 shots on the bottle.). Induction: Pro System SV1 Evil Twin: Twin Pro System 1250 dominators. Electronics & Ignition: Car #1 has an MSD 7531 box and coil. Evil Twin: MSD grid box and coil. Transmission: Both cars are equipped with a Rossler TH210 Turbo 400 with Neal Chance bolt together converter. Differential: Both cars have Dana 60s with 4.10 gears. Fighting Weight: The original GTO weighs in at 3580lbs while the Evil Twin sister car is a svelte 3250lbs. Race Classes: “Heads up, grudge, or anywhere we fit in.”
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