DELUXE BOOST
AWWW RATS... The 582-inch big block was originally built by Steve Schmidt and run for two years naturally aspirated at 865 horsepower, that is until Jay took part in the RPM Mag/10” Wide Cruise & Match Race. After that he knew he wanted to have an 8-second real street car! Jay ran the engine for the first two years naturally aspirated and, after participating in the RPM Magazine/10”-Wide Cruise & Match Race in Wisconsin, decided to step it up a notch… or two! “It made 865 horsepower at the crank and was lots of fun,” told Friedrich. “But in 2012 I participated in the Gus’s Drive-In cruise and match racing the next day
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at Great Lakes Dragaway and all the 8-second cars were so amazing that I knew that’s where I wanted to be. I originally planned to go with nitrous oxide and I actually even put a plate kit on the car, but never used it. At some point, before I used the nitrous, I decided to go with a ProCharger which took another two years to accomplish.”
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www.rpm-mag.com | december 2015
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