Powering Through—Barry Cook’s Pontiac Trans Am WS6 provided an escape from a tragic loss
Written by Ainsley Jacobs
Photography by Dr. Rudy Rouweyha and the FSC staff
Sometimes, when the harsh realities of life get too overwhelming, it helps to have a project to serve as an emotional distraction. Barry Cook started on his 2002 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 as a way of having something positive to focus on during his late wife’s battle with cancer, and now the car carries her memory as he blasts down the track.
A Michigan native who moved to Tennessee in 2000, Cook started racing motorcycles around 2010. “I had a crotch rocket that I raced for a couple of years and the bug got me pretty good,” he recalled. As he got more seriously involved with racing, Cook purchased a Chevrolet S-10 Blazer and ran the truck for a handful of years. “It did a bunch of wheelies and got me a following.”
Racing mostly in Mean Street- and True Street-style events geared toward street cars, Cook quickly craved lower elapsed times. He purchased another S-10 from a friend, finished it up, dialed in the twin-turbo combination, and made progress on those goals when his wife, Brandy, was diagnosed with liver cancer.
“I raffled off the truck to help pay for doctors and got out of racing for a few years,” lamented the 47-year-old widower of the tough times the couple faced together. “When she was in chemo, though, insurance helped out and we were able to save a little money, so I bought something to tinker with.”
It was 2020 when Cook picked up his 2002 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 from a guy in Indiana. At the time, it had a hurt engine and transmission, and the previous owner had all of its parts — including a twin-turbo kit — packed away in boxes. As a result, Cook got a great deal on the F-body, but it was, admittedly, a “hot mess.” Fortunately, important parts like the chassis and the 8.50-certified, chrome-moly roll cage from Stormin’ Norman were all still in great shape and solidly constructed.
“It was supposed to be a project to distract me, but in true Barry fashion, I went over the deep end with it,” laughed Cook. When Brandy passed away in 2021 at the young age of 39, a bereaved Cook went all-in and used the car as an outlet for his grief — it gave him a purpose to keep moving forward while keeping his mind off of things.
Similarly, he also used the unexpected alone time to start his own business — BNB Audio Video. Cook had worked in the home theater industry installing surround sound systems and smart home technology since 2007 but was tired of the three-hour roundtrip commute every day. “I didn’t have many bills anymore and could afford to be slow, so I quit my job with no clients and went to work for my friend Michael Johnson at his shop, Holeshot Automotive and Performance in Joelton, Tennessee,” said Cook.
After a few months turning wrenches, Cook started his own business (BNB stands for Barry and Brandy, of course) and went full-time selling and installing fun home electronics; the decision gave him the flexibility he needed to make his schedule to accommodate racing and to work as much or as little as he liked.
Between customer visits, Cook got busy installing the On3 Performance twin-turbo kit that had been included with his purchase. The Trans Am had also come equipped with its stock ECU and the seller had given Cook a Holley Terminator kit, but he decided to upgrade to a Holley Dominator EFI engine management system instead as he didn’t want to wire the car twice. Fortunately, Johnson and a few other friends were willing to help out with the task and lend their skills elsewhere as needed.
Inside, aluminum door panels were incorporated to give the driver and passenger a bit more space while strapped into the Kirkey seats. Otherwise, not much else was changed to either the interior (although the back seat was deleted to help the car save a few pounds) or the exterior (as all the factory body panels are still in place).
At all four corners, TBM brakes were bolted on while Mickey Thompson’s famed 275 ET Street Pro radial rubber was wrapped around a set of Weld S77 wheels in the front and M/T Sportsman tires mated to matching rollers up front.
After the Pontiac had been sufficiently sorted out and was up and running, Cook raced it for about a year. Making roughly 1,000 horsepower thanks to the On3 twin turbos, he occasionally attended events like LS Fest and would enter a class here and there, but mostly considered himself a “professional test-n-tuner.” “Like Ricky Bobby, I just wanna go fast,” he joked.
When a seal went out on one of the turbos, though, Cook added two Precision units instead. Deciding to cut his losses, he scrapped the entire kit and instead installed a different kit with a big single snail from Jose Zayas at Forced Inductions. The larger S491/102 turbo also necessitated an upgrade to the fuel system, so a big Fuelab fuel pump and Fuel Injector Development fuel injectors were added.
Realizing he was all-in by this point, Cook decided to switch over to “nice stuff” and upgraded the WS6’s 6.0-liter LS engine with a set of Trick Flow Specialties TFS200 cylinder heads. “I had been having some issues with the heads, so I bought a used set and that bit me in the butt… It was the one thing I cheaped out on,” shared the man. “I was bending valves and breaking pushrods, so I got the Trick Flow heads and got it working right.”
He started working on the F-Body’s chassis setup more, too and installed a combination of AFCO coilovers in the front with Viking coilovers in the rear as well as a Quick Performance 9-inch rearend. While the bulk of the front suspension remained otherwise stock, he did add aftermarket arms and tubular components in the rear from BMR and Midwest Chassis.
For 2023’s LS Fest — his tenth year attending the event at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky — Cook mostly just wanted to have fun so he ran in a grudge test-n-tune category, then picked up the win in the dyno challenge.
Unfortunately, the end of 2023 also marked the end of an era for Cook’s LS engine. “It was done by some guy who didn’t do a great job, and I did an oops after LS Fest and drove it to the track to make some test hits… I forgot to tighten the shocks, let go of the transbrake, it went up on the bumper, and it smashed the oil pan when it came down,” said Cook sadly.
Initially, he thought he could replace the pan and he would be OK, but even with a new one in place, the engine was still leaking oil; further inspection revealed the back of the block had been cracked by the impact of the hard landing.
So, over the winter of 2023-2024, Cook enlisted Shannon Carnathan to swap his existing internals into a fresh, 365-cubic-inch iron LS truck block, and reassemble the entire thing. The changeover included Cook’s K1 crankshaft, Texas Speed connecting rods, Wiseco pistons, and BTR Stage 4 turbo camshaft along with the existing Trick Flow heads, Holley Ultra Lo-Ram intake, and Huron Speed headers all rejoining the party.
Still trying to run quicker and faster, Cook jumped into class racing in a more serious capacity for the first time in 2024. Travis Duncan of Duncan Performance dialed in the tune to make roughly 1,200 horsepower on pump E85 fuel, and Cook had switched to a new Circle D billet bolt-together converter to make more efficient use of all the fun forced through the Cameron Powers-built three-speed Turbo 400 transmission.
With a massive new air-to-air front-mount intercooler from 417 Motorsports installed to give the WS6 an even more menacing look, Cook headed off to a local small tire radial race at Beacon Dragway in Paducah, Kentucky. “We got down to five cars, then there was a big oil down so we split the pot and I got a check,” Cook recounted excitedly.
Next, he ran at the 22nd Annual Scoggin Dickey NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem Presented by Scott's Trailer Sales & Thrill Festival at Beech Bend Raceway Park on May 31-June 2 for his first-ever Red Line Synthetic Oil NMCA Muscle Car Nationals event.
Cook signed up for both Late Model Engines Street King Presented by Chevrolet Performance and SunCoast Performance 8.60 Street Race. Qualifying kicked off on Friday, and in Street King, he ended up ninth with an 8.480 second pass on his 8.50 index while in 8.60 Street Race, Cook qualified second with an 8.625 at 158.89 mph blast, just 0.025 seconds from the 8.60 target and with the only Chevrolet in the field.
When everyone else on the property lamented the loss of an entire day of racing when Saturday was rained out completely, Cook was thrilled that the resulting change in the schedule meant he could feasibly fit Circle D Specialties True Street into his schedule, too.
“I beat the crap out of the car on Sunday,” Cook laughed. Hot-lapping the WS6 in three classes in one day with minimal time for cooling down in between was tough, but Cook had built it as a drag-and-drive machine and the F-Body stood up to the abuse. “Small tire stuff is fun but it’s out of control and you have to have crazy deep pockets. So, I like index racing because it keeps everything even without being actual bracket racing.”
As the day progressed, Cook experienced both highs and lows. He picked up a first-round win in LME Street King presented by Chevrolet Performance when he ran 8.592 at 143.63 mph but went out in round two due to a slow reaction time. Similarly, he won two rounds in SunCoast Performance 8.60 Street Race before ultimately finishing as the runner-up with a breakout run of 8.599 at 154.56 mph. “Both times I lost, it was because the driver sucked,” he confessed.
Nevertheless, Cook crushed it in True Street when he ran three back-to-back passes of 8.946, 8.631, and 8.606 for an overall winning average of 8.728 seconds. “This is what I built the car for!” he proclaimed. Complete with power windows, power steering, keyless entry, a double-DIN radio, and a great sound system, the only thing the Trans Am lacks is air conditioning. “The win was a surprise, to be honest, since usually the class has 7-second Mustangs.”
Running as quick as 8.31 in the quarter mile and 5.31 in the eighth during a prior, separate test session at Bowling Green, Cook is confident in his car’s ability to run as expected. “I know my car pretty well at this point so I can dial in accordingly, and I really like running in the 8.50-8.60 range,” he affirmed. And, weighing 3,575 pounds (with driver) makes the runs even more impressive.
With a win and runner-up to show for his first NMCA outing, Cook continued to compete in the Midwest Drags drag-and-drive event in July — his first event of its kind, and knew his WS6 would shine. “My noise-canceling AirPod headphones were a good investment,” he added, laughing in regards to how loud his street car Pontiac turned out to be on the multi-day road trip. “My car made it through the week and so did we, and we learned just how torturous these events can be!”
With Holeshot Automotive’s Johnson along for the ride as co-pilot, the guys had a blast and Cook added yet another runner-up title to his rapidly growing résumé of achievements. Coming in second by just eleventh-thousandths of a second to veteran drag-and-drive competitor Randy Seward in the Street Race Small-Block PA class with an average of 8.544 seconds was bittersweet, but still reason to celebrate. “I can’t complain about losing to a legend like Randy,” stated Cook. “But I’m hooked and can’t wait to do more! I even bought a smaller, lightweight aluminum trailer to build a dedicated drag-and-drive trailer.”
Ironically, one of his most memorable wins over the years was a car show award… the Trans Am’s beautiful red color isn’t paint at all – it’s a wrap that was expertly installed by Charles Weaver at CWraps. “Everyone thinks it’s painted, but it’s not. It actually won ‘Best Paint’ at a car show at a local track – even though they had a ‘Best Wrap’ category!” chuckled Cook, who was shocked to receive the award despite the fact he told the judges it was a wrap before the presentations took place.
To Cook, being able to enjoy his car and cruise anywhere he wants to go is important to him. He doesn’t see the point in having a car he can’t get in and drive, or take out for a fun Sunday cruise with his friends. He’s contemplated cutting up the Pontiac and gutting it to make it more “race car,” but ultimately enjoys having a truly streetable car more than anything else.
Looking ahead, Cook plans to keep class racing and hopes to compete at more NMCA races, in more drag-and-drive events, and to keep attending LS Fest as has been his tradition for nearly a decade. Because he likes to change things up, he may also switch back to a twin-turbo setup for the boosted 2002 Pontiac Trans Am WS6. No matter what, though, he’s grateful to have the car to help him process the traumatic loss of his beloved Brandy.
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The Details
Owner/Driver
Owner: Barry Cook
Driver: Same
Hometown: Clarksville, Tennessee
Occupation: Home theater sales and installation
Class: SunCoast Performance 8.60 Street Race, LME Street King, Circle D Specialties True Street, and drag ’n drive events
Car Year/Make/Model: 02 Pontiac Trans Am WS6
Powertrain
Engine: 6.0-liter LS
Engine builder: Shannon Carnathan
Displacement: 365 cubic inches
Block: Stock iron
Bore: 4.005 inches
Stroke: Stock
Crank: K1
Rods: Texas Speed
Pistons: Wiseco
Heads: Trick Flow 200
Valvetrain: Brian Tooley Racing
Cam type: Brian Tooley Racing Stage 4 Turbo
Carburetor or EFI system: Holley EFI Dominator
Power-adder: Forced Inductions S491/102 Turbo
Fuel brand and type: Pump E85
Headers and exhaust: Huron Speed
Transmission: TH400 automatic
Transmission Builder: Cameron Powers
Clutch/shifter/torque converter: Circle D Specialties bolt-together converter
Rearend: Quick Performance 9-inch
Chassis
Body and/or chassis builder: Chrome-moly 8.50 cage by Stormin’ Norman
Suspension (Front): Stock with AFCO coilovers
Suspension (Rear): Viking Coilovers with BMR AND MWC tubular parts
Brakes (Front): TBM
Brakes (Rear): TBM
Wheels (front): Weld Racing S77
Wheels (Rear): Weld Racing S77
Tires (Front): Mickey Thompson Sportsman 26x6
Tires (Rear): Mickey Thompson 275/60-15 ET Street Pro
Aftermarket body modifications: Custom vinyl wrap
Safety equipment: Pro1 harness, Pro1 suit, and next-gen HANS
Vehicle weight: 3,575 pounds with driver
Quickest ET: 8.31 seconds
Best 60-foot: 1.21 seconds
Fastest mph: 163
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Written by Ainsley Jacobs
Photography by Dr. Rudy Rouweyha and the FSC staff
Sometimes, when the harsh realities of life get too overwhelming, it helps to have a project to serve as an emotional distraction. Barry Cook started on his 2002 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 as a way of having something positive to focus on during his late wife’s battle with cancer, and now the car carries her memory as he blasts down the track.
A Michigan native who moved to Tennessee in 2000, Cook started racing motorcycles around 2010. “I had a crotch rocket that I raced for a couple of years and the bug got me pretty good,” he recalled. As he got more seriously involved with racing, Cook purchased a Chevrolet S-10 Blazer and ran the truck for a handful of years. “It did a bunch of wheelies and got me a following.”
Racing mostly in Mean Street- and True Street-style events geared toward street cars, Cook quickly craved lower elapsed times. He purchased another S-10 from a friend, finished it up, dialed in the twin-turbo combination, and made progress on those goals when his wife, Brandy, was diagnosed with liver cancer.
“I raffled off the truck to help pay for doctors and got out of racing for a few years,” lamented the 47-year-old widower of the tough times the couple faced together. “When she was in chemo, though, insurance helped out and we were able to save a little money, so I bought something to tinker with.”
It was 2020 when Cook picked up his 2002 Pontiac Trans Am WS6 from a guy in Indiana. At the time, it had a hurt engine and transmission, and the previous owner had all of its parts — including a twin-turbo kit — packed away in boxes. As a result, Cook got a great deal on the F-body, but it was, admittedly, a “hot mess.” Fortunately, important parts like the chassis and the 8.50-certified, chrome-moly roll cage from Stormin’ Norman were all still in great shape and solidly constructed.
“It was supposed to be a project to distract me, but in true Barry fashion, I went over the deep end with it,” laughed Cook. When Brandy passed away in 2021 at the young age of 39, a bereaved Cook went all-in and used the car as an outlet for his grief — it gave him a purpose to keep moving forward while keeping his mind off of things.
Similarly, he also used the unexpected alone time to start his own business — BNB Audio Video. Cook had worked in the home theater industry installing surround sound systems and smart home technology since 2007 but was tired of the three-hour roundtrip commute every day. “I didn’t have many bills anymore and could afford to be slow, so I quit my job with no clients and went to work for my friend Michael Johnson at his shop, Holeshot Automotive and Performance in Joelton, Tennessee,” said Cook.
After a few months turning wrenches, Cook started his own business (BNB stands for Barry and Brandy, of course) and went full-time selling and installing fun home electronics; the decision gave him the flexibility he needed to make his schedule to accommodate racing and to work as much or as little as he liked.
Between customer visits, Cook got busy installing the On3 Performance twin-turbo kit that had been included with his purchase. The Trans Am had also come equipped with its stock ECU and the seller had given Cook a Holley Terminator kit, but he decided to upgrade to a Holley Dominator EFI engine management system instead as he didn’t want to wire the car twice. Fortunately, Johnson and a few other friends were willing to help out with the task and lend their skills elsewhere as needed.
Inside, aluminum door panels were incorporated to give the driver and passenger a bit more space while strapped into the Kirkey seats. Otherwise, not much else was changed to either the interior (although the back seat was deleted to help the car save a few pounds) or the exterior (as all the factory body panels are still in place).
At all four corners, TBM brakes were bolted on while Mickey Thompson’s famed 275 ET Street Pro radial rubber was wrapped around a set of Weld S77 wheels in the front and M/T Sportsman tires mated to matching rollers up front.
After the Pontiac had been sufficiently sorted out and was up and running, Cook raced it for about a year. Making roughly 1,000 horsepower thanks to the On3 twin turbos, he occasionally attended events like LS Fest and would enter a class here and there, but mostly considered himself a “professional test-n-tuner.” “Like Ricky Bobby, I just wanna go fast,” he joked.
When a seal went out on one of the turbos, though, Cook added two Precision units instead. Deciding to cut his losses, he scrapped the entire kit and instead installed a different kit with a big single snail from Jose Zayas at Forced Inductions. The larger S491/102 turbo also necessitated an upgrade to the fuel system, so a big Fuelab fuel pump and Fuel Injector Development fuel injectors were added.
Realizing he was all-in by this point, Cook decided to switch over to “nice stuff” and upgraded the WS6’s 6.0-liter LS engine with a set of Trick Flow Specialties TFS200 cylinder heads. “I had been having some issues with the heads, so I bought a used set and that bit me in the butt… It was the one thing I cheaped out on,” shared the man. “I was bending valves and breaking pushrods, so I got the Trick Flow heads and got it working right.”
He started working on the F-Body’s chassis setup more, too and installed a combination of AFCO coilovers in the front with Viking coilovers in the rear as well as a Quick Performance 9-inch rearend. While the bulk of the front suspension remained otherwise stock, he did add aftermarket arms and tubular components in the rear from BMR and Midwest Chassis.
For 2023’s LS Fest — his tenth year attending the event at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky — Cook mostly just wanted to have fun so he ran in a grudge test-n-tune category, then picked up the win in the dyno challenge.
Unfortunately, the end of 2023 also marked the end of an era for Cook’s LS engine. “It was done by some guy who didn’t do a great job, and I did an oops after LS Fest and drove it to the track to make some test hits… I forgot to tighten the shocks, let go of the transbrake, it went up on the bumper, and it smashed the oil pan when it came down,” said Cook sadly.
Initially, he thought he could replace the pan and he would be OK, but even with a new one in place, the engine was still leaking oil; further inspection revealed the back of the block had been cracked by the impact of the hard landing.
So, over the winter of 2023-2024, Cook enlisted Shannon Carnathan to swap his existing internals into a fresh, 365-cubic-inch iron LS truck block, and reassemble the entire thing. The changeover included Cook’s K1 crankshaft, Texas Speed connecting rods, Wiseco pistons, and BTR Stage 4 turbo camshaft along with the existing Trick Flow heads, Holley Ultra Lo-Ram intake, and Huron Speed headers all rejoining the party.
Still trying to run quicker and faster, Cook jumped into class racing in a more serious capacity for the first time in 2024. Travis Duncan of Duncan Performance dialed in the tune to make roughly 1,200 horsepower on pump E85 fuel, and Cook had switched to a new Circle D billet bolt-together converter to make more efficient use of all the fun forced through the Cameron Powers-built three-speed Turbo 400 transmission.
With a massive new air-to-air front-mount intercooler from 417 Motorsports installed to give the WS6 an even more menacing look, Cook headed off to a local small tire radial race at Beacon Dragway in Paducah, Kentucky. “We got down to five cars, then there was a big oil down so we split the pot and I got a check,” Cook recounted excitedly.
Next, he ran at the 22nd Annual Scoggin Dickey NMCA Muscle Car Mayhem Presented by Scott's Trailer Sales & Thrill Festival at Beech Bend Raceway Park on May 31-June 2 for his first-ever Red Line Synthetic Oil NMCA Muscle Car Nationals event.
Cook signed up for both Late Model Engines Street King Presented by Chevrolet Performance and SunCoast Performance 8.60 Street Race. Qualifying kicked off on Friday, and in Street King, he ended up ninth with an 8.480 second pass on his 8.50 index while in 8.60 Street Race, Cook qualified second with an 8.625 at 158.89 mph blast, just 0.025 seconds from the 8.60 target and with the only Chevrolet in the field.
When everyone else on the property lamented the loss of an entire day of racing when Saturday was rained out completely, Cook was thrilled that the resulting change in the schedule meant he could feasibly fit Circle D Specialties True Street into his schedule, too.
“I beat the crap out of the car on Sunday,” Cook laughed. Hot-lapping the WS6 in three classes in one day with minimal time for cooling down in between was tough, but Cook had built it as a drag-and-drive machine and the F-Body stood up to the abuse. “Small tire stuff is fun but it’s out of control and you have to have crazy deep pockets. So, I like index racing because it keeps everything even without being actual bracket racing.”
As the day progressed, Cook experienced both highs and lows. He picked up a first-round win in LME Street King presented by Chevrolet Performance when he ran 8.592 at 143.63 mph but went out in round two due to a slow reaction time. Similarly, he won two rounds in SunCoast Performance 8.60 Street Race before ultimately finishing as the runner-up with a breakout run of 8.599 at 154.56 mph. “Both times I lost, it was because the driver sucked,” he confessed.
Nevertheless, Cook crushed it in True Street when he ran three back-to-back passes of 8.946, 8.631, and 8.606 for an overall winning average of 8.728 seconds. “This is what I built the car for!” he proclaimed. Complete with power windows, power steering, keyless entry, a double-DIN radio, and a great sound system, the only thing the Trans Am lacks is air conditioning. “The win was a surprise, to be honest, since usually the class has 7-second Mustangs.”
Running as quick as 8.31 in the quarter mile and 5.31 in the eighth during a prior, separate test session at Bowling Green, Cook is confident in his car’s ability to run as expected. “I know my car pretty well at this point so I can dial in accordingly, and I really like running in the 8.50-8.60 range,” he affirmed. And, weighing 3,575 pounds (with driver) makes the runs even more impressive.
With a win and runner-up to show for his first NMCA outing, Cook continued to compete in the Midwest Drags drag-and-drive event in July — his first event of its kind, and knew his WS6 would shine. “My noise-canceling AirPod headphones were a good investment,” he added, laughing in regards to how loud his street car Pontiac turned out to be on the multi-day road trip. “My car made it through the week and so did we, and we learned just how torturous these events can be!”
With Holeshot Automotive’s Johnson along for the ride as co-pilot, the guys had a blast and Cook added yet another runner-up title to his rapidly growing résumé of achievements. Coming in second by just eleventh-thousandths of a second to veteran drag-and-drive competitor Randy Seward in the Street Race Small-Block PA class with an average of 8.544 seconds was bittersweet, but still reason to celebrate. “I can’t complain about losing to a legend like Randy,” stated Cook. “But I’m hooked and can’t wait to do more! I even bought a smaller, lightweight aluminum trailer to build a dedicated drag-and-drive trailer.”
Ironically, one of his most memorable wins over the years was a car show award… the Trans Am’s beautiful red color isn’t paint at all – it’s a wrap that was expertly installed by Charles Weaver at CWraps. “Everyone thinks it’s painted, but it’s not. It actually won ‘Best Paint’ at a car show at a local track – even though they had a ‘Best Wrap’ category!” chuckled Cook, who was shocked to receive the award despite the fact he told the judges it was a wrap before the presentations took place.
To Cook, being able to enjoy his car and cruise anywhere he wants to go is important to him. He doesn’t see the point in having a car he can’t get in and drive, or take out for a fun Sunday cruise with his friends. He’s contemplated cutting up the Pontiac and gutting it to make it more “race car,” but ultimately enjoys having a truly streetable car more than anything else.
Looking ahead, Cook plans to keep class racing and hopes to compete at more NMCA races, in more drag-and-drive events, and to keep attending LS Fest as has been his tradition for nearly a decade. Because he likes to change things up, he may also switch back to a twin-turbo setup for the boosted 2002 Pontiac Trans Am WS6. No matter what, though, he’s grateful to have the car to help him process the traumatic loss of his beloved Brandy.
Sidebar:
The Details
Owner/Driver
Owner: Barry Cook
Driver: Same
Hometown: Clarksville, Tennessee
Occupation: Home theater sales and installation
Class: SunCoast Performance 8.60 Street Race, LME Street King, Circle D Specialties True Street, and drag ’n drive events
Car Year/Make/Model: 02 Pontiac Trans Am WS6
Powertrain
Engine: 6.0-liter LS
Engine builder: Shannon Carnathan
Displacement: 365 cubic inches
Block: Stock iron
Bore: 4.005 inches
Stroke: Stock
Crank: K1
Rods: Texas Speed
Pistons: Wiseco
Heads: Trick Flow 200
Valvetrain: Brian Tooley Racing
Cam type: Brian Tooley Racing Stage 4 Turbo
Carburetor or EFI system: Holley EFI Dominator
Power-adder: Forced Inductions S491/102 Turbo
Fuel brand and type: Pump E85
Headers and exhaust: Huron Speed
Transmission: TH400 automatic
Transmission Builder: Cameron Powers
Clutch/shifter/torque converter: Circle D Specialties bolt-together converter
Rearend: Quick Performance 9-inch
Chassis
Body and/or chassis builder: Chrome-moly 8.50 cage by Stormin’ Norman
Suspension (Front): Stock with AFCO coilovers
Suspension (Rear): Viking Coilovers with BMR AND MWC tubular parts
Brakes (Front): TBM
Brakes (Rear): TBM
Wheels (front): Weld Racing S77
Wheels (Rear): Weld Racing S77
Tires (Front): Mickey Thompson Sportsman 26x6
Tires (Rear): Mickey Thompson 275/60-15 ET Street Pro
Aftermarket body modifications: Custom vinyl wrap
Safety equipment: Pro1 harness, Pro1 suit, and next-gen HANS
Vehicle weight: 3,575 pounds with driver
Quickest ET: 8.31 seconds
Best 60-foot: 1.21 seconds
Fastest mph: 163
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