First parts arrive for Project: Riced Rat Rod

[mark@streetlegaltv]

Well the parts started to arrive at the office. I am doing a 400 cubic inch small block Chevy into my 91 240sx coupe. It will be called project "Riced Rat Rod" and will eventually be wide body, flat black with rat rod-esque color coded wheels on it. The idea is to get the motor together and dynoed first. It will make 550-575 HP NA and about 700-750 HP on nitrous.

It will be used for drag, drift, road race. Mckinney Motorsports is 1 mile from the office and they will be assisting with the engine mount kits on their S13 front clip they have in house. This way they can get the mounts figured out before I even have the motor in the car. Before we can do that, I still need to figure out with a temp. transmission for it. It will get a Tremec TKO-600 but that won't be available to December and hope to have the car running by Oct. The car will get the stock KA pulled, all un needed things removed, engine bay painted and motor installed. Suspension, body and wheels will follow soon.

It will be front sump with a 65 Nova pan that will need some slight modification

Once I get enough parts together, we will be doing a bunch of articles and videos of the build of the car on Hot Rod & Muscle Car Videos, News, Articles & Tech on Street Legal TV - PowerTV Network

Parts list, updated as I get it

400 cubic inch Dart SHP short block
Mahle Forged Pistons
Scat H beams
Scat forged crank
Dart Pro 1 215cc aluminum heads
Dart single plane intake manifold
all gaskets, studs etc.

[powerjames]

I've seen the parts first hand, and they are top notch. It's going to be a sweet project.....

Got any pics of the 240?

[mark@streetlegaltv]

not much to look at. Still in my storage. I should have it road worthy in a week or so

[Bobby Kbro]

Hey Mark-san, every think about changing the project name to Uncle Ben's? You putting a small block chevy in that thing? You know that chevy's don't run on Saki, right?
Let us all know how this thing goes. Most of us here are opposed to sushi and tofu, but we are interested in how a meat and potatoes engine is going to work in an far east dragon wagon.

[powerjames]

Project Anti Rod is more like it.