1970 Chevelle Has A 900 HP Naturally Aspirated 9.2L Big Block: Video
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When most people build a Pro Stock-style drag car with 22-inch wide rear tires, nitrous and a massive Big Block V8, they don’t intend to drive it on the street. Driving a race car on the road may sound fun in theory, but it can make being behind the wheel for a long period of time tiring – especially when the almost inevitable reliability gremlins begin to appear.
None of that stops Shawn Robert White from driving his custom 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle on the road, though. This custom, road-legal drag car is built around a 565 cubic inch Big Block (that’s 9.2L!) that was put together by Beck Racing Engines. The naturally aspirated engine, which runs on race gas, makes a rather ridiculous 900 horsepower. That wasn’t enough for the owner, though, as the car has also been armed with 300 horsepower’s worth of nitrous, giving it a grand total of 1,200 horsepower.
All that power is routed to the mile-wide rear tires through an FTI Stage 5 Powerglide transmission with a manual valve body, along with a 12-bolt rear end. The car also has an NHRA compliant eight-and-a-half second chassis, but the majority of the interior remains intact, including the dashboard, passenger seat, door panels and console.
YouTube’s Autotopia Los Angeles recently stopped by White’s garage to check out his road-going race car and go for a ride in it on some public roads. It’s not clear if White has ever drag raced this car, but it seems as though he built it as more of a drag-racing inspired road car rather than a real drag car. We’d love to see it in action at the strip, but it’s clear that he still gets plenty of use out of that 565 cubic inch Big Block on the road, as he doesn’t shy away from showing Autotopia LA what it can do.
Check out the channel’s overview of this absolutely mad ’70 Chevelle embedded just below.
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Nice car.
BIG $$$.
That car is amazing, hard to believe he actually drives it on the street, looks like basically a drag car.
Some pretty serious wheel hop in that burn. Didn’t really seem that quick…no mention of times…?
Loved the look from the back big ass tires
Johns right it, didn’t look that fast but nice burn tho
Stage 5 Powerglide??? That is a TH400 pan on that and a Powerglide will only shift from low to direct. He shifted twice.
At the end of the interview you heard the guy say that while they were out on the streets that he only gave it a quarter throttle, so thats why it doesn’t look that fast, but boy if he did just go full throttle an run it like at the drag strip your opinion of not fast would change in a hurry. Good build guys.