The new Veee8 drag radial buildup.
 

I have been collecting a mountain of parts for the new combo. I have also pulled in some help from Shawn at Virginia Speed, Eric at Midwest Chassis, Madman and Co. Racing, and my employer National Speed Inc. So the time has arrived to start the buildup of my latest combination. It should be a monster!
Here is a rundown of the new setup.

Engine:

- C5R block
- Resleeved with some hard mofo's (just ask Shawn :D )
- 427ci (7.0liter)
- Callies Magnum custom-lightened crankshaft
- GRP aluminum rods
- 1/2" 6-bolt head studs
- A1 Technologies STD C5R 6-bolt main studs
- Custom JE pistons
- Coated main and rod bearings
- Billet main caps
- Jesel timing belt drive
- Custom C5R cylinder heads (6-bolt conversion)
- Custom C5R intake manifold
- Wilson 105mm throttle body
- Jesel C5R rockers
- Jesel keyway solid lifters
- Custom 3/8" Comp Cams pushrods
- Custom dual-valve springs
- Custom C5R valve covers
- Dailey Engineering dry-sump oil system

Turbocharger system:

- PTE106HPG turbocharger - 1.32 a/r turbine housing (capable of 2,400hp+)
- PTE2400 water-to-air intercooler core
- Chiseled 5-gallon water tank with in-tank Rule pump
- Custom turbocharger manifolds
- 5.00" down pipe
- 4.00" charge pipe system
- Twin-Precision 46mm wastegates (one-per-bank)
- ProCharger "Race" blow-off valve

Transmission and drive train:

- ATI Superglide II transmission
- ATI Outlaw Extreme 10.5" torque converter
- Strange chromoly driveshaft with billet yokes
- Midwest chassis fabricated 9"
- Strange Ultracase center section
- Spool and 40-spine axles


Fueling system:

- Aeromotive belt-drive fuel pump
- Front-mount 3-gallon fuel cell
- Aeromotive belt-drive 1:1RR EFI fuel-pressure regulator
- Precision 225lb injectors (2,350cc)
- Custom fuel rails
- C16 fuel

Management and data acquisition:

- Big Stuff 3 stand-alone engine management system
- BS3 options: DAI, DAE, ETM, 3-step launch control, RacePak interface, individual EGT inputs
- RacePak UDX Replay logger dash
- NLR AMS-1000 electronic-boost control system with C02 option

Ignition system:

- MSD-8 ignition module
- MSD belt-drive distributor
- MSD Pro Power ignition coil
- Custom spark plug wires

Chassis:

- 10-point roll cage currently
- Upgrading to 25.3 SFI roll cage
- AFCO/Madman front coilovers (double-adjustable)
- AFCO/Madman rear shocks (double-adjustable) with Wolfe double-adjustable spring mount
- Wolfe mini-tub
- Midwest Chassis pan-hard bar
- Midwest Chassis torque arm
- Midwest Chassis race anti-roll bar
- Midwest Chassis lower-control arms
- Wolfe parachute mount
- Stroud/custom National Speed parachute
- Bogart RT-bolted drag wheels
- 315/60R15 drag radial
- M/T front runner tires
- Madman manual steering rack
- Madman motor and mid plates
- Strange manual braking system
- SSBC brake-bias brake
- SLP line-lock system
- Dual Wilwood rear brake calipers
- 5" WS6 sloped VFN pinned hood
- Corbeau LG-1 driver seat
- Momo steering wheel
- SCS Cheetah shifter

Here are some progress pics.....
Cool shot of my car on the lift at work, you can barely see a Nissan Skyline GTR R34 right hand drive in the background. Pretty cool rare car, that is very strange to drive!

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Dropping the rearend and TH400 out....

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Here are some of the electronics.....

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The 106, sans turbine housing, chck out that wheel!

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Wolfe Mini Tub project, I don't care to do this job again. :barf:

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Madman manual rack mock up. Perfect fit.

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Going to work on the motor and midplates tomorrow., I will update as it rolls along.

Dear Lord what a crazy build....can't wait to see how this turns out.

Wow, I guess you were not kidding me in the last PM. Alot of nice parts for sure. You building this for Outlaw Drag Radial? When is the expected finish date? Going to be badazz for sure!

Yeah to play around in ODR. Hoping to start testing around February.

badass!!

Man, 225lbs injectors. Can I take a shower under all eight of them?

You could probably wash your car with them at 80 psi!

Good lord...that's a lot of fuel.

Looks great. A good edition to National Speed too.

Looking good chris!

Wow thats going to make some crazy power when all said and done. Good luck on the build VEEE8.

very nice! i hope my truck turns out half as nice!

looks great Chris, cant wait to see it when its done!

Looking good man!!

Good lord. Nice project!

Bad Ass.

that is going to be a bad ass set up cant wait to see that thing fly

Thanks for the kind words guys. We are all very excited with this project.

no driver mod?!?!?!?!?! j/k that thing is gonna be nasty man good luck!!!

Damn man.. That looks awesome. Good luck on the build. Gonna be bad ass for sure.