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Ride Nickname:
black_betty

Make:
Chevrolet

Model:
Caprice

Year:
1989

Introduction / Overview:

my daily driver 8 months of the year, big block power and overdrive trans, ran 13's on one tire fire, gutted down to the basics, built to drive and is driven hard!

Drivetrain:

1974 454 bbc .030 over (462c.i.), oval port heads, 10:1 pistons, gm marine block spec cam, gold anodized moroso valve covers, k&n filter and k&n filter top,old school 1970's weiand intake( for now!), 750 cfm 4160 series holley 4bbl, hedman big block laguna headers,cut outs stretched to exit at the side of the car, 1976 gmc dump truck 3 core radiator, thermometer spec cap. optima red top battery.

1992 700r4, trans go reprogrammer, manual/automatic kit, beast sunshell, corvette servo, b&m quicksiler shifter, 2200 stahl converter, manual lockup, etc.

1994 caprice 9c1 8.6 10 bolt rear, gm auburn style posi

Chassis:

caprice 9c1 police interceptor front and rear suspension

1996 impala ss sway bars front and rear

stock front disc brakes, rebuilt. rear 1994 caprice 9c1 disc brake setup, manual brake proportioning valve.

Wheels:

front: 15x7 steelies wrapped in 215/70r15 runway enduros

rear: 15x8  steelies wrapped in 265/70r15 b.f. goodrich on the street/ mickey thompson 28.0/9.0-15 et drags on the track

Body:

four door sedan, painted in valspar low gloss black tractor and implement enamel, applied with a roller brush, mr. horsepower logos handpainted on the fenders, cheap plastic hood soop

fenderwells, climate control system,passenger side wiper, and all unnessacary weight eliminated for the strip. home made heater delete plate

Interioir:
stripped, except for dash, radio, speakers, two 1997 leather ford escort buckets, and front door panels to save weight. coated in herculiner brand bedliner.

Lifestyles:
Builder, Old-School, Hot Rodder, Street Rodder, Build-It, Drive-It, Rat Rod