As the guy that built this ride, Lance Smith, said, this is a race track car and not a street car. It has 2550 pounds, 900 ft. pounds of torque and a naturaly aspired engine. The max speed approches 200 mph. The weight balance is 45% front and 55% rear.
This Monza has a 2X3" box tube underslung chassis and Nascar style roll cage and 13" and 14" wide, old school aspect ratio slicks.
Talking about the cost of building this ride the owner says: "the car was built with flea market parts at flea market prices".
The price list:
- $1200.00 - rolling chassis
- $300.00 - donor car for the body
- $800.00 - fibergalss panels
- $800.00 - used trans
- $500.00 - misc. parts
- $700.00 - wheels
- $900.00 - "state of the art" seat
- $8000.00 - re-built engine
Technical specifications
- BODY: 1974 Chevy Monza with modified DEKON fiberglass panels
- CHASSIS: Nascar underslung mild steel 2X3" box tube, 17 point roll cage
- ENGINE: 604 CI iron bowtie block, dart aluminum heads, 1150 CFM Holly dominator, Weaver dry sump
- DRIVELINE: TEX super T-10, Frankin quick change
- STEERING: Mustang power rack and pinion
- SUSPENSION: tubular upper/ lower control arms, fabricated spindles, Wilwood wide 5 hubs,
13X1.125" vented rotors w/6 piston Wilwood calipers front, 12.25X1" vented rotors w/ 4 piston Wilwood calipers rear, coilover shocks all around
- WHEELS: Real aluminum wide-5, 16X14" front, 16X15" rear, Goodyear 25X13X16" front, 27X14X16" rear
- MISC.: ATL fuel cell, Harrison oil coolers, Halon firesystem, Randy LaJoie custom aluminum seat, Stewart Warner gauges
