Highlights of the build:

383 stroker LT1 bottom end

AFR 195 LT4 heads

Port matched intake manifold

Tremec TKO 600 5-speed manual trans

Tubular front control arms

3.42 gears

Wilwood 6-piston calipers

Forgeline wheels

Lexan windshield and side windows

Full NASA legal cage

Kirkey racing seat

Fiberglass dzus-on hood

I began with an 1995 9C1 issue purchased at auction.  The gutting started immediately.  Everything was removed from the interior of the car except for the steering column and a few pieces of the dash support. Once reduced to a bare shell, the body was jacked off of the frame for a set of poly body mount bushings and new hardware. 

A roll cage was then designed by Scott Cowdry to meet the NASA rules.  The cage is welded to the frame in six locations and included "NASCAR" bars in the drivers side door.  The tubing used is 1.75" DOM with 0.120" wall.

Paint was next.  It got a quick one day paint job in a machine shed by my cousin Paul Mason.... hey, it's just a race car... and it came out pretty good.

The motor build was a fun project and not real complicated.  The American Iron series limits cars to a 9/1 weight to Hp and 9.5/1 weight to Torque ratio.  This helps keep the series competative and keeps the guy with the biggest checkbook from winning (that's what AI Extreme is for!)

The basic components are an Eagle forged 3.75" stroker crank, 6.0" H-beam rods and forged SRP flat top pistons.  Full floating wrist pins were installed with posi-locks.  Clevite bearings were used and assembled with Red Line assembly lube.  ARP main studs hold it all together.  A

Canton road race oil pan was selected because of it's baffles and trap doors.  This pan also has a built-in windage tray to help with oil control.  Canton also supplied an oil pick up that was matched to the pan.

AFR 195 cc LT4 heads sit on top with an LT1 intake manifold that was ported to match.  These heads yield a 12:1 compression ration in this combination.  A 236-242 on 112 Comp Cam was selected along with 1.6 ratio roller rockers.

The chassis dyno resulted in 393 Hp and 390 ft/pds of torque.  This was through the TKO 600 tranny and 3.08 rear gears.  

The braking system for this car was going to be very important.  With the car weighing in around 3500 pounds, it's a bit heavy for a competitive road racer and therefore the brakes will have to take some abuse.  Huge brakes were the answer, but the AI Series is limited to a 17 inch wheel, so we could go no bigger than a 13 inch rotor.

I contacted TCE for the parts and ended up with front rotors that are 1.375" thick matched to a Wilwood 6-piston aluminum caliper.  This TCE kit also included modified spindles and hubs so that it will all bolt up.

In the rear the caliper is a 4 piston and the rotor is 1.125" thick.  The is much less stress on the rear brake system so this may be overkill, but that's the best way to go with brakes.

I plumbed in an adjustable proportioning valve under the hood in the line to the rear brakes.  This will allow me to adjust rear brake bias and hopefully keep me from locking them up under heavy braking situations.

For cooling the fronts I have installed NACA ducts in the base of the front bumper cover.  High temp duct hose then runs along the outside edge of the frame and is attached to the lower control arm.  This should deliver a stream of cool air directly to the rotor hat.