I believe many knows our ’67 VIP here. But for those who don’t, we built the 1967 Plymouth VIP in 2006, run it first with a naturally aspirated street engine running 10.6’s, and once all the parts arrived a twin turbo intercooled 478 cu in RB with Indy heads and EFI. During the years following we run the car becoming the first street car in Finland to break in to 7’s winning numerous races and championships.
We run the car until I crashed it in the street in 2014, after which we decided to update the engine a little at the same time when the body was being rebuilt. However, happened like it sometimes does, delays after dealys…. until now.
Next summer is the 50th birthday of the car and we decided to give it a present, take it back to where it was born! And what would be a better way to do it than to participate on the 2017 Drag Week!
Our main goal at this point is first to get the car there, and then be able to survive the week, performance and success doesn’t matter. We are going to run the car in the Ultimate Iron class, it should fit the rules with stock doors. There is still a few things to do and a lot of practical problems to be solved…, for example I have never been in to USA and have no idea about anything there.
And then there are a lot of technical things that must be tested and solved, and of course the problem of getting the parts needed.
The engine will be an Indy blocked wedge with Molnar crank and rods, Diamond pistons with 8.8:1 CR. The heads are FBS heads that probably no one has used for this kind of purpose before… The transmission is a JW powerglide with 10 disc FMX drum, and the rear axle a Dana 60 with 4.10 pro gears.
Basically everything will be done in our home garage by ourselves excluding the more complex machine work we have no tools for. I will report here about the progress, or if you are in the facebook you can follow things there too, there is stuff both in English and Finnish.
https://www.facebook.com/VIPFlyingFinns/ But for now a couple of videos, the first one is from spring 2014 and the second one showing the car isn’t quite ready yet is from last week…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYH7x7Dh9zg https://www.facebook.com/VIPFlyingFinns/videos/808878022582994/
