With A Little Ingenuity, This LT1 Firebird Goes 9s For Under $10,000 !!!!

Owner: Clint Schexnayder
Car: 1995 Trans Am
Block: LT1, 355 cubic inches
Compression ratio: 10.5:1
Heads: Trickflow LT4 ported and polished by Lloyd Elliot Portworks, 2.05 intake, 1.625 exhaust valves
Cam: COMP Cams hydraulic roller, 230/244 duration at .050, .544/.576-inch lift, 112 LSA
Pushrods: COMP Cams chrome moly
Rocker arms: Scorpion 1.6 ratio
Pistons: Lunati forged
Rings: Sealed Power
Crankshaft: Lunati forged
Rods: Eagle H-beam
Throttle body: BBK 58mm
Fuel injectors: Lucas, 83lb./hr.
Fuel pump: Stock with NOS 255lph inline
Ignition: Stock Optispark, MSD coil, MSD 6A ignition box
Engine management: Stock computer tuned by owner
Power adder: Nitrous Express 150-200hp shot
Exhaust system: Jet Hot long tube headers, X-pipe, 3-inch true dual exhaust with Dynomax bullet mufflers
Transmission: TH-350 built by Schexnayder Racing
Torque converter: Precision Industries 4000-stall
Driveshaft: Stock
Front suspension: BMR K-member, HAL/QA1 coilovers, stock control arms, removed swaybar
Rear suspension: Stock with polyurethane control arm bushings
Rear end: Ford 8.8-inch hybrid rear with stock GM 28-spline axles, 3.55 gear, posi
Brakes: Stock
Wheels: Weld 15x3.5 front, 15x10 rear
Front tires: M/T ET Front 26x4.5
Rear tires: M/T ET Street Radial 325/50R15
Fuel octane: 112
Race weight: 3,450 lbs.
Best ET/mph: 9.83 at 136
Best 60-ft. time: 1.48
Current mileage: 134,085
Miles driven weekly: 25

It's common knowledge that cars are one of the single worst investments you could ever purchase. As we drive them, modify them or race them, our hot rods are constantly decreasing in value. Even after pouring tens of thousands of dollars into one badass ride, it is still worth little more than its stock counterpart--and sometimes, even less! This is exactly what prompted Clint Schexnayder to take a more budget-minded approach on his '95 Trans Am.

"I wanted a fast streetcar, built as cheap as I could, doing all the work myself. Of course it doesn't hurt when your brother has his own shop." Except for machining the block, which was taken to a local machine shop for a .030 over bore and line honed four-bolt splayed caps, the Louisiana native has stayed true to his word in devoting plenty of elbow grease to the project. With help from his brother, Clint checked the clearances before installing Clevite bearings and a Lunati 3.48 stroke forged steel crank. The Sealed Power rings were file-fit and inserted into the Lunati nitrous-friendly high compression pistons. Finally, a set of full floating pins connected Eagle H-beam rods to the forged pistons to complete the 355-cube LT1 bottom end.