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x2 on the Hemi except I would vote for a 392. It is a hot-rod engine. However, it would depend on whether you are doing a hot-rod style build or a more refined pro touring build with a modern drive-train. If you are doing it pro touring style, go with a corvette LS engine from a Z06. STewart

6.4 Hemi Twin Turbo Viper engine High Performance Chevy Big Block STewart

Twin Turbo twin supercharged 6.1 Hemi Twin Turbo Chevy 502 Big Block 6.7 Cummins STewart

Haven't had enough progress on this one to post pics for a while. I have the rear suspension all ready to put in place and I'm working on the front suspension. After looking at some reference pics, I cut the frame piece out of the front suspension piece in the kit, extended it, filled it in, and put it in place. I then took an a-arm setup from the parts box and cut the arms off of it for the suspension. I need to make some upper arms and figure out how to set up the coil spring. I am in the process of making brackets for the arms. I detail-painted the turbo and intercooler with black wash and other colors of metalizer. I got an aluminum oil and transmission pan as well. Other than that, not much is going on with this build. Don't have a whole lot of time for it with school but I am working slowly and surely. STewart

That's sweet. Great job on the turbos. The detail work is amazing. STewart

That looks great. Can't wait to see it done. STewart

Finished the intercooler up today. It is scratchbuilt. The extenders on the sides are to direct airflow coming in from the two intake holed I opened up in the front frascia. The dual fans are from a Revell dodge Viper kit. I also painted up the turbo, rear axle, and radiator. More of the intercooler STewart

Thanks for the very helpful tip. I will check it out. I few more progress pics. Here is a sneak peak of the engine and turbo as well as the tranny. Switching out the stock for a 5-speed. I just have to find tubing big enough for it. I figured it would be a good idea to try to get some more cold air onto the intercooler and radiator so I carved out the rectangles in the front fascia where the turn signal lights go. I finished up the frame and made a fuel cell. I just need to pain the frame and chassis. STewart

Spoilers and flares definitely. Hood and trunk lid is a little too predicable though. \ STewart

I am thinking of doing some carbon fiber on the body. Don't know how much yet though. Here are some ideas I have. Gloss black with -a carbon fiber racing stripe up 1 side -carbon fiber hood -carbon fiber front splitter -carbon fiber on the duck tail spoiler -carbon fiber on the fender flares Just a few ideas. I am definitely going to do the front splitter and possibly the rear spoiler. I am leaning towards the single stripe up one side right now though. STewart

I started work on the suspension setup. I decided I didn't really like the setup of the one I had and I was going to have to modify it anyway so I decided to use some of the parts and make a setup similar to this Hendrickson setup. I had to extend the axles in order to get the wheels out under the fenders. I am planning on doing a rather detailed setup with all the nuts and bolts. Here is a picture with the slightly enlarged wheel arches. I basically lengthened the arches. STewart

Thanks for the reference pics. Those are great. One problem I am going to have is the vents on the front quarter panels. The ones in the kit are just glue-on pieces that don't look that great. I tried using a dremel to cut out vents on a spare hood but it is really hard to do. I will have to come up with something. I got a little more done tonight. I finished up the rear frame. I now have to fit the rear axle and suspension setup in. I also need to construct a fuel cell. I didn't like the rear bench seat but I also did not want to remove it. The seat looked too dated and I want this to look like a nicely resto-modded GNX. I wanted to leave the rear seat in because I don't want this to be a race-only car despite the title . I took some extra buckets from an SRT, cut them up a little, and fit them into the back. Unfortunately, I had to cut away some of the seats to get them to fit around the rear tubs. Have to fix that somehow. STewart

I opened up the rear wheel wells a little more. I have to wait to do too much more though until my wheels and tires get here. This is the suspension I will be using. It is a resin setup from a Volvo full-size rig. STewart

Yes they are part of this kit. I was able to "rough in" the rear suspension and frame. Still needs some finish work. The axle and 4-link are from the Revell IMSA roush mustang. STewart

I am building this GNX from the Revell high-performance kit. The fender flares were in the kit, the hood is a resin piece of ebay. I have to grind off a brace in the under-hood compartment to get it to fit though. I am still trying to decide whether to paint the car flat black, semi-gloss, or gloss black. It has to be black though. These cars just don't look the same in any other color. I made the rear spoiler slightly larger with strip styrene and bondo. In order to fit the wheels and tires, I had to enlarge the rear wells. However, the design of the chassis made that rather hard so cut off the rear trunk pan and fuel tank and replaced it with my own modified one. I still need to add a fuel cell and the rest of the frame. Here is my progress so far on the frame. This is my wheel and tire package. I don't know where the wheels are from. I modified the rears to fit in 23" pegasus sleeves with perelli tires. STewart

I will be using these wheels with a super single-type tire in the back. STewart

This as a project I have been working on for over the last couple of weeks. Lots of bodywork. I extended the hood about a 1/2 inch and extended the roof line. The bed is to AMT dually beds put together. I widened the fenders by cutting them off and extending them with a strip of styrene. Here is the end look I am going for with a little bit of this mixed in I plan on using a big-rig diesel with exhaust stacks and a semi truck suspension. I am just letting this one "design itself" as I go along. STewart

oops. Didn't post any of the engine. Here they are. STewart

Thanks guys. I have been working on my painting skills and I think this is the best paint job I have laid down yet. STewart

Same with me. The cummins was a first time type of thing that really stretched my abilities. It was great. STewart

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Model of the Fast and Furious Hammer. It is not an exact replica but rather a model with my own twist. It has a twin pro-charged 383 with a scratchbuilt cross-ram manifold and airbox intake. The pro-chargers are from shucky. the roll cage is made from solder, the steering wheel and gauges are DM and MCG peices. Wheels are Pegasus with viper brakes rear differential is also a Viper piece with a scratchbuilt 4-link The exhaust is solder and aluminum tubing. The glasspacks are spun aluminum from JB Hobbies. Paint is Model Masters graphite metallic STewart

This build is complete. Look in Under Glass for completed pics. STewart

I hope I did not sound like I was putting down you engine Brian. I am sure it is an excellent replica. It would also depend upon the modeler building the engine. I was just saying that as a general guideline, a cummins built from an existing inline 6 would probably be more loosely based on the real thing. My replica is by no means perfect though so it would again depend on the modeler's skill. STewart