Summary

The recipient of a $380,000 no-expense-spared custom build, this 'Cuda is powered by a 6.1-liter Indy Cylinder Head Street Legend HEMI engine backed by a TREMEC 5-speed manual transmission. Title in transit.

Details

The modern HEMI lettering on this 'Cuda's clean Shaker hints at the 6.1 liters of modern HEMI power that reside beneath the hood. The $24,000 Street Legend HEMI engine was sourced from Indy Cylinder Head. At the top of the professionally assembled engine, dual Edelbrock 4-barrel carburetors, flowing 600 CFM each, dump air and fuel into a lightweight aluminum intake. That intake feeds CNC-ported heads, which stack body-matched valve covers on chromoly pushrods, Manley Beehive springs and titanium retainers. Beneath those heads, a COMP hydraulic roller cam helps create stout 10.3:1 compression. That compression gets sparked by pliable FireCore wires, which are sequenced to hot MSD ignition. Spent gases exit through stainless long-tube headers. Cooling comes courtesy of a custom, double-pass Performance Rod & Custom radiator, which is teamed with two SPAL puller fans. Lubrication is provided by a high-performance Melling oil pump, which siphons a deep Milodon pan. The car's body-matched engine bay looks great under billet hood supports. Behind the premium engine, body-matched floors center a tough SFI scattershield in front of a modern TREMEC 5-speed manual transmission that kicks a spry Dana 60 rear axle that's finished with a Sure-Grip differential and big 3.73 gears. The drivetrain pushes a full XV Racing suspension that cages quality Hyperco coilovers in beefy sway bars. Turns come courtesy of power rack & pinion steering. Hydratech-boosted Baer calipers cinch a quartet of drilled and slotted rotors to manage speed. There's a pair of welded subframe connectors that ensure the massaged HEMI isn't at odds with the car's menacing body. A rumbling soundtrack fills ceramic-coated, large-diameter pipes that thread coated MagnaFlow mufflers, and at the corners of the chassis, handsome Fikse wheels spin BFGoodrich G-Force T/A tires. Inside this E-body's solid doors is a custom leather interior. Tall bucket seats join a factory bench in stretching sturdy RJS harnesses across full power adjustment for the driver and front passenger. In front, a leather-wrapped dash hangs familiar AutoMeter telemetry in a carbon-fiber instrument panel, which sits above modern air conditioning and modern Kenwood audio. A flash drive showing the entire build process is included. **TITLE IN TRANSIT**