You may remember our preview of the Ring Brothers "Recoil” 1966 Chevelle
from late October. Well, we spotted it on the SEMA floor this week, and
to say that Ring Brothers brought the heat is an understatement.
Unlike
many Ring Brothers builds, "Recoil” is a track car that’s moonlighting
as a street machine. And you can see those racing influences from every
angle. Here are just a few thoughts on this groundbreaking machine:
It’s
powered by a 980-horsepower, Wegner Motorsports-built LS7 engine with a
Whipple twin-screw supercharger, RHS heads and a Holley EFI system.
Before you go thinking that this is another easy drop-in crate, remember
that a factory LS7 is a high-compression, naturally aspirated engine
that makes 505 horses stock. Which means Wegner went to a lot of trouble
to prep it for boost and then tuned it for nearly a thousand horses on
premium pump gas. Impressive.
Also,
that mill is an orange and black masterpiece as the black chrome-look
for the Whipple supercharger and air filter housing is killer. And it
sits in possibly the coolest engine bay we’ve ever seen. Its BASF Sand
Storm color is the same off-white hue as the exterior and is a unique
complement to the orange and black. Also, the inner fenders are freakin’
carbon fiber—along with the front and rear bumpers, the side mirrors
and the hood stripes.
Five-spoke
HREs have been around forever, so it’s nice to see these "Recoil” HRE
series rims buck the trend with interconnected spokes. The 19-inch
fronts wear 275 mm meats, and the 20-inch rears wear 345 mm tires.
Finally…
Dat Seat. With the ubiquitous Recaros seemingly in every project car
these days, who goes to the trouble to fabricate the most Spartan race
seats ever seen? So, so cool—and BTW, we’re pretty sure it doesn’t have
lumbar support…
This could be one of the
best street machines on the planet right now. Think it deserves such
high praise? Care to nominate something you’ve seen? Let us know in the
comments.
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