Kevin - I purchased a turnkey Venom 427 from Team-C-Racing back in March "03, and I can tell you that Backdraft's car is the exact same thing purchased from Performance Cars of Durban, South Africa (where Team-C's are fabricated). Every place you look from the BMW suspension & rear to the interior (w/VDO metric gauges), to the engine compartment w/all the stainless it says Performance Cars of Durban. Very decent vehicle, nice handling, fit and finish outstanding, but prep was not acceptable back then. Team-c is lucky they have Mike & Brian now, cause my vehicle was definitely not ready to drive. I see Joe G. purchased one from Team-C, find out from him who installed engine and trans ? I put my own in (351w from Jasper engines w/405 hp)
probably was best thing to do - this way you know what you're getting. If you run even the 351's hard you will need an oiler cooler (trust me). Cruising w/o seeing any 5-6k shifts your
oil temp will stay between 180-200 deg. - horse it abit and you can bet on that
oil temp. going up to 230-240 deg. Under hood temps are still quite high w/ the 351w. If you're going to do it go with Team-C, in my opinion it's the best bang for the buck, but get your own engine from Jasper, Roush, Southern or Ford.
Mine is dark indigo blue w/white stripes w/black leather interior.
Good Luck.