[Clois Harlan]

After picking up the HCS Coupe from Bryan about 10 days ago to drop in a healthy 408 stroker and a reliable TKO drivetrain and some Vintage knock off wheels and tires. I returned the Coupe to Bryan Easter Sunday evening for the final additions to this historic re-creation of a 60's powerhouse that put Farrari in the stables. B&B will now address some frame mods suspension revisions before he takes it to Carlisle 09. The HCS Coupe is just about ready for her unveiling on the track during the Mid-America Shelby meet in Tulsa in mid June 2009.

But before that once it returns from Carlisle I will take it to Scott Stephens at Hallett Racetrack for a true track set up. Scott has a program that for about $1,200 he will assign you an engineer, a tech helper, plus his shop (complete with scales and alighnment equipment) for 6 hours plus you get to put your car on the track for periodic shake downs during the set up process. With about 500 hp and even more torque on the stroker I should be able to get around the track pretty good once everything is working together. And to whoa everything down we are running some big 13" six piston Wilwoods in the front and some 11" disc in the rear. All relying on the grip of some pretty sticky tires.

As they say in some of those enhancement commercials ...This Could be Fun!

Clois