1957 Chevy Nomad
| October 30, 2006
Twin Turbo/Nitrous Injected 1957 Chevrolet Nomad
Owner & Builder: Keith & Linda Jenicek, Midwest City, Oklahoma
Body Modifications: Shaved door handles and locks, remote door openers, molded front fender vents, removed wing windows, custom fabricated window frames, one piece door glass, shaved body trim emblems, shaved and molded hood, molded front and rear bumpers, removed original grille bar, relocated front turn signals into front bumper, custom fabricated hand polished aluminum grill made to match original pattern, filled all body seams, molded firewall, molded dash speaker hole, molded inner fenderwells, shaved and molded instrument cluster, custom fabricated radiator splash pan, tubular radiator support ,custom made billet air filter covers, compressor clamps, custom radiator top cover and relocated main battery under fender well and installed backup battery in rear quarter panel.
Engine/Driveline/Suspension: 388 cu. in. SBC Stroker 4bolt main built by Buddy Rice Racing Engines of Oklahoma City, NOS 250 shot, plate injected nitrous oxide system with 2 polished 10lb bottles with a secondary dedicated Holley blue electric fuel pump and a two port Aeromotive fuel regulator, Twin T03 turbochargers custom built by BBS Designs, primary fuel system is an 3 port bypass Aeromotive A1000 electric fuel pump with a boost referenced fuel pressure regulator, custom made ceramic coated headers and downpipes, custom made polished stainless steel heat shields, polished turbo compressors and intake tubes, custom made polished intake pressure bonnet, 50mm Tial blow off valve, Snow Performance Stage 2 Water/Methanol Injection Boost Cooler, custom fabricated stainless steel water/methanol tank, Eagle 4340 lightened forged billet steel crank, Eagle forged billet 4340 H Beam 6" rods, Polished Dart Aluminum Pro 1 cylinder heads with 215cc runners, ported and polished, Triple 1.440 dia. springs, 64cc chamber, Stainless 2.05 intakes and 1.60 exhausts, Cometic extreme duty head gaskets, 8.5-1 Custom Diamond forged pistons, Total Seal rings, custom grind hyd roller cam by Comp Cams, Comp Cam roller lifters, Comp Cam chrome moly hardened pushrods, 1.6 ratio Comp Pro Magnum stainless steel roller rockers, Polished aluminum timing cover, Dyna-Drive gear drive, Moroso high volume oil pump, windage tray and custom fabricated 8qt oil pan, Earls oil cooler, ARP bolts, Clevite bearings, 750 CFM HP 4150 Holley mechanical double pumper blow through polished carburetor built and blueprinted by Ty Lofstrom of TPC Racing in Houston, Texas, March Performance serpentine belt system, Fluidamper balancer, reverse flow Edelbrock High Output polished aluminum water pump, 605 power steering box, 700R4 high performance custom built transmission by Max Baker of American Transmissions in Okla. City, B & M flywheel and 2500 stall converter, Derale large capacity trans cooling pan, polished Vertex “Magneto Style” Electronic distributor, Accel 8mm wires, 3:70 positraction rear with custom axles, Ron Davis polished aluminum cross flow radiator, 13" Billet radiator overflow tank, 16" electric puller fan with custom louvered shroud and dual 12” pusher fans with custom fabricated shroud, Energy suspension urethane bushings and motor mounts, Power Master High Output 140 amp polished one wire alternator, Sanyo polished a/c compressor, Polished Edelbrock Victor Jr. single plane intake manifold port matched to heads, CSR high torque reduction starter, external frame mounted 18" billet transmission cooler, Flowmaster 2.5” dual exhaust system, Posies super slide reverse eye 5 leaf rear springs, Heidts tubular upper and lower control arms, 7/8" front stabilizer bar, Bilstein gas shocks on the rear, QA1 adjustable gas coil overs on the front, Superior 2" drop spindles, Wilwood aluminum front hubs, Dual Wilwood 3/4" remote fill master cylinders with adjustable balance bar, Wilwood 4 piston Forged Dynalite Calipers front and rear with drilled and slotted 12.19" rotors, Corvette style parking brakes, Boyd Coddington Billet Wheels, 18 x 7 front, 20 x 8.5 rear, HR4 directional radial tires 225/40/18 front and 255/35/20 rear.
Body/Interior: Ididit tilt column, Billet Specialties steering wheel, Billet interior door handles, custom fabricated polished aluminum dash panel with a/c vents installed where the stock radio was, custom fabricated “all steel” floor console with floor heat/ac vents, custom fabricated “all steel” rear drink console, custom fiberglass arm rests/door pulls front and rear, Rain Gear wiper system, custom fabricated under floor brake pedal, Specialty power windows, polished stainless steel hood hinges, Lokar pedals, cables and transmission dip stick, Dakota Digital Dash, digital clock and cruise control, Dual Defi EGT, Air/Fuel Ratio and Boost gauges, American Auto Wire wiring harness, Custom outside rear view mirrors with LED turn signal indicators, LED tailights, LED third brake light, custom fabricated radiator shroud, smooth side panels, Southern Air 134R heat/defrost/air combo unit, overhead map light console, Glide Engineering bench seat, custom center arm rest with drink holders, custom fabricated rear seat, Adjure Xenon H4 Tri-Bar headlamps, Xenon park lights, 1-Clarion Pro Audio AM/FM/CD/DVD/MP3 player with remote, 1-Clarion Pro Audio AM/FM/CD/DVD/MP3 player with remote with a fully motorized 7.0" LCD touch screen mounted in a custom fabricated underdash console with 5.1 surround sound, 1 Audiovox 7.0" LCD drop down overhead monitor, 1-4.0" Audiovox sunvisor LCD monitor, remote wireless headphones, 4-Infinity 1" Tweeters in the headliner, 4-6" Infinity reference front speakers with crossovers, 4- 6x9 three way Infinity rear speakers, 2-8" Kicker Solo Baric subwoofers, 2- 1000 watt Sony Explode amps for the front and rear channels and a 700 watt Alpine mono amp for the subs and a hidden am/fm antenna. Paint was custom mixed and applied by owner with PPG Delstar acrylic enamel, Interior was finished with black and yellow leather by Chris Beauchamp of Superior Interior of Oklahoma City.