CHEVROLET SEDAN OUTLAW MODIFIED CONCEPT

377ci Chevrolet SB2, Bryant crankshaft, Mahle pistons, Carrillo rods, T&D rockers, Kinsler EFI ITBs, Kooks custom headers, custom C&R Racing Radiator, custom C&R Racing oil cooler, C&R Racing expansion tank, AEM Infinity Series 7 ECU, AEM smart coils, Brown and Miller wiring loom, Bosch injectors, AEM fuel-pressure regulator (FPR), AEM 380-litre-per-hour fuel pump, Brown and Miller plumbing, 22-gallon ATI fuel cell, Peterson dry sump tank

Jerico four-speed, Winters aluminium centre Quick Change, carbon-fibre driveshaft, Strange Oval (wide-five) axles

JRI inverted coilovers, Hyperco Springs, chromoly unequal-length A-arms, adjustable JRI spindles, 36-inch radius rods, adjustable Neuline torque arm, three-piece sway bars, Sweet Manufacturing steering rack, Wilwood wide-five hubs

Tilton 800-series pedal box, PFC ZR94 four-piston calipers, PFC Zero Failure floating rotors

(F) 16x13-inch and 16x14inch Real Racing aluminium wide-five wheels, Goodyear Racing D1570 and D1751 tyres

Two-inch roof chop, 1.5-inch sectioned cowl, ’80s IndyCar–inspired front splitter with canards, alloy bonnet, alloy grille, 30x42-inch rear diffuser, chromed chromoly nerf bars, APR wing, Axalta pearl-white paint, 3M-printed blue vinyl lower, gold-leaf lettering

Nascar-style roll cage, Kenny’s Components carbon-fibre seat, Schroth harness, AEM CD-7 dash, custom MPI-GT-13-A wheel, Airjax air-jack system, Safecraft AT10 dual-hose firesuppression system

850hp, 570lb∙ft

The chassis is a mix of Nascar and modified. Its main construction is from a 2x3-inch box with a 0.125-inch wall — to save weight, however, the rear clip from the main hoop back is a thinner 0.83 inches. The cage itself is standard Nascar style, although a keen eye will notice that the main hoop is laid back to “triangulate the bridge, to give the whole chassis more rigidity”, explains Ray. The front end mimics a Cup car with chromoly A-arms of unequal length and a front-mounted Sweet Manufacturing steering rack. The front uprights are fabricated items to hold the wide-five hub, with everything adjustable via slugs. The rear end is very similar to a modern Nascar modified, with long 36-inch radius rods, a Watt’s link, and a central torque arm — a style of rear suspension not often seen in New Zealand racing circles. The whole goal with the rear was to have everything as long as possible to have slow-moving suspension creating, Ray says, a

“happy car, something predictable and very neutral without much over- or understeer”.

From the outset, the plan was clear to not build it to any specific rules. Ray had a long list of events the car would and could be used in: from Pikes Peak, to running big ovals, road racing, and even Rod Millen’s driveway here in New Zealand, which is where we caught up with Ray. This meant that the engine package did not need to follow any rules either. A current