TRIPLE THREAT— PART 2

Torqstorm Muscle!

JUST TO REMIND YOU, GARY FAUST HAS A great looking patina’d Squarebody C10, and he has his sights set on building a badass truck with style, comfort and muscle—a true triple threat! On top of that, he decided to go against the current trend of Ls-ing his truck. Instead, he’s keeping the traditional crate ZZ3 small block, which was fresh when he acquired this project a year or so ago. Challenge accepted!

Part one of this story a couple issues back was setting the foundation for forced induction on a high compression engine and preparing for the extra demand that extra atmosphere puts on the entire drivetrain. We upgraded the engine cooling to a Coldcase radiator and E-fan setup, the interior HVAC to a Vintage Air direct fit system, and opened up the exhaust with Dynatech-coated longtube headers and a Flowmaster 2.5-inch exhaust. We also beefed up the fuel delivery with Holley Performance bolt-in tank and fuel pump upgrade, which is the perfect companion to the Super Sniper throttle body EFI that can either act as a vastly more efficient improvement to the carburetor or as a blow-through setup for the centrifugal supercharger that was coming soon.

Sniper’s self-learning capability is amazing, and Gary