499HP Ultimate Sleeper

We refurbished this beauty and now it’s with a new owner.  This car wears its original “Garnet Red” paint and it looks brand new and drives even better than new.  We completed the following work, bringing the Caprice into top shape.  Here are the facts on this former cop car.

• Mileage of 124,500
• Genuine police package Caprice with RPO 9C1
• Golen Engines 396ci short block with 4 bolt mains and forged internals
• AFR 190 heads — ported by TPIS (54cc, 2.02”/1.65”, 275cfm @ 0.6”
• 11:5 compression ratio
• Comp Cams Ultra Pro Magnum XE HR 275/281 224/230 0.602”/0.622”, 1.6:1 intake and exhaust rockers
• TPIS dyno tuned at 499.9 HP @ 5,700RPM & 491 Foot Pounds @ 4,800 RPM, tune completed before changing from 1.5 to 1.6 rockers – see the dyno sheet in the gallery below
• Clear Image Tri-Y Headers (1.5 primaries), Random Technology High Flow Cats, 2.5” dual exhaust, American Exhaust Industries Sonic Turbo Mufflers
• Freshly rebuilt 4L60E transmission by Performance Automatic, including an upgraded hardened input shaft and rebuilt 2,600 RMP stall Vigilante converter
• Heavy duty aluminum driveshaft
• 4.10:1 rear gear ratio, with Posi-traction
• Bilstein HD shocks, Eibach Springs, Herb Adams Sway Bars (the big ones!), polyurethane bushings
• All new Moog HD suspension & steering components including ball joints, control arm bushings, idler arms, tie rods
• Polyurethane body bushings
• New Proforged stealth brake proportioning modification
• Z-28 Instrumental Cluster with tachometer
• Impala SS wheels (17” x 8”) with brand new 255/50-17 Nitto Inovo tires
• New Lloyd mats