1981 Chevrolet C10
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This bad boy is coming off a thorough rebuild, and with less than 50 miles on the whole thing since the restoration was completed, it's just beginning to get broken in. The engine bay was cleaned up, and plenty of shiny goodies have been added to dress things up under the hood. The polished Wilwood master cylinder, with its correspondingly shiny brake booster, adds some additional eye candy around the Texas Speed bullet. Hedman Husler headers scavenge the exhaust into its custom SLP Loud Mouth Dual Exhaust system, which really delivers a muscular sound. Despite its menacing sound, the word 'sleeper' still comes to mind quickly about this truck. that's because most onlookers might guess that it has the usual header-equipped Small Block Chevy V8 under the new cowl hood, but they will be in for a surprise when they pop the hood on this beast. Ready for battle, this C10 is sporting a new 427 CID LS3 Stroker, custom-built for this application by Texas Speed, and reportedly putting out about 660HP. Backing the wicked 427 is a Performa Built Black Label 4L60E 4-speed automatic transmission, which is rated to handle 1000HP. The trans has all billet internals, and an FTI...