Maryland Collision Center, where Davis works and where his whole car was painted Wild Strawberry two years ago, painted the new rollcage as well as the smoothed-out engine bay, to match the rest of the car, which is sleek with its Schoneck Composites fiberglass hood and front bumper.
Meanwhile, Brian Roche Racing Engines in Maryland built for Davis a 364 cubic-inch small-block Ford engine featuring aluminum GRP rods, coated Diamond pistons and a custom solid roller cam by Brian Roche Racing Engines. It's topped with Trick Flow High Port heads and a Edelbrock Super Victor intake manifold with a billet Wilson elbow and 105mm throttle body. Added muscle will come from a Precision turbo, and a Jerry Harris-built Powerglide freshened by Wayne Bryant and PTC converter will help plant all of the power. Dave Hanlon will use Holley EFI to perfect the tune for the car rolling on Mickey Thompson drag radials wrapped around Weld wheels.We basically took this car from being a street car on pump gas to a full-blown race car, and I'm happy with how it has turned out, said Davis. I have no regrets. I've had a lot of help from family and friends, including Scott Wayne and my brother-in-law Tommy Keeney, who have been working on the car, as well as my wife, Amy Davis, my father, Scott Davis and my sister, Megan Keeney, who currently has my car in her garage next to her new 2019 Mustang. I've also had some help from Ronnie Reynolds, Ryan Hecox, Bob Clayton, Mike Washington and Sharad Raldiris and Brian McCoy from UPR.
As soon as the work is wrapped, Davis will load up for some test laps, and he hopes to have a decidedly dialed-in hot rod in time for the 2nd Annual NMRA Gateway Rumble presented by HPJ Performance, May 14-16, World Wide Technology Raceway, Illinois, or the 20th Annual NMRA Ford Motorsport Nationals, June 25-27, Maple Grove Raceway in Pennsylvania.