Purple People Eater at Irwindale Dragstrip | New Engine | Shifters Car Club
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Hey everyone, I am really stoked about this video! The Purple People Eater makes a run at Irwindale Drag Strip with a new engine, so hold on tight and follow me!
Here are the engine specs:
Engine is a 1961 Pontiac 389 with a Butler Performance Stroker rotating assembly. It is bored,, stroked,, balanced, and comes to 450 cubic inches. It has a custom grind 600 lift roller cam. 1969 Pontiac GTO heads cast number #62 have been extensively modified, ported, polished, bench flow tested, with stainless 2.02 & 1.77 valves, triple springs, 6.5 roller rockers. A 671 blower sits on top of a Mickey Thompson intake, and on top of all that is a Hilborn 4 port injection. A highly built 2 speed powerglide transmission with 3,000 RPM Stall converter. Out back is a 1957 Pontiac rear with 4 11 gears, posi traction, and rare Mickey Thompson disc brakes. Moon 18" 12 spoke spindle mount wheels up front, and 5 spoke American Racing wheels on the rear.
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Johnny
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Great to see The Purple People Eater and the world renowned Shifters car club at it again. Even after a few decades nobody can top these guys!!!
@westcoast_johnny
2 ай бұрын
Yes, absolutely!
Wow! 😮 It sounds AMAZING guys! Good job, Marky! 🎉💪🏻🤩
Fantastic video. This club was decades ahead of their time, and this unorthodox Show / Drag Car is one of the many reasons why. There were a lot of "Nay Sayers" back when the PPE hit the shows and internet. Some people like the owner/moderator of the Hamb said "It couldn't be done" , that "There was no way it could go down the Strip" . To this day it is proving the head scratchers wrong. Thanks for the update on this, Westcoast Johnny! Great video
@westcoast_johnny
2 ай бұрын
Great group of guys, they’re famous in So Cal, and have the coolest cars!
Hell ya!! It was so cool to see her move again!!
Fantastic enjoy seeing you guys on video. And love hanging out in person.
LOVE seeing you guys run the PPE again! I remember when sooooo many people on the old chatboards screamed that it would never run. It did. That it could never be driven. It was. That it could never make it down the track. It not only went down the track, but Marky got all four wheels off the ground, in anger. My favorite hot rod of our generation!
Legendary car. Glad to see it in action still
The Purple People Eater is so bad-ass!! Thanks for the awesome video!!
@westcoast_johnny
2 ай бұрын
I agree, thanks Jeff!! 🔥
@jeffthisted
2 ай бұрын
You're welcome@@westcoast_johnny!!
Great video and a great bunch of guys. As usual the Shifters putting in work at the Drags.. Sounds like it rips Marky!! Good to see it up and going again 🎩😎💪 your friend, Shane Morgan
@westcoast_johnny
Ай бұрын
Thanks Shane, yeah it’s a badass car for sure!!
Good seeing you fellas. Greg seeing PPE alive again. I’ll tell ya it made Levi jump