Justin had a horrific crash in his 1972 Pontiac LeMans drag car during a drag race. As you can see from the pictures, the original Crow was no more. To everyones surprise, the Butler Performance twin turbo 2500 hp engine survived the crash.
Does Big Chief build engines?
He’s been building his car that he calls “The Crow” for a couple of years. Justin went with a machined, balanced engine combination that he assembled himself, which was a 482 c.i. IAII block, balanced rotating assembly with BP/ROSS custom turbo pistons, BP/Edelbrock CNC ported heads, custom valvetrain, etc.
Does Big Chief still have the crow?
Chief has gone through a series of cars, all called “The Crow.” A few years back he turned The Crow into “The Crowmod” a promod version of the car. He has since determined that promods shouldn’t be racing on the list and has gone back to a heavy frame car.
What is Big Chief doing right now?
What is Big Chief doing now? Big Chief has still been participating in some races, such as the daily driver event, RC car racing, and a Cash Days RC event that he won. His Instagram bio still claims he is a ‘”Street Outlaws” RaceMaster, and fulltime goofball/race car driver”, so he’s not given up just yet.
Who built big chiefs engine?
They are Precision’s 8891 turbos. Jeff Lutz built the hot-side plumbing, and Quillen Motorsports plumbed the inlet side. “I usually see between 46 and 52 pounds of boost on a good run,” Justin told us. The engine runs on an EFI system from Fueltech, and Justin tunes the car himself.
How fast is Murder Nova’s car?
With a 9.3:1 compression ratio and spooling 42 pounds of boost (though he can turn it up more than that), the Murder Nova runs on 116-octane Q16 oxygenated gasoline from VP Racing Fuels, and Shawn recently ran 4.42 at 178 mph in the eighth-mile on 275 drag radials in this configuration.
Is Murder Nova a turbo or nitrous?
Once a procharger car, Murder Nova now packs a twin-turbo setup. Don’t worry about numbers; this thing is powerful enough to take on both supercharger and procharger dragsters. And it did just that at the Outlaw Armageddon No Prep event held at Thundervalley Raceway in Noble, Oklahoma.
What kind of engine does Big Chiefs new car have?
Big Chiefs new car has several parts on it from the original Crow and even the Crowmod. It’s power plant is the same Butler Performance built Pontiac 482 cubic inch motor that has been rebuilt a few times. It’s twin turbocharged by a pair of 94mm precision turbos and backed by a Rossler 3 speed transmission with close ratio gears.
What kind of car is a crowmod?
The Crowmod was born and was Big Chiefs new car that was powered by the same Butler 482 cubic inch Pontiac and that car was a beast on the streets. If you follow The Chief and Shawn show then you know that when Big Chief took the Crowmod up the list and he was in a promod, his heart wasn’t in it like it was when he raced the original Crow.
How much harder is the new Crow mod compared to crowmod?
During the Street Outlaws vs Gas Monkey Garage special the new Crow was running 4.30s in the 1/8 and the new car wasn’t even running at it’s full potential since it was just completed. The new Crow even 60 foots harder on the street then the Crowmod.
What happened to Big Chief’s car?
2015 PRI Show- Justin “Big Chief” Shearer unveiled his new car- The Crowmod. The same Butler Performance powered engine from his crashed Pontiac, “The Crow”. Justin had a horrific crash in his 1972 Pontiac LeMans drag car during a drag race.
