TEAM PRODIGY Bull Run Rally Project

[ProdigyCustoms]

So it is time to formally introduce our 2009 Bull Run Rally Project named TEAM PRODIGY. We are building this car (named Lucy) for Ted and James, Ted is a member here, team 68 chevelle here on the forum. Ted is signed up for Bull Run, paid, approved and confirmed for the 2009 Bull Run Rally! Now we are not talking about the reality TV show, but the real live Bull Run Race (I mean RALLY) many here know as Cannonball Run. Yes, this race (RALLY) is real! This year the Rally goes from Manhattan, NY to Austin, Tx and is a 7 day event broken into seven 1 day sprints about 400 miles each from location to location. Teams will find out the next location each morning. Drivers go city to city in a poker run of sorts, and while not "A Race", there is some pride in getting there quickest. Each night they will reside in 5 star resorts and have activities and parties each night. As I understand, surviving the parties every night is half the battle. This is a $20,000 to enter and nothing to win Rally strictly for pride. And one of those 100 things you gotta do before you die list!

See more info on the race in the link below.

WWW.BullRun.com

Here is a little promo for the race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AfNE...layer_embedded

I talked about this project briefly on one of my video updates a while back but did not have our final rendering or final plans yet on a couple things. We had some surprises come up that changed plans a little and pushed us a little deeper into the project then we planned. The body that we were going to try and "scuff and shoot" for the race, was just to rough to waste any time and money on. So my brother David put some new quarters and outer wheel houses on it, we got some new fenders, and are doing the full treatment to the body. A killer Maroon with flat black accents theme should look racy. Of coarse we are running Forgelines, we selected a set of killer 18" SP3 in matte black with brushed lips. With some high speed blast expected, we need the best brakes in the world to slow this thing so of coarse we selected a Prodigy Customs Total Car G Machine package with Wilwood 13" (6) piston front and 12.2" (6) piston rear brakes! Suspension will be a air ride Street Challenge package using some trick new parts no one has seen yet. Pretty exciting stuff indeed. We will also debut Air Rides new Chevelle Tiger Cage.

While I am continually reminded I cannot refer to this Rally as a race, a mistake I make often. We need some horsepower for this RALLY! We also need reliability and fuel mileage for sustained speeds of 100MPH +. Of coarse speeds like this will ONLY happen if they happen to run some place it is legal to run 100MPH to 150MPH? So making the power is one of our L76 6.0 litre engines and will make right at 480 ponies with a little help from Mast Motorsports. There may be some drag racing one night, so we are adding a little 100 shot of giggle gas for the drag strip activities! Keeping it a automatic, a 4L80E combo with a big old cooler should keep the transmission cool if any sustained high speed runs happen. We figure it will get 10 to 12 MPH at 100MPHto 120MPH (I have a officer friend that is going to help me with a 5AM Sunday morning 00 mile test for fuel mileage). So at 10 miles to the gallon and 400 miles between runs, were looking at carrying 40 gallon of fuel n board, adding a 20 Gallon trunk mounted fuel cell in addition to the factory tank.

Lucy is going to be decked with a awesome CB, Valentine, Radar detector, and some other toys to make sure we know where the coppers are.

So this one is going to be fun. And we will be seeing the guys off in NY, then heading to Austin to meet the boys for the finally party. I cannot wait.

Special thanks to Carter Hickman for another killer design!

And Ted....................................Thanks for selecting us to build Lucy!

[1969CamaroRS]

Sounds like a really fun project, looking forward to seeing pics!

[Chevrolaine]

Awesome, sounds like a friggin blast.
I'll need lots of FTV on the build though!

[Larry Callahan]

Oh hell yeah!!!! I can't wait to see it!!!

[MrAngry]

I've done this 3 times... bring bail money, Red Bull and some fudge strip cookies and you'll be good to go!

Good luck Gents!

[team 68 chevelle]

Special thanks to Frank, Lisa and Michael for all their efforts on the project!! If pro touring will allow I would be happy to send daily updates as we move along...warning not all items will be for the eyes of young ones.

[team 68 chevelle]

I've done this 3 times... bring bail money, Red Bull and some fudge strip cookies and you'll be good to go!

Good luck Gents!

Big thanks to Mr Angry who has given me a huge amount of support and information on the Bullrun's finer details.

See you in NY Brother!!

[Tiger]

now this is cool!
but is 480 hp enough to stay in front of thos Porsche Gt2s and Lambos.?

If a general thread isnt allowed maybe someone can setup a restricted thread that needs subscription.

[jy211]

I've done this 3 times... bring bail money, Red Bull and some fudge strip cookies and you'll be good to go!

Good luck Gents!

The cookies are key! LOL Have fun!

[team 68 chevelle]

now this is cool!
But is 480 hp enough to stay in front of thos porsche gt2s and lambos.?

If a general thread isnt allowed maybe someone can setup a restricted thread that needs subscription.

lol, great minds....

[ProdigyCustoms]

Don't get him going! he already wants 800HP after hearing one of the other projects start yesterday.

480HP is plenty.

[Forgeline 1]

Once again we are honored to be part of such an exciting project.
No one can do it quite like Frank and his team at Prodigy.
We are all looking forward to this one, should be quite a trip!

Thanks for all your support.

Best regards,

Scott Main
Forgeline Motorsports
800-886-0093
www.forgeline.com

[Code Red]

good luck with it

I wish I had 20,000 laying around :-(

[team 68 chevelle]

good luck with it

I wish I had 20,000 laying around :-(

Not exactly lying around...the benefits of no wife kids and misplaced priorities...

[Damn True]

Special thanks to Frank, Lisa and Michael for all their efforts on the project!! If pro touring will allow I would be happy to send daily updates as we move along...warning not all items will be for the eyes of young ones.

Use your best judgment. Remember that we don't allow posts featuring street racing, full-on hoonery or nudity. We will consider nude street racing though.

[team 68 chevelle]

Use your best judgment. Remember that we don't allow posts featuring street racing, full-on hoonery or nudity. We will consider nude street racing though.

No nude photos of Frank......got it no problem fully agree.

[jackfrost]

the website says the rally starts July 10th. so, to do it in correct Prodigy fashion you need to wait until June 10th to start on the car, right?

[ProdigyCustoms]

the website says the rally starts July 10th. so, to do it in correct Prodigy fashion you need to wait until June 10th to start on the car, right?

LOL! That makes for good TV, but no, this one will be done WAY before the race. We are driving it to MotorState and will shake it down there. And Nashville Goodguys.

We have 6 weeks, that is a life time around here!

[claytonisbob]

team 68 Chevelle racing a 69!?! I can't complain, I like the 69's more anyway ;)

Look forward to seeing how this goes, and to see what that paint job will look like. Good luck

[team 68 chevelle]

When the rendering was completed by CHD a model of the 69 was used but we are building a 68....I will pretend I didnt hear the "like 69 better" comment lol.