What was the big deal? Justin says kandy paints are hard to shoot since the layering, gun-stroke overlap, and spray angles must be just right in order for the car to have an even color. Next we spoke to Justin Jones at Starbucks Customs, which did the paint on several of Brad's show 4x4s before working on the Elco. Interesting, and we can't argue with the power. As a result, the exhaust lobes feature more duration (295 degrees at 0.050 lift versus 286) but less lift (0.766-inch net versus 0.800) compared to the intake profile. Less aggressive exhaust lobes were selected for the Comp Cams solid roller "because we've seen the valves just get beat into the heads with a lot of these nitrous motors," Field says. Dougan's owner Ray Field filled us in on the details in the Quick Inspection sidebar, including the cam specs, which he helpfully shared. In the meantime, we got the lowdown on the 1,300hp, 555ci, nitrous'd big-block by Dougan's Racing Engines in Riverside, California, a shop that's no stranger to HOT ROD readers since most of our machine work is done there too. Brad had to head back to the Windy City as soon as the photo shoot was done, but we made plans to follow up in a few weeks when he came to town for a shakedown at a local dragstrip. Brad's from Chicago, although for the past several years he's also maintained a residence in Southern California, where he had planned to run the car in the local Pacific Street Car Association.
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