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1000hp Procharged 540 BBC Daily Driver

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:23:51 -0700

This is one of our 540 cubic inch, dual-injected F2 Procharged Big Block Chevys with a 12-rib belt driving the blower. It's a great sounding motor and has NRE "Octane on Demand" built into the injection system. This allows the owner to drive on 91 octane on the first set of injectors, and when "pullying up" the blower, can use race gas on the second set of injectors when a specific boost is reached. Our tune up will automatically adjust the fuel curve and switch the secondary fuel

800 HP 572 Warrior Dyno from Nelson Racing

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:17:27 -0700

This is one of our NRE 572cid, 800hp, Pump Gas Warrior Series big block Chevy engines. This is a proven work horse of an engine, giving a great sound, rediculous power, and unmatched reliabilty. This engine was designed for anyone who is wants to run in the 9's and still be able to drive their car to work. It has a fantastic torque curve and uses our modified Dominator with progessive linkage that really snaps when you crack the throttle. Take a look at one of our recent dyno sessions.

We need your help picking a name for the Nelson Supercar #008

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:18:25 -0700

Owner Travis Laboy and I have been kicking around names for our new 1967 GTO Super Car ...but we're Stumped.

So we came up with the idea of letting you guys choose a Name for it.
Here is a little background on the car...

It is a 1967 Pontaic GTO that we are mounting a 2000 horsepower, twin turbo big block, mid-ship behind the drivers seat!

The car will have our new proprietary NRE All-Wheel-Drive set-up
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Twin Turbo Sand Rail Engine

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:58:18 -0700

This is an all aluminum, 427 Twin Turbo Small Block Chevy, NRE Hot Rod Series Engine. It features our 16-injector billet intake manifold that has all the injectors, sensors, and throttle linkage placed on the inside of the intake - creating a really slick look.

The twin regulators and fuel distribution center are built into the intake itself and are internally boost referenced. There is no plumbing needed other than hooking up feeds and returns. The motor also features our

NRE 1750hp

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:16:20 -0700

This is the craziest truck we've had in the shop to date.

The owner Bill Burgeois is exactly the kind of customer we love here at Nelson Racing Engines - one serious Nutbag!

This is a Chevy Avalanche powered by one of our 1750hp 427 SBC Twin Turbo Hot Rod Series engines - made of all aluminum. It features our new 16-injector billet intake manifold with built in fuel regulation and dual fuel octane on demand. It also features some of our

Cylinder Head secrets for our new ls series engines

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:47:15 -0700

Here's a look inside how some of Nelson Racing Engine's CNC cylinder head work is done. We take you behind the scenes with my good friend Richard from West Coast Cylinder Heads to show you how we produce our LS line . This video will give you and ideas of how the 5-axis CNC machine works, a look into Valve jobs, and some other interesting bits of information. I hope you enjoy it. - Tom

New Video: Keep it Under the Hood - the NRE 572 Manifold

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:25:44 -0700

Tired of running carburetor are and the large cowl hood that goes along with it? Tired of seeing a distributor with a web of wiresand having no control of the advance curve? Do you love the idea of fuel injection, but don't want to deal with the hassle of learning how to use the computer control? Not satisfied your big 572 only producing 620hp? It's ok...you're not alone. To help Gm 572 crate engine owners, we developed our new 100% billet

0-147 mph in 5-seconds...NRE LSX Powered Supra!? WTF?

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:20:46 -0700

Adam Gier came to us with a request to purchase one of our Twin Turbo Warrior LS Twin Turbo Series engines. We built it for him and shipped it off. Business as usual, right? Well, as it turns out, what makes this so unique is Adam sandwiched the 427 cubic inches of American Twin Turbo iron into his Toyota Supra! Adam complained was that the 2jz motor he had in the Supra was just too unreliable. After researching turbo

900 hp 454 SS Pick Up Truck

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:01:11 -0700

Check out one of our 632cid Big Block Chevy Pump Gas Warrior Series crate engines... in this 454 ss pick-up! Gary Hoffman of Hoffman Supercars puchased this engine from us and installed it in this stock "appearing" monster. Its loads of fun to drive and equipped with all the emenities that it came with factory - including stock column shifter and air conditioning. Other than the 640ss badging, this things a real sleeper. Check out the video of us driving

Nelson Supercar #007 Mid Engine All Wheel Drive 2000 hp

Sun, 31 May 2009 02:34:57 -0700

Travis Laboy, defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals, has enlisted Nelson Supercars to build the World's most wicked GTO . Travis has given us a "no holds barred" approach and is allowing us to be creative as we want with the build.That being said, this GTO is going to be developed NRE-stlye. Rather than try to make a supercar out of a GTO, we've decided to build a super car first...then slap a GTO body on it. We are

NRE Billet Blocks - How many cubes did you say?

Mon, 11 May 2009 19:31:02 -0700

What if ?? I love to spend my days thinking about "what if" questions. With every project we do I always seem to have the thought "this would be so much better if we just could make this part this way or change this about it". Because of this we've made some really crazy and inventive parts over the years. As one of our latest endevours, we have developed own Engine blocks cut from solid billet aluminum. You read

Nelson Supercars #006

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:05:19 -0700

We are building this 1963 Cadillac Coupe Deville in an effort to showcase some new ideas on this creatively different project. The Caddy will feature a 14-71 roots blown and injected 572cid big block Chevy. The exhaust will flow through dual 4 -inch electronic fender exit cutouts. Running through a computer controlled, paddle shifted, 4-speed automatic transmission, this caddy will sport a custom 3-link rear suspension and a built Moser 9-inch. An adjustable Air Ride suspension will control the ride height

Ultimate Sleeper - NRE 1600hp RX7

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:24:29 -0700

At 73 years young, Honest George (as we've come to know him) brought us his Mazda RX7 powered by a single turbocharged 355 chevy. Racking up 17 years of street duty, the v8 powered RX7 was in need of an update as George was becoming bored with it. We decided to answer the request wth our NRE Twin Turbo 427sbc Hot Rod Series Engine. Backed by a Mike's Transmision 400 trans and Moser nodular 35 spline

NRE's 4th Appearance on the cover of Hot Rod Magazine

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:48:48 -0700

NRE's 4th appearacne on the cover of Hot Rod Magazine. We feel honored to be apart of this magazine this month. Our feature is about our new innovative billet products and our Nelson Supercar #003, owned by Randy Davis of Wisconsin. Randy originally came to us a few years back on purchasing a 377inch small block chevy twin turbo engine. What you see on the pages of Hot Rod is the progression an engine purchase to a

Twin Turbo Daily Drivers Series LSX Engines

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:59:49 -0700

Nelson Racing Engines introduces there new Daily driver Twin Turbo fuel injected intercooled LSX series crate engine package. Making 1200 hp and 1200 ft lbs of torque .The motors come complete with Stainless Exhaust headers for you application, Intercooler for you application, Crank trigger Ignition, Full on fly lap top programmable fuel management systems, Fuel pump and filters. Wired Dynoed and ready to run. These packages have been developed over countless hours of dyno and in car time. This combination

F-Bomb in the new Fast & Furious Movie

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:54:29 -0700

Nelson Racing Engines F-bomb Camaro becomes a hero car for the new fast and furious .The crew at Fast and furious had been following our build on the f-bomb in Hot Rod Magazine and asked Dave and Myself if we would like to have the F-bomb in the movie .During filming the crew at F&F built a total of 8 f-bombs and none of them were left unscathed. It is used in a tunnel chase scene at the end

New NRE Twin Turbo Series Crate Engines

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:00:06 -0700

Nelson Racing Engines has just released there new Twin Turbo Series Crate engines for Small And Big Block Chevys.They Feature new patented symmetrical Nelson Turbochargers with billet turbine and compressor wheels.Nre full cnc machined 100% 6061 billet intake manifold with dual injectors per cyl with octane on demand feature and built in fuel regulation. New Billet 4 into 1 collectors and Billet turbo transitions.Custom harmonic damper with 60 tooth crank trigger machined into damper and our new 321 stainless

New! NRE Billet Intake Manifolds

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:04:26 -0700

Nelson Racing Engines has finished development on there new 100% billet intake manifolds They are available for Both Small And Big Block Chevys in Tall and Short deck versions they are compatible for Natural aspirated and Forced induction engines They feature 7.75 inch total height for the small blocks and 8.90 inchs for the big blocks which will fit under most low hood lines. They have Dual injectors per cylinder that are placed at a straight shot at the

NRE Mirror Twin Turbos

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:07:35 -0700

Have you ever wonder to yourself why do all twin turbo applications use the same turbo on both sides why doesn’t the car builder just buy a left and right turbocharger and make it look right.Well at Nelson Racing Engines we’ve made a turbocharger breakthrough Releasing our new Patented NRE Symmetrical Mirror Image Turbochargers .For the last fifteen years We have been fighting packaging problems associated with conventional twin turbo set ups.Up until now every twin turbo engine in

Nelson Supercar #004 1969 Camaro, owner Ben Abrams

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:06:58 -0700

The car features new NRE Billet Blackout Series Twin Turbo Intercooled 572 cubic inch Big Block Chevy crate engine - producing 2000hp! The car has dual fuel injectors per cylinder, incorporating “Octane on Demand” automatically injecting race gas in the secondary injector under boost only conditions while driving around on 91 octane.Exiting all this power is a full 304 stainless Nre exhaust with x-pipe Cooling this monster is Custom aluminum dual row dual pass aluminum radiator with twin

Nelson Supercar #003

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:34:57 -0700

Nelson Supercar #003 Unveiled at the Sema show in Las Vegas this car is Titled the worlds cleanest third gen by Hot rod magazine and landed the cover of the June issue with a full write up Not only did it land itself into Hot Rod mag but also look for it in upcoming issues of Camaro performers,Gm high tech,and Chevy high performance.The car owned by Randy Davis of Wisconsin was brought to us for a beef and beauty makeover.

Nelson Supercar #002

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:32:36 -0700

Nelson Supercars released there Supercar #002 at the 2008 Sema show in Las Vegas Nevada.Supercar #002 is a Mosler mts 900 which is a carbon fiber mid engine,Street legal race car. Weighing in at 2400 lbs wet and coming stock with 450 hp .This just wasn’t enough for Pual Sui Director of international marketing for the Bellagio Resort in Vegas having been building cars all his life Pual decided to bring his car to us to be made into a

Nelson Racing At Sema 2009

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:36:55 -0700

Nelson Racing Engines decided to exhibit at The SEMA show this year held in Las Vegas Nevada this is the largest aftermarket convention in the world. We unveiled Our new symmetrical turbochargers which are revolutionizing the industry. Our new100% billet intake manifolds with dual injector per cylinder and interegal fuel management system built into the intake body, Our new 100% billet 4 into 1 exhaust collectors. Our new Billet turbo transitions with v-band wastegate attachment built in, and two new