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1956 Peterbuilt Truck Custom Engine
A Crower-injected ZZ4 SBC... 
   
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1956 Peterbuilt Truck Custom Engine
A Crower-injected ZZ4 SBC is a far cry from the original six-cylinder Cummins diesel.
CHASSIS
Chassis / manufacturer Custom rails / Total Cost Involved (Pomona, CA)
Wheelbase 114”
Modifications Z’d in rear, custom mounts and crossmembers
Chassis plumbing Stainless by Bonaco (Upland, CA)
Rearend / Ratio Speedway Motors (Lincoln, NE)
  quick-change, Dutchman (Portland, OR) axles
Rear suspension Three-link with track bar
Rear brakes Disc, Wilwood (Camarillo, CA) 12”
Front suspension Dropped and drilled I-beam, custom
  hairpin radius rods, cantilever Firestone
  air bags, Bilstein (Poway, CA) shocks
Front brakes Disc, Wilwood 12”
Master cylinder Total Cost Involved
Steering box Schroeder (Burbank, CA)
Front wheel make, size Intro (Montclair, CA), 21 x 31/2
Rear wheel make, size Intro, 22 x 10
Front tire make, size Bridgstone, 120/70R21
Rear tire make, size Bridgestone, 305/40R22
Gas tank Moon (Santa Fe Springs, CA) spun aluminum

ENGINE
Make Chevrolet, ZZ4
Displacement 350ci
Machining / Assembly GMPP
Crankshaft Forged steel
Rods H-beam
Pistons hypereutectic
Camshaft Hydraulic roller
Water pump GMPP
Cooling fan Electric, 18”
Radiator Howe (Beaverton, MI)
Alternator 160amp
Heads Aluminum
Valve covers Moon billet aluminum
Manifold / Induction Crower (San Diego, CA) / Hilborn
  (Aliso Viejo, CA) fuel pump, Kinsler
  (Troy, MI) Dual Jet barrel valves,
  vintage 1968 Crower injectors
Ignition / Wires Pertronix (San Dimas, CA) electronic / Pertronix
Headers Custom by Danny Davis

TRANSMISSION
Make Tremec (Knoxville, TN) T56
Clutch disc McLeod (Placentia, CA)
Pressure plate McLeod
Shifter B&M (Chatsworth, CA)
Driveshaft Custom, Inland Empire Driveline Service (Ontario, CA)

BODY
Body style / Material Peterbilt truck cab / Aluminum
Body manufacturer James Crosby and Danny Davis, Peterbilt
Body mods extensive hand fabrication, chopped, sectioned, channeled
Grille shell Hand-fabricated
Bodywork James Crosby / Danny Davis
Frame paint type / Color PPG / Dk, Red
Painter Starside Design (Riverside, CA)
Graphics Tim McColgan
Headlights / Taillights Todd’s Cycle (Huntington Beach, CA) / Todd’s Cycle
Outside mirror Unknown origin

INTERIOR
Dashboard Custom steering column pods
Insert / Gauges None / Moon Equipment
Stereo / Speakers Alpine / Alpine
Wiring Custom, James Crosby
Steering wheel Schroeder
Interior mirror Unknown origin
Seats Custom
Upholsterer Ron Mangus Custom Hot Rod Interiors (Rialto, CA)
Material / Color Leather / Black
Carpet Black
Other interior items Four-point custom roll cage (4130
  Chrome-moly) by James Crosby and Danny Davis


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