Revved Automotive Concepts has been working on an ultimate upgrade for the 1960s Super Snake: a target outcome of 1,000 hp without sacrificing its street drivability.

The project came about after the owner of SS021 went to Revved Automotive Concepts with some typical chronic ailments and some mistakes made by other shops while attempting to correct them. After a discussion with the owner, who was anxious to unlock the potential of his Super Snake, the idea for the “Super Snake Super Car” package was born.

What followed was a complete engine rebuild, chassis upgrades, re-plumbed fuel system, revised front and rear suspension geometry, upgraded radiator, hand-fabricated exhaust, power brake upgrade, and the addition of a dual-disk clutch. A large amount of time was spent on tweaking the output of the Vortech V7 supercharger for performance without making the car a handful to drive. Experiments led to five pounds of boost to 15 pounds at half throttle. After much testing, it finally reached a happy medium. The outcome is 771 hp and 718 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels. With the typical 20 percent driveline loss, crankshaft horsepower is approximately 963 hp with the supercharger pushing 12 pounds of boost. In the words of Revved Automotive Concepts: Success! SS021, or Tiny as it has been dubbed around the shop, is the first of three Super Snake Super Car package upgrades that Revved Automotive Concepts will be carrying out.

Revved Automotive Concepts is best known for fixing the wrongs started by Unique Performance, a now defunct garage that specialized in refurbishing and building replicas of Shelby’s Mustang-based GT500. The cars from Unique Performance were plagued by quality concerns and undelivered promises. Sean Sawyer, who left Unique Performance shortly before it closed its door and is now the owner of Revved Automotive Concepts, can’t help the customers that never received a car or got their deposit money back. However, he and two other colleagues from Unique Performance are dedicating part of the business to repairing and even rebuilding the problem cars that they once helped build.

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