What is a pro touring build?
It refers to any car or truck that has been modified in multiple areas to perform better than it did stock or from the factory. Pro Touring builds done correctly will meet or exceed modern day, OEM performance vehicles in the following areas of performance: Suspension, Steering, Brakes, Tires and Engine modifications.
What’s the difference between pro touring and Pro Street?
But there’s one big difference. Pro Street cars are primarily designed for the launch and straight-line speed. They’re built for the drag strip. Pro Touring cars, by comparison, are endurance road racers engineered to carve corners and soak up the miles on long road trips.
What is pro touring style?
Pro-Touring is a style of classic muscle car with enhanced suspension components, brake system, drivetrain, and aesthetics, including many of the amenities of a new performance car.
Are Restomods worth it?
Though a restomod project won’t hold the same value as a restored classic vehicle, the improvement in performance may compensate for the deficit in value, at least for some people. Restomod vehicles have the same appearance as an original classic, but with all of the modern conveniences provided by current technology.
What are Pro Street cars?
Pro Street is a style of street-legal custom car popular in the 1980s, usually built to imitate a Pro Stock class race car. Pro Street cars should appear to be more at home on the drag strip than the street, while remaining street legal and not gutted like a Race Car or Bracket Race car.
What does pro touring mean for cars?
What is a pro touring restoration?
Pro Touring restorations involve extensive modifications to the drive train, chassis, braking system, and suspension components to increase acceleration, braking and handling matching or exceeding late model performance.
What Makes a classic car Pro Touring?
Should I restore or Restomod?
For the traditionalist/purist, restoration is the only proper action. From the flip side of the coin, those who favor restomods want to maintain the classic look of the vehicle while improving performance, safety, and comfort while driving.
How much do Restomods cost?
A simple restomod can cost between $50,000 and $75,000, but a more detailed one or harder to find one is going to cost between $150,000 and $200,000. If you are wanting to do a lot of customization on a car, especially a harder to find a car, you might end up spending closer to $1,000,000.
How fast are pro street cars?
210 mph
Pro Stock engines use electronic fuel injection and spec gasoline and are restricted to a maximum of 500 cubic inches. They can make in excess of 1,300 horsepower. A competitive Pro Stock car can run in the 6.5s at more than 210 mph.