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SpeedKore built this 1970 Dodge Charger around an engine that was never meant for the street: a 9.0-liter racing boat V8 from Mercury Marine, twin-turbocharged to 1,650 horsepower. It appeared in The Fate of the Furious and was later gifted to Vin Diesel as a birthday present, and has changed hands for as much as $699,000. Here’s how a marine engine ended up in a muscle car.
This heavily customized 1970 Nova trades its factory drivetrain for a modern LS engine, carbon fiber accents, and molded bodywork throughout. The stock Nova SS it started life as could already be ordered with a 396-badged big block making up to 375 horsepower for just 475 dollars over list price. Only about 19,000 of the 274,344 Novas built in 1970 left the factory with that SS package, making 1970 the last year a Nova buyer could check the big-block box.