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MAX EFFORT C10

The hot rod truck scene has evolved at an accelerated rate over the last decade as more builders repurpose the humble work truck into a performance machine. The trend may have reached its pinnacle with the ZR/10 from Zach Ingram and Rod Parsons at ZRodz & Customs and Fiber Forged Composites.

Built entirely from carbon fiber, the ZR/10 (Zach+Rod+C10) tips the scales at 3,000 pounds wet and boasts 850 hp from a Moran Racing Engines 434ci Dart LSX, putting it in supercar territory. Created to race, Kyle Tucker from Detroit Speed will get behind the wheel for some time-attack and wheel-to-wheel racing events such as the Optima Street Car Challenge, Goodguys autocross, Gridlife Time Attack, and SCCA autocross whenever the opportunity arises.

The path to the ZR/10 was a long one, beginning in 2011 when Ingram founded ZRodz & Customs in Knox, Indiana. Primarily a hot rod paint shop,

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