You may have seen his work in many movies, TV shows, music videos, etc. Sammy Maloof is an engine manufacturer and race car driver, and his career is also a Hollywood stuntman. He is a talented person, so when a customer came to him who wanted to build a large cubic inch engine, Sami ensured delivery, just as he did with this 635 cubic inch engine. in. Bulk Chevrolet engine, used for drag racing customers.

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Sammy Maloof is a versatile man, so he has lived a quite legendary life so far. He is also a person who believes that God helps him live his current life because it is not always straightforward.

Sammy has been involved in many different "hobbies" since he was a child, earning a living in three ways early in his life-illegal street racing, wrestling and bare-handed barn fighting, and engine manufacturing. It was God who told Sami that he needed to take a slightly different path to unleash his true potential.

"I am an important Christian," Sammy Maloof said. "I must give my trust. On my way to a place called Kevin's Burgers in Canoga Park, California, to participate in a street race for $2,000, God said that if I gave up the street race, he would give me a car. That night, I Quit...Two months later, God gave me a racing car. I have been driving that car for 36 years."

Maloof was a prolific street racer in his day. He used to make between US$2,000 and US$5,000 a week. Obviously, he never gave up on racing, but he no longer uses his talents in evil ways. His talents are very suitable for many other requirements.

"God never told me to stop the game," Maluf said. "He told me to stop illegal street racing. He never told me to stop fighting. He told me not to punch. He never told me to quit wrestling. He told me to stop wrestling for money. I took all my talents. Both my talents and skills have been used in the film industry. I have been a Hollywood stuntman for more than 25 years. Moreover, I have been running a racing shop for 37 years."

Sammy's 25 years as a stuntman have been full of battles, falls and fires, but his specialty is vehicle stunts. His IMDB page contains a large number of movies and TV shows, such as "Rush Hour", "Wild West", "National Enemy", "Three Kings", Vanishing in 60 Seconds, "The Fugitive", "Swordfish", "Speed And Passion 2", "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift", Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol, Burn Notice, Charlie's Angels and Transporter 2-just to name a few. "God gave me the talent to drive," he said.

Sammy's two excellent driving stunts are from 2 Fast 2 Furious and the TV show Ice Road Truckers-both require great skills due to the dangers involved.

"In the movie 2 Fast 2 Furious, I am the cat with the open top Corvette. It should never be turned over," he said. "When this 18-wheeler ran over the Mustang in front of me and I drove the Corvette into it, it went straight up in the air, flipped and pressed the convertible roof to the ground. The car did not have a roll cage, but I don’t rule out God. He told me what to do before the stunt performance. None of the hair on my head was touched.

"However, one of the biggest wrinkle stunts for me is to be an ice truck driver. They hired me to drive an 18-wheeler up to 11,000 feet on the Beartooth Mountain, then back up, backing up at about 40 mph. , Opened the knife with a jack, and turned the trailer over, but did not cross the cliff. You can't control it in the snow. You have to go for a ride."

Although the danger is never far away when performing stunts of this level, it is farther away from you as an engine manufacturer, but it is equally exciting to make some of the fastest engine and car combinations. Sammy has been doing this since she was 13 years old!

"I have been building engines all my life," he said. "My first piece of Chevrolet I am 13 years old. This is the 283 I put together. I have mentors and mechanics, and they will give me some clues about what to do. I learned the skills from them. Then When I was 16 years old, I built my truck. This is a small Chevrolet—a 12.5:1 compression ratio, a 355 cubic inch Chevrolet engine, and a Tunnel Ram on it. I started using it when I was in high school. Racing the truck on the street, I made a lot of money on the Chevrolet pickup truck of '64.

"Then, when I was about 18 or 19 years old, I got the 68-year-old Z28 Camaro. The first engine I built for this was a 310 cubic inch engine. I had a Super T10 with Liberty gears. That was me When I really start to make a lot of money. I will drag my Camaro to the street to race and unlock my truck. I will tell people that if they can beat my truck, I will pull my Camaro off. We will take it Give out 3,000 dollars, 4,000 dollars, 5,000 dollars, and I will take their money."

His success on the street led to the need to build better engines. Others also wanted Sammy to build engines, so he left his parents’ home and went to the racing shop Maloof Racing Engines that he opened in San Gabriel, California in 1984. .

"I have been working here for 37 years," Maloof said. "I started doing all the jobs, but I focused on high performance. I quickly switched from stock products to racing products-road racing, drag racing, Winston Cup engines-big cubic inch Chevrolet or Ford cars. I am not only Customers everywhere do this, and for the film industry and my own family. Today, I only make Detroit iron engines—Chevrolet, Ford, Chrysler, Pontiac, Buick, and Oldsmobile. I’m for the United States. People everywhere build them."

Maloof Racing Engines occupies 11,600 square feet. There is a two-bedroom house and recording studio upstairs, and a shop space downstairs. Sammy's wife Jennifer and his three daughters Hannah, Meghan and Kaitlyn all work in the store, as well as Sammy's adopted son Trevor and nephew Joshua. This is a family business.

"I raised three daughters in my racing shop and let them go to school at home," Maluf said. "Today, my daughters race cars. They build engines and do stunts. Jennifer is in charge of the office, and Trevor and Joshua also help build cars."

Any serious machine work in the store is done by a few people Sammy has known for many years. Maloof uses Larry Mollicone, Blair's Speed ​​Shop, Steve Schmidt and TEAM C Performance for machining and parts processing.

"In terms of making engines, I am very detailed," he said. "I want things to be done exactly the way Sammy Maloof wants. It's not the way others want. For transmissions, I only get them from one place and one place-one from Abruzzi Racing Transmissions, Ohio, named Marco Abruzzi people."

One of Sammy's recently completed Detroit iron large cubic inch engines is a 635 cid, all-aluminum, chunky Chevrolet, used to drive the '68 Nova racer John Kitterman (John Kitterman).

"It has a 16:1 compression ratio and is usually aspirated," he said. "It has a billet crank, Carrillo rods, JE pistons, a Brodix block and Brodix head. It also has a Dart double quadrilateral intake manifold with two Quick Fuel 1050 carbs on it. Isky Cams makes camshafts The number I want."

According to Sammy, the 635 BBC has a bore of 4.610˝ and a stroke of 4.500˝. The engine has a 55 mm cam journal, which is all roller bearings. It also has a Jesel belt drive, T&D shaft mounted rocker arm, Manton push rod and Isky Red Zone EZ Roll lift. The engine runs on the Weaver Brothers four-stage dry sump refueling system, with a two-piece sump customized by Moroso underneath.

In order for his large cubic inch engine to truly perform at its best, Sammy said that he ensures two things every time he manufactures it-oil specifications and camshaft design.

"After more than 30 years of racing engine manufacturing, nothing is better than traditional motor oil with a lot of zinc," Maloof said. "I don't run for many years. I run straight results. I don't believe in limiting the oil to the top of the engine. Many people do this, but I think you just let yourself have a problem. If your can is emptying the oil, you There needs to be a better drainage system. Don’t restrict the top of these engines because the valve springs need to be cooled. The way you do this is to oil them. To keep all valve train components running well, you need to cool them.

"When designing camshafts, I strongly believe in large cubic inch engines. Unless they use alcohol, I will not widen the cam lobes. I use a certain leaf spacing. I know that many big dogs like to widen them. I The theory is that if you want to put air and fuel in, why take it out before building up the cylinder wall pressure? Many people expand these cam centers so much that you don’t build enough cylinder wall pressure. They rely on Cubic inches of the engine to move the car.

"We like to run these large cubic inches of engines between 7,000-8,500 rpm, depending on the cylinder head. My biggest thing is - I need to generate torque. Torque is the power to drive the car. Torque is the acceleration horsepower. If I want to Running a huge camshaft, I will start the engine with a compression ratio of 16:1. You also need to get the correct cylinder head to work with the engine. I build a lot of engines with torque."

This special 635 cid chunky Chevrolet engine produces 1,450-1,470 horsepower normally aspirated, which provides customer John Keetman with a 68-year nova mid-high in 4 seconds and 1/8 mile. He competes in summit series and bracket competitions.

This week the engine was sponsored by PennGrade Motor Oil, Elring – Das Original and Scat Crankshafts. If you have an engine you want to highlight in this series, please send an email to [email protected] Engine Builder editor Greg Jones

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