Ringbrothers Brings Insane 1000-HP ’48 Chevy Pickup to SEMA

Enyo, the latest creation from Ringbrothers, is based on a 1948 Chevy half-ton truck.A giant 8.4-liter V-8 that makes 1000 horsepower on 110-octane race gas powers this beast.Ringbrothers includes both street and race tires for Enyo.

Ringbrothers is at it again. The Wisconsin-based parts manufacturer and custom vehicle builder is once again using the SEMA show in Las Vegas to show off its latest crazy creations, the craziest of which is arguably a 1948 Chevrolet half-ton pickup christened Enyo. It’s one of four vehicles the shop shipped to Vegas for the 2022 show (the others are Bully, a ’72 Chevy K5 Blazer; Strode, a ’69 Chevy Camaro; and Patriarc, a ’69 Ford Mustang Mach 1).

Admittedly, calling Enyo a ’48 Chevy half-ton is a bit of a stretch. The new custom truck only shares its steel passenger compartment with the near-75-year-old truck. And even those pieces are anything but stock, as Ringbrothers narrowed and chopped the cab by four inches and lengthened it by two. The rest of Enyo’s body features custom carbon-fiber pieces.

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Gone is the original truck’s ladder frame. Instead, Enyo pins its bodywork atop a special one-off chassis. With no fenders, a wide track, and a low stance, Enyo looks less like a custom ’48 Chevy truck and more like the love child of a post-war Chevy truck and an open-wheel race car.

Its powertrain reflects this. As Enyo’s exposed Kinsler-built eight-stack fuel injection system denotes, this truck trades its original straight-six engine for a giant 8.4-liter V-8 powerplant that produces 1000 horsepower on 110-octane race fuel. (Ringbrothers refrained from sharing the engine’s output on 91- or 93-octane pump gas.) A Bowler Performance–sourced four-speed automatic gearbox for a Corvette sends that power to the rear wheels.

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Ringbrothers amplifies Enyo’s dual-purpose nature by offering it with both track and street rubber. Both wrap around a set of HRE-built center-lock wheels for a Porsche 911. In its track setup, Enyo wears staggered 18-inch Goodyear Eagle G-19 tires at all four corners. Switch to the street setup, and the truck rides on a pair of 18-inch Michelin Pilot Sports up front and a duo of 19-inch Bridgestone Potenzas at the rear. No doubt, Enyo’s body writes a check its chassis and powertrain are eager to cash.

Even so, we cannot help but find ourselves more enamored with Enyo’s looks than anything else. The Mythic Battle Green truck’s outrageous design gives it the look of a Hot Wheels car come to life. It’s the sort of vehicle today’s kids may hang an image of on their bedroom wall, and the kind of ludicrous concept only the siren’s song of the SEMA show can encourage a custom car builder to create.

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