World Products is well known in the aftermarket community as one of the best names in the business, specializing in producing some of the finest quality engine components for everything from your classic Chevelle, to your brand new C6 Corvette.

But not many people know that World goes out of their way to appreciate their customers by having them post up their vehicle’s pictures and specifications on their company website. Just the other day we were browsing their customer rides section, and this is what we found.

If this car looks familiar to you -it should. Not only has it been featured in several other magazines, but it has also been immortalized in the ever-so-popular Gran Turismo video game franchise as a result of being awarded Best of Show at the 2006 Gran Turismo Awards ceremony.

Art Morrison is the builder and title holder of this car and under that fiberglass hood sits an all-aluminum SBC with a big-block displacement of 427cui. The lightweight engine weighs a total of 350lbs, and inside its World Products block is a whole list of nothing but the best internals the aftermarket has to offer, including a set of WP heads that sit atop of the high-tech ‘plant.

It comes complete with a F.A.S.T fuel injection system, an MSD ignition, a solid lifter camshaft, aluminum rocker arms, H-beam connecting rods, and an aluminum Wilson intake manifold, throttle body, and billet fuel rails.

This awesome engine packs a 538hp punch, with a total of 522lbft of twist going to its custom 18-inch wheels that happen to be wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport rubber. Stopping this little road rocket are a set of Viper-spec 14” Wilwood brakes, and shifting duties depend on a built T-56 6-speed sourced from the same car. Art Morrison fabricated the Vette’s chassis himself, and he relies on a C5 front suspension to get through the corners.

An interior equipped with custom upholstery, racing harnesses, and functional roll hoops help give Art’s car the track-ready persona it needs if it’s going to be taking corners. Morrison’s car is truly the end result of mixing timeless styling with modern tech, and for that we applaud him.

Now before you slap your forehead and roll your eyes at our next car, let us tell you that this thing is much more than a movie prop. Yes, this is the ’71 Monte Carlo used in the least-popular of the F&F franchise films, and yes, you did see at least one version of this car roll end over end as the lead “star” of the film won his first street race against a Viper. But before you dismiss this thing as another bonehead-mobile with a mild 350 under its hood, you better think again.

No ladies and gentlemen, this “work-in-progress,” NASCAR themed A-body packs a full 572cui. of Bill Mitchell-sourced BBC under its primered hood. As there have been a total of nine cars built for the movie, the one featured here is the most powerful of the bunch and is still currently owned by Universal Studios.

In fact, this “prop” has run a ¼ mile time of 11.3 as a result of its 718rwhp and 713ftlbs. That’s ZR1 Corvette territory -in a 4,000lb tank of a 40-year old Monte Carlo.

It sports a Bill Mitchell block stuffed full of aftermarket goodies, and helping the movie star inhale air is a World/Merlin intake manifold and a Holley Dominator 1050 carburetor. Exhaling the gases are left to the Hooker long-tubes and a Flowmaster dual 3-inch exhaust.

A Be Cool radiator, MSD ignition, March pulley system, Edelbrock water pump, Holley mechanical fuel pump, and a set of Earl’s stainless steel lines help complete the Tinsletown Monte. Not too shabby for what was intended to be a movie high school kid’s car.

The third and final vehicle we chose for this story is yet another Corvette, this one appealing to the late model set, as it’s clearly a highly-modified, and tastefully customized 2005 C6 Z51 Corvette. Owned by Alex Schult, this car comes to you ready for action, packing a stroked 403 LS2 with a set of World WarHawk LS7 heads and a Magnuson 2300 blower sitting in place of where the original intake once sat, and a very aggressive cam with (144/145 and 651 lift) specs. Helping the 403 expel the spent gases requires a set of Kooks 1 ¾ -inch diameter headers, and a B&B Fusion exhaust system.

The end result of the aforementioned engine mods produce close to 700rwhp and over 700lbft of torque at the pavement. But one couldn’t get there without reinforcements, so a bulletproof, Stage 4 6L80E from Gearhart spinning a Yank 2800 stall converter was called upon to handle shifting duties.

Stopping this road missile is a massive, 6-piston Baer brake caliper kit with cross-drilled and slotted 14-inch rotors. Surrounding the brakes are one of the coolest sets of HRE wheels we’ve ever seen, measuring 19-inches in the front and 20s in the rear wrapped in Nitto rubber.

The C6 features a very unique body kit that is made by a company called ACP Productions out of Pennsylvania. In fact the kit is so rare, that only three other cars in the world have it, and it virtually replaces every body panel on the car. To grab a closer look, including a selection of videos on Alex’s car, head over to smokinvette.com and admire the beauty within.

Honestly, we’ve barely scratched the surface on any one of these three bad ass-mobiles, but that is beyond the scope of this article as we’re only inclined to run the main key points of each vehicle by you. However, if you crave more info on these or any of the other customer cars, then head on over to the customer rides section of the World Products website to learn more!