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]]>The original Revell GMC Syclone 1:25 scale plastic model kit (Kit #7435) was first released in 1992. Since its original release, there have been two updates to the packaging images for the model kit.
As many modelers do, customizing their builds is part of the fun. When a post was made with some fun facts on the Marlboro Syclone, model builder Jason Richardson chimed in and dropped some awesome pics of his custom Revell Syclone build, which he converted into a Marlboro Syclone. We were immediately impressed, so we asked to be able to share the pics with everyone with Jason’s permission.
He mentioned that anything that the kit didn’t provide and was specific to the Marlboro build, he 3D printed or fabricated. The decal kit used on the build was from Rays Decal Kits North America.
Jason is now working on a more finer detailed version of the Marlboro Syclone (we recommended doing the roof support setup in the bed like the real trucks have) and is also working on GMC Typhoon using a resin-cast body with modified cladding from the Revell kit. We’re looking forward to seeing both finished and plan to do another post to showcase both when he’s done!
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]]>CL Link Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Representative Director: Takayuki Miya) announces a development project for a “90s American SUV specification” based on the Jimny Nomad, which will be carried out in collaboration with Ryo Ishikawa, our advisor and founder of “VANQUISH” and “#FR2”.
The Jimny Nomad gets a “square headlight x lowered” makeover. Ryo Ishikawa x CLLINK unveil a “90s American SUV style”. Based on the Jimny Nomad, this vehicle proposes a style reminiscent of American SUVs from the early 1990s. It will be exhibited at TOKYO AUTO SALON 2027, and orders will begin to be accepted in conjunction with the event.
CL Link Co Jimny Nomad Typhoon
Development Background: Expanding the enjoyment of the Jimny through lowering the ride height
While lift-up kits are a common Jimny customization option, this project offers the alternative of slightly lowering the ride height to improve the overall balance. Incorporating the perspectives Mr. Ishikawa has cultivated through his work in fashion and brand building, this project proposes a style for enjoying the Jimny with a free and imaginative approach.
The inspiration comes from the low-slung stance and imposing front face seen in American SUVs of the early 1990s. That atmosphere is then incorporated into the boxy body of the Jimny Nomad. It’s an effort to pursue both coolness and cuteness as a car, drawing on a sense of fashion and lifestyle.
The original GMC Typhoon
A UNIFIED DESIGN FRONT TO REAR
Front view featuring square headlights and a dedicated grille (development image)
The design aims for a cohesive look, centered around an all-black body, from the front face and wheels to the rear view.
• Low-slung proportions: Features a 1-inch lowering kit combining Eibach coils and Bilstein shocks. This balances the ride height and stance.
• Impressive front face: Combines a square headlight conversion kit, a dedicated grille, and a dedicated front bumper.
• Clean rear view: The spare tire is removed and the rear is smoothed with a body-colored rear smoothing panel.
The interior features exclusive RECARO seats in the front and exclusive seat covers in the rear, creating a unified aesthetic from the exterior to the interior.
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]]>A few months back, we covered the story of Texas-based fabricator and grudge racer On D Gas Racing building a twin-turbo Coyote powered GMC Syclone. The truck is running on a Holley Dominator stand-alone. According to Shrek Motorsports, it’s built on a 5.2 block sleeved to a 5.0L running a dry sump with twin 76-79 Garrett turbos mounted in the bed. Both turbos breathe with custom-cut inlets into each of the bedsides. It has the stock diff with LSD in the front running on Bully Racing CV axles. The transfer case is a stock Borg Warner 4472 bolted to a 400 trans. The engine was set up to run on M1 methanol.
ODG’s first outing with the truck was in FL at Bradenton Speedway back in October 2024 at the Cleetus AWD Shootout. With virtually no track time and testing other than on the dyno and the streets outside the track at 3 AM the morning of their scheduled race, they took the Syclone for its maiden voyage on a track. They took a loss but have since slowly been making progress in the setup and getting the truck much more dialed in on the track.
The most recent news from ODG is attending Memerkits Posada in Monterrey, Mexico, where they have claimed the truck to have done its fastest pass to date.
This is our second year coming to the Memerkits Posada here in Monterrey, Nuevo León and this time we decided to bring our syclone that won the OTM finals. With literally only 2 passes we managed to break our PB for this truck on a not so great surface but nonetheless still crazy for this truck! We’re excited to see what else it can do with more adjusting and more testing!
Before you get too excited, you’re not going to see any posted times. These are grudge race events where no times are posted or blurred out, and the details of builds are usually kept relatively hush due to the money and bets associated with this type of racing. From our guess, this truck is hooking into the 4 to 5-second range in a 1/8th mile, making it a 7 to 8-second truck in the quarter mile.
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]]>Ever since Hot Wheels released the GMC Syclone, it has been a popular diecast among collectors and seemingly sometimes very hard to find in the store. Rest assured, you will most likely be able to buy this mainline release all over the various marketplaces. Keep an eye on eBay, as you usually will start to see unspun versions for sale before the packaged release is available.
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1964 Olds Vista Cruiser – Pacific Mist Ply
1992 GMC Typhoon – Solid Red
1965 Ford Mustang Fastback – Ivy Green
VERSION B:
1964 Olds Vista Cruiser – Jade Mist Ply
1992 GMC Typhoon – Custom HOK Metallic Green
1965 Ford Mustang Fastback – Arcadian Blue
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]]>Some pieces are interchangeable between the three trucks. These pieces are the front and rear bumper cover and support. For both the Syclone and Typhoon, the only pieces that are interchangeable between the trucks are the front fender arches and door cladding. The remaining pieces on the Syclone and Typhoon from the under door cladding, rear arches, rear quarter and rear corner pieces are all unique to either the Sy or Ty and cannot be swapped. This is due to the pickup vs SUV body style and how the mounting tabs are located on the cladding. The Sonoma GT has less aggressive styled cladding that differs from both the Syclone and Typhoon altogether. It is held in place mostly with brackets, C-clamps, and screws.
With the trucks being over 30+ years old, the cladding is well known to have become brittle and easily broken. If you plan to fix or replace your cladding, the following schematics give a detailed view of the location of all of the mounting pucks, support brackets, rivets, washers, and screws.
If you plan to replace or fix your cladding and it still has the stock rivets, you WILL NEED to drill them out to remove the cladding. Sportmachines offers a complete cladding replacement kit for both the Syclone and Typhoon.
Due to how the cladding is attached to the trucks, some bolts are hidden behind other cladding pieces. This is mainly the front fender arches and rear corner pieces on all 3 of the trucks. If you are planning to remove all of the cladding, the best method is to start with the front and rear bumper assembly for any of the trucks. For the Sonoma GT, the remaining cladding can now be removed in any order.
For the SyTys, with the front and rear bumpers removed, you will want to remove the front fender arches. Then move to the rear quarter panel pieces (everything behind the door), starting with the arches and then the lower front quarter and corner pieces. Lastly, the lower door skirt and door cladding should be removed last.
SYTYSOGT FRONT & REAR BUMPER CLADDING
SYTY FRONT FENDER ARCH & SGT BUMPERETTE
SYTYSOGT REAR QUARTER PANEL CLADDING
SYTYSOGT CAB AND DOOR CLADDING
NOTE: GM did not provide schematics for the door cladding piece. To remove, open the door. There are 5 rivets on the bottom of the cladding piece you will need to drill out. With the rivets removed, you can now remove the door cladding by sliding it in an upward motion and GENTLY pulling the bottom out so it will clear the mounting bracket.
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]]>The Wall Street Journal covered the story, and behold, 29 seconds into the video story, we see the Syclone Challenge truck parked on display in the lobby area of the center! In 1991, Vista Group, in coordination with GMC Truck Division, organized a promotional event called the “Syclone Challenge” to coincide with the launch of the GMC Syclone. The trucks used in the event were referred to as the “Syclone Challenge Trucks.”
The Syclone Challenge was part of a traveling roadshow, which was a marketing strategy for GMC dealers to showcase new truck models. This included a selection of show trucks, one of which was the famous 1989/90 Syclone LSR (Land Speed Record) truck. Attendees to the show could see up close the latest in GMC Trucks and take home various GMC Truck Motorsports literature, posters, and apparel. The display traveled the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) tour and allowed local GMC Truck dealer groups to showcase the new GMC Syclone pickup truck in an optimal high-performance setting – the quarter-mile track.
In 2009, GM declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and in doing so, they liquidated some of their collection of vehicles through auction. This included the PPG Syclone and one of the Syclone Challenge trucks. Today, GM still retains ownership of one of the trucks, which is seen here in the WSJ video. The other truck is privately owned (purchased through auction) and located in AZ.
READ MORE ABOUT THE SYCLONE CHALLENGE TRUCKS
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From Sean’s previous run last April of a 9.87 @ 139mph, he decided to push his Typhoon a little more this time around. After 3 runs, his fastest was a 9.39 @ 144mph this past weekend making it his new personal best as well as the fastest AWD V6 Typhoon currently in the world. Recently Sean did some dyno tuning which the truck pulled just shy of 800hp while fighting wheel slip on the barrels. It is estimated the truck is around 880whp.
The setup includes a 4.8L stroker Bowtie V6 with Brodix heads and a custom cam. A Precision GEN2 8080 Sportman turbo spools up the power which is tuned via a Holley EFI ECU. To handle the power this truck puts down, the transmission was upgraded to a 4L80-E which is still connected to the stock Borg Warner 4472 transfer case. Custom powdercoated 17″ CCW Classics wheels wrapped in 275/40 and 315/35 drag radials keeps Sean’s Typhoon stuck to the pavement.
Sean has been working over the years to progressively get this Typhoon to it’s current power level. When he’s not under the hood of his truck, he offers tuning services and his expertise in SyTys under his business name, SK Kustoms. As impressive as a 9.39 is, Sean mentions that the truck still has more in it and will be pushing it further with at least another 10psi of boost. His goals? An 8 second time slip. Another track date is planned for the near future and we’re amped to see Sean gather that 8.99 or better time!
11/8/24 UPDATE!
Sean has once again broken his own record with a time of 9.26@149MPH. While it wasnt the 8.99 he was aiming for, we still congratulate him for another insanely fast run!
9.26 146MPH Worlds Fastest V6 AWD Typhoon Record Reset…AGAIN!!! We fought traction with this 50° day but made a solid pass after numerous attempts!! Unfortunately broke the rear differential the last attempt for an 8! I can’t even be upset, 115k miles on that bad boy all stock diff!! We will fix and come back out swinging again next year!! As always thank you again for the support!!! Now time to prep this Beast for the make over this winter!
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Now, we know what you’re thinking. Why take a GMC Syclone, rip out everything, and cut it up to do this kind of build? This particular Syclone is no stranger to the track and has had a life of hard racing even before ODG bought it. The truck used to be powered by an evenfire Bowtie V6 that ran the best of 9.2. The rear frame was boxed in, and a roll cage was built for safety. By the time ODG purchased it, it was a roller and already had been well-modified and cut into with very little chance it could ever go back to stock. It was a perfect platform for someone to push the boundaries and try something different. We think ODG has checked all the boxes.
Even if you’re not a Ford fanatic, the Coyote 5.0L V8 is an impressive motor. It has gone through some generational changes with the Gen 4 being the latest platform release. It’s an all-aluminum 32-valve DOHC V-8 that utilizes advanced features such as direct and port fuel injection, twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT), high-flow aluminum cylinder heads, and 12:1 compression. The Coyote engine produces between 460-500HP in stock form. Of course, the setup on the ODG Syclone is far from stock, and we wish we could tell you all of the details, but we cannot. You see, this truck was built to race on the streets and in grudge matches on the track; therefore, no information is going to be publicly available for competitors to gain an advantage on the setup other than from photos and reels. Any video that has been released so far has been edited to conceal any of the build info when it comes to numbers.
From what we have seen in the videos, we can tell you that the truck is running on a Holley Dominator stand-alone. According to Shrek Motorsports, it’s built on a 5.2 block sleeved to a 5.0L running a dry sump with twin 76-79 Garrett turbos mounted in the bed. Both turbos breath with custom cut inlets into each the bedsides. It has the stock diff with LSD in the front running on Bully Racing CV axles. The transfer case is a stock Borg Warner 4472 bolted to a 400 trans. The engine was set up to run on M1 methanol. The entire front clip was modified to come off quickly and easily as 1-piece and is said to weigh about 80lbs.
Check out the video that On D Gas Racing posted a few days ago before the truck heads out to do it’s maiden run at the FL2K event in Brandeton, FL. To get to the Syclone action in the video, fast forward to around the 17:30 timestamp.
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