Hot Rod Magazine: “His Other Job”
“HIS OTHER JOB”
06/08 – “You know him as Ryan Diem, right tackle for the Indianapolis Colts, but that’s just his day job. Seems Ryan’s teamed up with a close friend and engineering classmate to open a 10,000-square-foot high-performance/fabrication/restoration shop called Modern Muscle in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. The shop’s first project on the books is a ’64 Chevelle SS designed to be an all-purpose Pro Touring car. Here’s a quick rundown: a 1,000hp twin-turbo 6.7L Gen III; coilover suspension with tubular upper and lower control arms up front and a custom fabricated four-link and Strange Engineering 9-inch in the back; big six-piston Wilwood cross-drilled discs; huge 20×12-inch Billet Specialties Stilletos wearing Mickey Thompson S/R radials; a 10-point chrome-moly rollcage; power everything; and a high-end sound system inside. Not bad for a first try, but the best part is that it’s not for a customer. Ryan says it’s the shop project car and will be abused accordingly. We can’t wait to see the proof.”
- Hot Rod Magazine, June 2008
Modern Muscle Introduces the MM Mopar 3.5L V6 Supercharger Kit
Modern Muscle has designed this Supercharger kit from the ground up. Custom Billet mounting bracket is machined in house. The kit utilizes the potent Vortech V3 head unit capable of up to 22 psi of boost. Using only 10 psi and no intercooler or meth injection, simply bolted on a stock 3.5L, the kit has taken the stock 3.5L from 180 rwhp to over 300 rwhp! Add meth injection and it goes to 320 rwhp with only 10 psi of boost! We think the HEMI’s better look out!
MM Sweeps Awards in Chicago ’09 World of Wheels Show
A clean sweep for Modern Muscle – 5 cars and 5 awards. We took “Best of Class” in 4 categories and one “Outstanding in Class” because it was in the same category as one of our other winners. Vehicles on display:
1. Our Twin Turbo ’64 Chevelle
2. Brad Fleck’s ’04 GTO
3. Pete Scarpiniti’s ’06 Charger SRT8
4. Todd Czworniak’s ’06 Magnum SRT8
5. Pat Taylor’s ’07 Charger Daytona- The Hulk
Popular Hot Rodding features Modern Muscle’s Twin Turbo ’64 Chevelle
Popular Hot Rodding features Modern Muscle’s Twin Turbo ’64 Chevelle in their “Cars of SEMA” section of the March ’09. The Chevelle was one of only 13 cars featured in the article along side others built by Foose Design, Ford Racing, and Mopar.
