1991 Arlington Foxhound SR348 ‘Disintegrator’

Foxhound SR348 Disintegrator - side view.
Arlington is an American car company headquartered… in Arlington. In the time period in question - the 1980s - the Arlington marque’s niche were entry-level premium cars, not too dissimilar in market segment from Buick and Mercury.
At the close of the 70s, Arlington had no true sports car. The Somervell sports/luxury brand was culled by the recessions, regulations and oil crises, and importing expensive German Waldersees didn’t really work out, either. It was time for a new approach. The Arlington Foxhound, all-new for 1983, was initially envisioned as a more sophisticated, serious muscle car - one with independent rear suspension, limited-slip differentials for the V8s and power like nobody had seen since the 1960s. So, whereas regular Arlington engines were lined up to power the lower trims of the Foxhound, the company’s SR performance division was charged with producing a more powerful engine than Arlington’s venerable 5.0 176hp small-block. The eggheads at SR scratched their domes for a bit and put OHC heads on said small-block, which promptly spit out an extra 45 horsepower; and thus, the Arlington CamTech engine was born, and rolled out in the new Arlington Foxhound SR303 - a working-class hero car that could keep pace with a certain expensive German GT car. Or, at least, its American detuned version.

For comparison, a non-crazy, SOHC V6-powered Foxhound.
Fast forward to 1991. The CamTech engine has been turned from a jury-rigged mess into a polished company product with new port injection and shiny aluminum heads, and the 5.0 on the top-of the line Foxhound puts out 257 horse. The designers at Arlington are hard at work prototyping the muscle car’s second generation due in MY1993, and the guys at SR have some time before they’ll be called upon to optimize that car’s performance. For now, the old Foxhound needs to go out with a bang. To this end, the engine was stroked to 348 cu in - 5.7 L - pretty much the maximum an Arlington block can take - and given forged internals. This extracted a fearsome 320 horsepower and 345 lb-ft of torque, all on regular pump gas. The Foxhound fitted just with this engine, a pair of mean nostrils and meatier tires would be known as SR348.

The three shades of the Disintegrator. The other 47 do not exist, sorry.
But the SR boys are still bored, and Arlington is still rich enough to indulge them - so they then take the SR348, throw out half the speakers, install lighter seats, fit a wing on the back, sports tires, sports suspension - the works. The SR crew now reckoned that the Foxhound could now blow away that certain German GT car on the straight, in the corners, anywhere - so they called it the Disintegrator.

Somebody being stupid in a Disintegrator.
The Disintegrator was a gas guzzler and hand-modified, and as such required putting down a hefty $25,800 (actual price in AMU is 34,100 - I just adjusted it for inflation and added a few thousand because special edition) to get one new. Then again, for a car that did 0-60 in 5.1 seconds and a low-13 quarter mile, while still being one hell of a handler, probably not too much to ask. The planned production run was just 250, too, giving a far greater exclusivity and sense of occasion than the regular 348 Foxhound. It was sold in just three colors, one of which was boldly named Hell Green - indicating that the Texans now had the will to challenge cars raised in the Green Hell at Nurburgring.The car was notably light on electronic assistance, lacking a speed limiter due to the all-star tires fitted to it and not even featuring traction control.

Take a hint.
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