Everyone knows that it’s harder to make horsepower without power adders. That’s why most of the motors we build are naturally aspirated, which serves as a training tool to reinforce the importance of properly designing an engine combination. However, students are bound to work with nitrous or forced induction at some point or another, and Mike Kurtz’s ’83 Monte Carlo gives students the opportunity to put together a serious nitrous motor. Mike competes in the Texas True 10.5 racing series, where it’s common for racers to pack well over 1,000 hp. Keeping the Monte Carlo up front is a 540 based on a factory 502 block. With a set of ported Dart heads and 15.0:1 compression, the engine puts out 1,000 hp on motor. A Gene Fulton two-stage nitrous system adds another 600 hp, helping the Monte run 5.20s in the eight-mile on true 10.5’s and stock suspension.