Off topic: Salt flats speed run

Post by **GoMachV** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:05 pm

Just got a call from my pops, they just broke a worlds record by about 6mph

Combo is funny as hell tho. Turbocharged Mercury flathead making ~180whp, Megasquirt CFI style injection in a Nissan

lol

My dad was just there for support, the driver is a good friend of ours.

Post by **hugger19** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:06 pm

vintage reverse chrome rear wheels also

Post by **GoMachV** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:10 pm

hugger19 wrote:vintage reverse chrome rear wheels also

They had the moon caps on it for the run but no pics.

Post by **Diamond Dave** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:02 am

That is pretty damn cool, must be a great feeling. Good for them!

Post by **GoMachV** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:07 am

They had to beat 138.XX mph, ran a 143 (my numbers earlier were wrong) so tomorrow they must run over 135 to average over the old record. Car is currently in impound

Post by **jwscab** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:32 am

megasquirt huh, NICE.

Post by **scr8p** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:35 am

Post by **mk-Zero** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:20 am

Cool, congrats to them!
So.... what kind of class did it run in? Based off the motor, or the chassis, or...?

Post by **GoMachV** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:25 am

They backed it up this morning, so they made it. The class is for the Flathead, and I'm sure there is more to it. Ill try to get more details when they get back. It a very strange combo but the Nissan body is supposedly one of the better budget aero choices

Post by **mk-Zero** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:53 am

Makes sense. I'm sure the car that that motor came in had the areodynamics of a brick, lol

Post by **GoMachV** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:57 am

Edit...apparently the mustang wasn't the previous record holder as the record was 40 years old. Google fail

Post by **GoMachV** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:42 pm

Going for another record shortly...

Post by **justinspeed79** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:34 pm

Cool. Congrats to the team. That s13/v8 combo is pretty popular in drifting too, although I doubt they use flatheads for that.

Post by **GoMachV** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:40 pm

justinspeed79 wrote: although I doubt they use flatheads for that.

you'd have to have oil injectors in front of the rear tires lmao! Pretty sure that car in stock form would have beat that mph!

They didn't have to do much to make the altered class

Post by **GoMachV** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 12:11 pm

They backed up the second record this morning, average of 153.6mph. After impound and tech they will be headed home with two new world records. The engine is coming out and the car converted back to street duty

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