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Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:05 pm
by GoMachV
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.
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:06 pm
by hugger19
vintage reverse chrome rear wheels also
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:10 pm
by GoMachV
hugger19 wrote:vintage reverse chrome rear wheels also
They had the moon caps on it for the run but no pics.
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:02 am
by Diamond Dave
That is pretty damn cool, must be a great feeling. Good for them!
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:07 am
by GoMachV
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
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:32 am
by jwscab
megasquirt huh, NICE.
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:35 am
by scr8p
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:20 am
by mk-Zero
Cool, congrats to them!
So.... what kind of class did it run in? Based off the motor, or the chassis, or...?
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:25 am
by GoMachV
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
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:53 am
by mk-Zero
Makes sense. I'm sure the car that that motor came in had the areodynamics of a brick, lol
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:57 am
by GoMachV
Edit...apparently the mustang wasn't the previous record holder as the record was 40 years old. Google fail
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:42 pm
by GoMachV
Going for another record shortly...
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:34 pm
by justinspeed79
Cool. Congrats to the team. That s13/v8 combo is pretty popular in drifting too, although I doubt they use flatheads for that.
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:40 pm
by GoMachV
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
Re: Off topic: Salt flats speed run
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 12:11 pm
by GoMachV
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