Project car : 830 HP at the wheels

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Project car : 830 HP at the wheels Alan 05-07-2008
Posted by Jon Elson on May 10, 2008, 12:07 am
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Alan wrote:
> My son's work demo car had its first outing not long ago.
>
> Motor         Gen 3 Chev 5.7 litre, bog standard pistons crank etc. out of
> a Holden Commodore.
> Modifications twin turbos & exhaust system built and installed by my
> son. Pipework completely fills the engine bay and is pretty to look
> at. A real swear word creator if you had to work on it.
>
> Result                830 HP at the wheels on a dyno
>
> see it in action on
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efqbTl5bT0E&NR=1
>
> engine missing is caused by the rev limiter cutting ignition
>
> the object is to go around corners sideways on.
>
> second video was taken on a shopping centre rooftop car park.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiEdetRyFG0&NR=1
Hope you are an heir to the Goodyear dynasty, this thing can eat
up a set of tires in a couple minutes!

So, where are the pictures of this awesome plumbing job?

Jon

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