Repost from dot org
If its the same driver as the losing green Hellcat vs.Tesla driving again, you are set! Good luck.
Ryan Peterson...
I know this car I have reference to here, is not naturally aspirated, but then, neither is the Hellcat... and I am aware that I have posted this amazing video enough times that you all have all, no doubt, seen it by now, but the times turned on this run by his '66 Valiant are quicker and faster than any times I have seen reported in the media for a Hellcat shod in OEM rubber...
The '66 Valiant has some, I believe, 8"-wide drag radials (ostensibly, street tires,) so it has a much smaller footprint than the OEM tires on the Hellcat. No advantage, there...
Here it is, one more time: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QzUfV8iTpQ"]Turbo Slant Six 10.74 @ 127 mph 7-19-10 - YouTube[/ame]
I would be DOUBLY astounded if the little green Valiant, ACTING WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF FORCED INDUCTION, could outrun that Hellcat. I will be squarely in his corner, and nothing would please me more than to see the new "WUNDRCAR" being shown the way home by that totally surprising N/A slant six!!! I wouldn't bet against it; that is for sure!!!
If the Gods ane willing, and the creeks don't rise, I'll get to witneness this race firsthand: I am really looking forward to it! Might even have my bucket of bolts there, but it will in no way be a contender for these marbles... I'll not have enough experience by then, to trust the necessary amount of boost in that motor, to be taken seriously... Probably, ten pounds will be my limit at that time, and that will only put that hunk of junk in the low 13's, in all likelihood.... at least, a train-length behind the front runners.
But, down the pike, if I am lucky, that time may come...:prayer::prayer::prayer:
In the meantime, I take my hat off to a guy with a naturally-aspirated slant six who would make such a ballsy move. You GO guy!!! :cheers:
