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1546 HP Twin Turbo Dodge Viper GTS Dyno Run

This has to be the loudest UPS truck we've ever heard. It's really important to notice during this dyno run how the hand held camera is shaking during one of the pulls. So it may not be quite as insane as the 2,200 hp quad turbocharged V8 we saw on Friday, but it's definitely more streetable, and has up to 100% more Dodge Viper GTS. This sucker is obviously set up for drag racing though following the advice of the video and going to UndergroundRacing.com gets us no additional info on the car. We did dig up pictures of the beast though, and its pretty sick. This almost makes us sad that the Viper is as good as dead these days. How much you want to bet these guys have already rented an oversea container to Poland?


9:45 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
8,041 views, 18 comments

Latest by ØmÆgä ßrÅff: @CARBONFIBER: That would be the Darius 240Z--Google it if you dont know the car, it has recently been completed I believe. It know has a custom body kit on there and looks a lot different. Under the hood is a supercharged more »

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Dodge Challenger Super Stock Racer On Sale In March

It's been a while since we've heard anything about Dodge's turnkey drag racer Challenger Super Stock. But now Allpar is saying the Super Stock is going to be available sooner than expected. This doorslammer, which serves up the quarter-mile in 11 seconds, may be available to buyers as soon as March, over-the-counter, without a prescription. More »

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12:30 PM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By marnold
3,421 views, 29 comments

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Isetta in Drag: The Whatta Drag

As its name attests, the Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum is the venue for all manner of microcar, from the Grataloup to the Vespa 400 and right up to the towering Isetta. In fact, funny story. There was this Hot Wheels car called the Whatta Drag. It was part Isetta, part drag bike and all the kind of Hot Wheels car that sat, unpicked, in the back of the box when cars were played. Nonetheless, the team at Bruce Weiner went about building a full-scale version of the Whatta Drag, using a 1959 Isetta 300 and a worked-over Chevy 502 big-block V8 - blown, natch — producing 730 hp. No word on trap times (we wonder if it's been dragged), but we'd imagine this could run in the threes of wheels. – Mike Spinelli More »

11:00 AM on Tue Feb 20 2007
By Mike Spinelli
2,811 views, 4 comments

Latest by akier: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2007/02/20/blow-me-down... how about an Isetta Rocketta? looks like it has a pulse-jet attached to it's tail. it's like a V-1 with wheels. more »

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Worsham to Run Blue Max at Bakersfield

Oh, word. Del and Chuck Worsham's replica of Raymond Beadle's famed Blue Max funny car is running at the Goodguys March Meet in Bakersfield. We're so there; after all, the 'Max was one of the cars that made us fall in love with drag racing in the first place. More »

5:16 AM on Thu Feb 16 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
246 views, 1 comment