Tag: 200mph
Racing the Land Speed 240sx at the Ohio Mile – September 2014
Posted on September 30, 2014
Results from the September 2014 ECTA Ohio Mile – 7 total runs this weekend, and 7 records to show for it, 6 of which are over 200mph! Car ran in the same configuration as the July 2014 event. We turned the boost up to the max and found that we were pretty much already maxxing out…
Read MoreJuly 2014 ECTA Ohio Mile
Posted on July 30, 2014
Results from the July 2014 ECTA Ohio Mile – 200 MPH CLUB! 4 runs total, all on Saturday due to timing light and weather issues on Sunday. We stepped the F/BGC record up on each of the first three runs. 177.9mph on the 1st run bumps the record ever so slightly. Then 183.5mph on the…
Read MoreTuesday 8-14-12 – Our last day on the salt this year with a few final pics of Lee’s car and the ‘Spirit of Orangevale’. For more pics from the rest of our trip, and info on the record setting cars we supported this year CLICK HERE!
Read MoreSunday 8-12-12, Black Opel Racing qualifies for a record and sits in impound waiting to back it up (and there are a ton of other pics too) For more pics from the rest of our trip, and info on the record setting cars we supported this year CLICK HERE!
Read MoreThese are the pics we took Friday 8-10-12, mostly in the hotel parking lot For more pics from the rest of our trip, and info on the record setting cars we supported this year CLICK HERE!
Read MoreSpeed Week 2012 at Bonneville Speedway
Posted on September 12, 2012
SpeedWeek 2012 was amazing this year, with MegaSquirt EFI helping competitors getting two new records! (That we know of.) One of which, to the best of my knowledge, also takes the record for the fastest MegaSquirt EFI powered car in the WORLD. Lee Sicilio’s 1969 Dodge Daytona Charger takes the A/BGALT Record with an average…
Read MoreSpeed Week 2008 at Bonneville Speedway
Posted on September 15, 2008
Turns out this was the year for Gary to break the record. Twice. In car video of the record run is below. Monday Monday morning Gary pulled a 236mph ‘down run’ to qualify for the record, motor was running great, we put the car in impound until Tuesday morning when we’d come back to try…
Read MoreSpeed Week 2007 at Bonneville Speedway
Posted on September 20, 2007
Final results for the Stude’ this year: 211mph with 2 cylinders acting up– valvetrain issues. The back two cylinders on the drivers side of the motor had been suspect all week, burning significantly richer than the rest as the story was told by reading the plugs. Boost (with the wastegates wide open) last year was…
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