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Red Baron Volksy Runs a 8.28!!!!!
dangerous - March 14th, 2010 at 08:36 AM

And he got off the throttle at the end (out of shape)
only 165mph...

5.30@138mph on the 1/8 mile.

He blistered a brand new slick, so was on the trailer to save it for next time.

reub - March 14th, 2010 at 09:23 AM

Awesome:tu:

matberry - March 14th, 2010 at 11:31 AM

Holy crap, thats absolutely AWESOME. Mega job, that car is so tough. Congrats to Eric C and the team.

Surely there will be a vid posted soon.

Stanley - March 14th, 2010 at 05:33 PM

Holy crap x 2...that's fricken fast

mactaylor - March 15th, 2010 at 06:32 AM

anyone got some motor specs on the baron?

dangerous - March 15th, 2010 at 07:48 AM

From memory it is 74 stroke by 101.6 bore(they have a 2400cc limit).
Pauter case and Bugpack A/F heads.

http://ultimateaircooled.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=2132.0 

westi - March 15th, 2010 at 08:24 AM

cooool,were's the footage dude.

hellbugged - March 15th, 2010 at 11:36 AM

on the dyno.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTZZbhPXI0M 

best i could find were some "old" 8.3's .....with 200hp less than now:crazy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VS259FtWcU&feature=related 

JVLRacing - March 15th, 2010 at 12:16 PM

Sounds smooth also ...very nice and looks like hes enjoyin hes racing to:cool: