Diesel And Biodiesel Land Speed Records Set Using A Ford F-250 Super Duty - Automoblog.net (blog)
That’s because Brent just set some land speed records at The Bonneville Salt Flats in a diesel-powered car. Sorry, let me amend that: He just set some land speed records at The Bonneville Salt Flats in a diesel-powered TRUCK. Specifically, a Ford F-250 Super Duty, and he set two records, one for straight up dino-diesel, and another for bio-diesel. Bring her out and let’s see what she’ll do. So during any given August Speed Weeks out there in the middle of nowhere, you can expect to see production cars, motorcycles, purpose-built streamliners, and, in the case of Brent Hajek, a Ford F-250... Brent’s outfit, Hajek Motorsports, decided to roll out a fully prepped a 2011 Ford F-250 Super Duty for high-speed runs down the “track”. But for all the (highly justifiable safety) prep put into the truck, the plant was surprisingly nearly stock turbocharged 6. 7-liter Power Stroke V8. Sure, Hajek Motorsports swapped out the fuel injectors and fuel pump, but at the velocities you... Source: www.automoblog.net
