Standing Mile Speed Freaks From the East Coast Timing Association - Hot Rod Network
Since 2005, HOT ROD has sponsored the Top Speed Challenge, where cars compete in two classes—Real Street and Super Street—to claim bragging rights as the East Coast Timing Association’s (ECTA) fastest street-legal cars in the standing mile. The ECTA uses a rulebook similar to the SCTA, and several racers who participate in the Ohio Mile are also Bonneville racers , so while our HOT ROD Top Speed Challenge is about street-legal cars, there’s always incredible variety in the field at... The Death Proof team brought their 1979 Camaro to defend their win in the Real Street class, and their 221-mph performance was just out of reach for the Second Place Rydin Decal team, which ran a 237-mph pass on the first day of the event but... Despite trying to match their earlier success, the Rydin Decal team’s big-block-powered, third-gen Firebird came just 1 mph short of the Death Proof team on their fastest run on the final day of racing. Eric Von Hentschel at Von Eric Performance designed the engine setup and Rick Miller and Dennis Jones of all Cape Machine assembled, dyno-tested, and installed the engine that makes 913 hp on C14 race gas through a Dominator carb. On top of that, it has a single stage of nitrous good for an additional 125 hp. The drivetrain consists of a Turbo 400 trans and 2. 50:1 rear gears that have the car tripping the lights at the end of the mile at around 7,300 rpm, well short of the... Source: www.hotrod.com
