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AUGUST 16, 2004
WE DID IT!
OUR MISSION FOR BONNEVILLE 2004 WAS:
1.
EXTEND MY CURRENT C/PS (PRODUCTION SUPERCHARGED) RECORD TO OVER 200 MPH,
2. BREAK THE EXISTING D/MR (MODIFIED ROADSTER)
RECORD OF 213. MPH
3. SET A NEW RECORD FOR AA/MT. (MODIFIED PICKUP)
AND, WE DID ALL THREE.
BOB MERICKLE SET
THE AA/MT RECORD IN HIS BOX STOCK LIGHTNING TRUCK AT 153.293.
I SET THE C/PS RECORD AT 203.231 IN MY 2003 MUSTANG COBRA.
GRAEME (RABBIT) BARTILS SET THE NEW D/MR RECORD AT 219.924 IN HIS 4.6 FORD MODULAR POWERED ’32 FORD ROADSTER.
WE CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE FORD MODULAR MOTORS THAT POWERED OUR 2004 BONNEVILLE PROGRAM.
BOB’S LIGHTNING
TRUCK WAS BASICALLY BOX STOCK WITH HEADERS AND AN AIR INTAKE, WITH 28,000 MILES ON IT.
RABBIT’S ROADSTERS MOTOR
WAS OUT OF A WRECK WITH 23,500 MILES. WE DID CHANGE THE SPARK PLUGS, ADDED A METCO PULLEY SETUP, A WHIPPLE SUPERCHARGER, AND
CUSTOM SHORTY EXHAUSTS. RABBIT’S RECORD RUN WAS IN EXCESS OF 220 MPH WITH THIS JUNK YARD MOTOR.
MY MOTOR WAS A
614 RWHP/612 LBS. OF TORQUE MONSTER, BUILT BY MV PERFORMANCE. IT WAS BORED AND STROKED TO EXCEED THE 5.01 LITERS REQUIRED
FOR THE C/PS CLASS, A WHIPPLE SUPERCHARGER INSTALLED, A METCO PULLEY SETUP, AND BASSANI AND BORLA FOR THE STREET LEGAL EXHAUST
SYSTEM.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH OUR 2004 BONNEVILLE EFFORT.
FORD, AND FORD SVT
BOSCH, FUEL SYSTEM AND SPARK PLUGS
BBS WHEELS, 200 MPH + FORGED WHEELS
MIGHTY AUTO PARTS
SATISFIED MOTORSPORTS,
BRAKES TO STOP YOU @ 2000 MPH+
BORLA, EXHAUST SYSTEM TO HELP MAKE THE 614 RWHP
MV PERFORMANCE, 614 RWHP
AUTOZONE
EIBACH SPRINGS
BREMBO BRAKES, ROTORS
BASSANI HEADERS
METCO PULLEYS
HANS, TO KEEP YOU SAFE
PIRELLI
P ZERO RACING TIRES
A SPECIAL PERSONAL THANKS TO;
LARRY WEST, FOR FEEDING ALL OF US.
BOB JOHNSON, FOR
ENTERTAINING US.
STEVE JENNER, PANOZ RACING SCHOOLS
AND THE CREW GUYS
JIM DALY
CHRIS KAUFMAN
ALAN JOHNSON
MIKE BOWEN
LARRY SHEPEARD
TIM OLSEN
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SUNRISE, AUGUST 16TH 2004,
BEFORE THE 03 COBRA’S RECORD RUN
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WEDNESDAY 8-04-2004
MV
PERFORMANCE COMPLETED TUNING OUR 03 COBRA MOTOR TODAY, AND IT IS A HUNK.
614 RWHP AND 612 FT. LBS. OF TORQUE.
LOOKS
LIKE 220 MPH IS VERY POSSIBLE ON THE 5-MILE COURSE.
TIM MATHERLY, OWNER OF MV PERFORMANCE, BUILT THE MOTOR. www.mvperformance.com
FYI
HERE ARE THE SPECS.
BORED AND STROKED TO 306 CU. IN.
HEADS: STOCK COBRA, PORTED AND POLISHED
CAMS: STOCK
OIL
PAN: CANTON
BOSCH SPARK PLUGS
INDUCTION:
WHIPPLE TWIN SCREW BLOWER
METCO LOWER 4 LB. PULLEY AND TENSIONER
ACCUFAB THROTTLE BODY
BOSCH 55 LB. INJECTORS
FOCUS FUEL PUMPS
EXHAUST:
BASSANI HEADERS
AND X-PIPE
BORLA CAT BACKS
WE WILL MAKE OUR QUALIFYING RUNS SATURDAY 8-14 AND THEN OUR RECORD RUNS SUNDAY
8-15
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BOB’S LIGHTNING TRUCK
PREPARING TO BEAT THE EXISTING AA/MT RECORD
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