HOLDEN VS
COMMODORE UTE
Class: Haltech Radial BlownSPECS
Engine: 4.0-litre twin-cam Ford Barra
six-cylinder
Turbo: Garrett GT3540
Transmission: BTR four-speed
Converter: Stock BTR
Diff: 3.45:1
Power: 485rwhpPrevious PB: 11.6@124mph
Best Drag Challenge Pass:
10.50@129mphJASON Waye from Tuff Mounts/Muscle Garage got the Drag Challenge bug after
sponsoring the event last year, building his Barra-powered VS ute as a 10-seconds-
for-$10K challenge (SM, Sep and Nov ’17). And he wasn’t just an entrant; Tuff
Mounts sponsored the Outlaw Aspirated class in 2017.
Jase spent the first couple of days knocking on the door of a 10, but finally broke
through after pulling the passenger headlight. “I was chatting with Steve Grima after
running an 11.0, and I was really happy but really pissed off with that as I could
taste the 10,” he says. “Steve suggested taking the headlight out as he’d picked up
a tenth doing that with his car, so we did that and ran a 10.54!
“Well, the thing that really made it happen was my 60-foot time,” he clarifies. “The
best had been a 1.77, but that run was a 1.54 60-foot. Our 60-foot times averaged
out at 1.6-1.7, so we were quite happy with them.”
The boys backed up that with a smokin’ [email protected] on Day Five before
rain cut the track time short, which Jason says shows the potential of the ‘Barrahore’.
“It’s got the mph to go a low 10, so there’s more in it,” he says. “However, my
co-driver loved the ute so much he bought it! He’s probably going to bring it back
for Drag Challenge next year.”FORD’S TRUSTY DOHC INJECTED SIX POWERED SEVERAL SWIFT DC RIDES
HOLDEN VS
COMMODORE UTE
Class:HaltechRadialBlownSPECS
Engine:4. 0 -litre twin-cam Ford Barra
six-cylinder
Turbo: Garrett GT354 0
Transmission:BTR four-speed
Converter: Stock BTR
Diff: 3 .4 5 :1
Power:485rwhpPrevious PB:11.6@124mph
Best Drag Challenge Pass:
10.50@129mphJASON Waye from Tuff Mounts/Muscle Garage got the Drag Challenge bug after
sponsoring the event last year, building his Barra-powered VS ute as a 10-seconds-
for-$10K challenge (SM, Sep and Nov ’17). And he wasn’t just an entrant; Tuff
Mounts sponsored the Outlaw Aspirated class in 2017.
Jase spent the first couple of days knocking on the door of a 10, but finally broke
through after pulling the passenger headlight. “I was chatting with Steve Grima after
running an 11.0, and I was really happy but really pissed off with that as I could
taste the 10,” he says. “Steve suggested taking the headlight out as he’d picked up
a tenth doing that with his car, so we did that and ran a 10.54!
“Well, the thing that really made it happen was my 60-foot time,” he clarifies. “The
best had been a 1.77, but that run was a 1.54 60-foot. Our 60-foot times averaged
out at 1.6-1.7, so we werequite happy with them.”
The boys backed up that with a smokin’ [email protected] on Day Five before
rain cut the track time short, which Jason says shows the potential of the ‘Barrahore’.
“It’s got the mph to go a low 10, so there’s more in it,” he says. “However, my
co-driver loved the ute so much he bought it! He’s probably going to bring it back
for Drag Challenge next year.”FOFOFOFOFFOFOF RD’S TRUSTY DOHC INJECTED SIX POWERED SEVERAL SWIFT DC RIDES