MIGHTY MOUSE
THERE must be something in the water in
WA at the moment. Recently we saw former
Summernats dyno pin-up boy Eddy Tassone
click off 357km/h in his twin-turbo GTO (more
on that next issue), and his fellow West Aussies
at Streetbuilt Racing have also been kicking
arse lately.
We’re referring to Lorenzo Gullotto’s VL
Calais, which has been fitted with the 388ci
LS motor out of his GTO. Rumour has it there
have been no real changes save for a set of
Precision 76/75 turbos and an upgraded fuel
system with the addition of a mechanical fuel
pump.
On pump E85, the car made a monstrous
1743rwhp at 7250rpm on 40psi. This is going
to make for interesting times if it comes to
Drag Challenge!GOOD TO BE KING
WHEN it comes to six-bangers, nothing sounds
sexier than a Toyota 2J with 9000rpm on board
and 50psi of boost. It’s a freak of an engine,
and one combination that cannot go without
praise is Frank Tarabay’s Gas Motorsport-
prepared Supra, KING2J. There are not too
many streeters out there that can boast a
six-second timeslip, but Frank recently ran a
6.98@208mph on a 1.16 60-foot – and on a
275! Frank, please take a bow.UP TO THE CHALLENGE
CANBERRA’S Ben Doble has been slowly
putting together one of the toughest and
coolest Mopar maulers we’ve seen in Australia.
His 1970 Dodge Challenger has had the front
end removed forward of the windscreen, with
new rails and a sheet-metal firewall going in, as
well as a right-hand-drive steering conversion.
Everything front of the firewall will be tubular,
right down to the AlterKtion suspension.
The engine is a Hellcat Hemi that will be
fitted with a pair of 66mm Precision turbos
as well as the factory supercharger and built
forged internals, backed by a built 4L80E. The
stock 8¾in rear has been turfed and replaced
with a Dana 60.
The car is rolling on Hellcat wheels and
tyres with huge six-spot brakes from the new
Mustang.
We can’t wait to see this car progress – it
will be killer.WHIPPLE MUSTANG
WE KNOW the stock Coyote motor in the
new Mustangs are pretty tough, but Autotech
in Hume, ACT has just finished a Whipple
supercharger upgrade on a 2018 Mustang that
has cranked out 512rwkW.
Even more impressive is that it was achieved
with a 2.9-litre Whipple on pump 98 fuel and
on just 9psi.
The boys will do a change to E85 to shoot
for 600rwkW – that’s 800hp at the bags on a
stock 5.0-litre engine!
ARBY CHAT
ABOVE: Powered by a 540ci
Pro Line 481X inflated
by twin 98mm turbos
pushing up to 70psi boost,
Greg ‘Mauler’ Tsakiridis’s
Mustang is a ground-based
437km/h jetMAIN: Paul Todarello took
his ballistic twin-turbo,
557ci big block-powered
LX Torana into the sixes at
Grudge KingsTHE WEATHER WAS SPECTACULAR, THE
TRACK WAS MINT AND THE CROWDS ROLLED IN
TO TAKE A PEEK AT WHAT WAS CERTAINLY ONE
OF THE BEST MEETS OF THE YEAR