ownerdriver.com.au AUGUST 2019 29
“A mixture of
smoke, methanol
and diesel filled
the air.”
Above: Never lift ... until tyres burst, that is
Top right to bottom: The ultimate Burnout Symphony! The
smells, the sounds, the sights, this was one for the ages;
The aftermath, and to think Woolies banned single-use plastic
bags! Somebody hurry up and invent reusable burnout tyres;
If it ain’t blown, it ain’t goin’; Smoking kills: A minute earlier,
this was a perfectly healthy tyre!; Precision driving: The smell
of E85 and plenty of smoke – drifting is where it’s at!
TRUCK
Name: Filthy
Model: White 4000
Engine: Cummins V12 Twin-Turbo
Power: 900hp (671kW)/5,400Nm
DRIFT CARS
Driver: Dan Kenneally
Model: Nissan Skyvia Ute
Engine: RB25 - six-cylinder turbo
Power: 450hp (336kW)
Driver: Grant Grinter
Model: Nissan Onevia
Engine: SR20 – four-cylinder
Power: 400hp (298kW)
BURNOUT CARS
Name: Gamble
Model: Ford XE Panel van
Engine: 372 cubic inch Dart Block
V8 with 8/71 supercharger
Gearbox: 2 speed Powerglide
gearbox and 9 inch diff
Power: 1,000+hp (746kW)
Name: Vicious
Model: Holden VS ute
Engine: 346 cubic inch LS1 V8 with
6/71 supercharger
Gearbox: 2 speed Powerglide with
Holden 28-spline full spool diff
Power: 720hp (537kW)
MEET THE
COMPETITORS
plus methanol-fuelled horses, ready to be unleashed
with one stab of the throttle.
Well, as many of you will have seen watching
episode 1 of Mighty Machines, when Filthy lined up
against the cars, pure carnage ensued.
For those who didn’t tune in, let’s paint the picture
for you.
A mixture of smoke, methanol and diesel filled the
air, as it snowed fine black tyre rubber. Oh, and let’s
not forget the noise. Two blown V8s limiter-bashing
for minutes on end, a sooty Cummins V12 on song
and the sound of a screaming RB25 sliding its way
around the action.
It was a symphony of sorts – a burnout symphony.
Our hearing may never be the same again, and we’re
just fine with that!
As the smoke and tyre rubber settled, we came to a
realisation. Filthy just might be the ultimate burnout
machine.