was back after a one-year sabbatical, freshened up under the
bonnet, including a new twin-turbo set-up. Other contenders with
new turbo set-ups included reigning champ Brenden ‘Bubba’
Medlyn in his Holden-powered VH Commodore, Harry Haig in his
HQ SS and Jarrod Wood in his HQ one-tonner. Mark Drew had
upgraded the suspension in his Crusty LH Torana after his big
wheelstand on the final day last year, while Adam Rogash was in a
completely new car, having left the NOSHOW ClubSport at home
to compete in his recently unveiled Blue Meanie VK, ALLSHOW.
Tough cars everywhere, but how many would be back here in five
days’ time? Let the Challenge begin!
ABOVE: Ford XR6 Turbo
power in a Holden? Yep,
well why not! That was
Warwick Meldrum’s
rationale for his ex-FG
Falcon 4.0L-powered
VP Commodore that
laid down a 10.6 on
Friday. Behind it, Nathan
Clarke’s HG Holden
Belmont runs a turbo
5.7L LS1 V8 – retrotech
transplants are a Big
Thing at Drag Challenge01: Matt Hohenhaus’s cool
old Falcon hides a terrible
secret – a Toyota Soarer
1JZ twin-cam six-cylinder
engine transplant. Matt
had to spend some time
under the car – as here –
sorting a rear suspension
issue, and accidentally
deleted one of the tunes
from his ECU. As a wise
man once said: Whatever
doesn’t break you makes
you strongerwas back after a one-year sabbatical, freshened up under the
bonnet, including a new twin-turbo set-up. Other contenders with
new turbo set-ups included reigning champ Brenden ‘Bubba’
Medlyn in his Holden-powered VH Commodore, Harry Haig in his
HQ SS and Jarrod Wood in his HQ one-tonner. Mark Drew had
upgraded the suspension in his Crusty LH Torana after his big
wheelstand on the final day last year, while Adam Rogash was in a
completely new car, having left the NOSHOW ClubSport at home
to compete in his recently unveiled Blue Meanie VK, ALLSHOW.
Tough cars everywhere, but how many would be back here in five
days’ time? Let the Challenge begin!
ABOVE: Ford XR6 Turbo
power in a Holden? Yep,
well why not! That was
Warwick Meldrum’s
rationale for his ex-FG
Falcon 4.0L-powered
VP Commodore that
laid down a 10.6 on
Friday. Behind it, Nathan
Clarke’s HG Holden
Belmont runs a turbo
5.7L LS1 V8 – retrotech
transplants are a Big
Thing at Drag Challenge0 1: Matt Hohenhaus’s cool
oldFalcon hides a terrible
secret – a Toyota Soarer
1JZ twin-cam six-cylinder
engine transplant. Matt
had to spend some time
under the car – as here –
sorting a rear suspension
issue, and accidentally
deleted one of the tunes
from his ECU. As a wise
man once said: Whatever
doesn’t break you makes
you stronger