TIM Rhone was in a class of his own
at Drag Challenge, competing in his
wedding car with his wife Jo at his side.
“And it’s our 16th wedding anniversary
on Friday, Day Five,” Jo laughs. It was
Tim’s second DC but Jo’s first, and they
drove the XP from Castlemaine.
Under the hood is a pair of Garrett
GT35/82Rs feeding the 363ci stroked
Windsor backed by a C4 with 3200
stall and 9.5-inch diff packed with 3.2s.
Tim chose the K&N DYO comp for
’17, a change from last years’ Radial
Blown. “I know I’m not in contention for
the RB class, but after this year I think
I’ll go back to it. DYO was too hard for
me! I planned to give it a go but got
distracted and wanted to go fast.”
Apart from an alternator change
out in Mildura and a pulley issue
heading back to Adelaide, the hardtop
remained relatively unscathed. Tim
gave it the berries on Day Five for a
9.72@142mph. “It had a little bit more
left in the tank but I still had 700 kays to
drive so I didn’t push it,” he says.THE bulging steel scoop on Steve Evans’s
2008 FPV ute certainly suggests a DC-worthy
ride. “It’s an ’05 GT Supercar block and heads
fed by a GT51R turbo with 16psi – good for
750rwhp,” he explains. “I’d changed from a
ProCharger F-1A to the turbo only four weeks
before DC.”
The switch took a bit of getting used to.
“The turbo comes on so quick!” Steve
said mid-week. “I hope to do 10.5s, as that’s
where it was on the ProCharger.” What he
wrangled was a best of 11.34@125mph, a
respectable number considering the change
in forced induction.
As it was Steve’s first DC, he sensibly trailered
the FPV down from Bundaberg in Queensland.
“The radiator split on Day One; I managed to
buy the last one in-stock at 4.50pm on Monday,”
he says. “If I didn’t find that, I would’ve been out
straight away.”
With the new rad plugged in, the ute made it
to Day Five without further drama.
“Next year I’m looking to compete in my ’86
Mustang Foxbody. It’s purpose built and will
run twin turbs on this motor. It should be good
for eights.”
TIM
RHONE
STEVE
EVANS
IM Rhone was in a class of his own
t Drag Challenge, competing in his
wedding car with his wife Jo at his side.
“A nd it’s our 16th wedding anniversary
n Friday, Day Five,” Jo laughs. It was
im’s second DC but Jo’s first, and they
rove the XP from Castlemaine.
Under the hood is a pair of Garrett
GT35/82Rs feeding the 363ci stroked
Windsor backed by a C4 with 3200
stall and 9.5-inch diff packed with 3.2s.
Tim chose the K&N DYO comp for
’17, a change from last years’ Radial
Blown. “I know I’m not in contention for
the RB class, but after this year I think
I’llgo back to it. DYO was too hard for
me! I planned to give it a go but got
distracted and wanted to go fast.”
Apart from an alternator change
out in Mildura and a pulley issue
heading back to Adelaide, the hardtop
remained relatively unscathed. Tim
gave it the berries on Day Five for a
9.72@142mph. “It had a little bit more
left in the tank but I still had 700 kays to
drive so I didn’t push it,” he says.THE bulging steel scoop on Steve Evans’s
2 008 FPV ute certainly suggests a DC-worthy
ride. “It’s an ’05 GT Supercar block and heads
fed by a GT51R turbo with 16psi – good for
750rwhp,” he explains. “I’d changed from a
ProCharger F-1A to the turbo only four weeks
before DC.”
The switch took a bit of getting used to.
“The turbo comes on so quick!” Steve
said mid-week. “I hope to do 10.5s, as that’s
where it was on the ProCharger.” What he
wrangled was a best of 11.34@125mph, a
respectable number considering the change
in forcedinduction.
As it was Steve’s first DC, he sensibly trailered
the FPV down from Bundaberg in Queensland.
“The radiator split on Day One; I managed to
buy the last one in-stock at 4.50pm on Monday,”
he says. “If I didn’t find that, I would’ve been out
straight away.”
With the new rad plugged in, the ute made it
to Day Five without further drama.
“Next year I’m looking to compete in my ’ 86
Mustang Foxbody. It’s purpose built and will
run twin turbs on this motor. It should be good
for eights.”
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