ANOTHER 500 MPH CHALLENGER!?

[Rex Schimmer]

If you happen to watch Steve Morse's Youtube channel you have probably seen this on his site, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSUMhzQuHG4. Steve is building a turbo Hemi for the next challenger in the first recip engine car to go 500. Pretty slick car.

Rex

[71GSSDemon]

Ah yes, that's Aaron Brown and The Garage Shop's build.  Should be very cool to see.

ZZ

[Rex Schimmer]

Thanks ZZ, looking forward to seeing this car at the salt, hope they make it this year. Where are these boys located?
Rex

[desotoman]

Where are these boys located?
Rex

Rex,

Here is the website of the shop mentioned.   https://www.thegarageshop200.com/

Tom G.

[71GSSDemon]

Thanks ZZ, looking forward to seeing this car at the salt, hope they make it this year. Where are these boys located?
Rex

NC former Nascar boys. They have a few Roadsters they run. Wayne has the Crvette, there is the Daytona and Talledega they ran in Time Only. Several red hats for being farly new to te salt.  Very capable group.

[1leg]

I have it from a very good source that the budget on this car has no restriction on it like the Speed Demon has.
It would be fun to have something else at bonneville that can repeat 400+ passes like Speed Demon. 

Jerry

[TD]

Good stuff.  Would be great to see another 400+ car running.

I miss the Target 550 updates.  Would be great to get a full story of what happened at the DLRA meet and when they might run again.

Thanks
Tim

[John Burk]

The critical questions . Will it have traction control and downforce ?

[Rex Schimmer]

Good question John. Without either I don't think they have a chance at 500.
Rex

[kiwi belly tank]

400 is a really big number at Bonneville let alone 500. It took Speed Demon, a lot of years, a lot of evolution & probably more money than everybody else put together to be where they are today.
Look at how long the Target 550 has been running & the ex Bobby Moore Maro Special now Jim Knapp liner has been running for even longer with patchy results, it's not easy!
Firstly to make it happen it's going to take a lot of consistent runs with reliability. Two or three runs per year or even per meet is not going to be enough, it's going to need to do laps.
Then if you've managed to build something that's fast enough, reliable enough & easy to turn around, you had better have addressed stopping that big pile of parts in a hurry to even think about going there. Now if you're looking for a record, do that twice in a row or even less likely within one hour for an FIA record! If anybody goes there they're going to be some special kinda "Right Stuff!"
  Sid.   

[racergeo]

   It's for certain the engine will have enough power. Steve Morris will see to that. He would know everything there is to know about traction control.

[toclub]

No one ever said if the car is four wheel drive. No ɓ

[tortoise]

Maybe when Trump takes over Panama he can take Bolivia too, and eliminate the customs problem. 

[Rex Schimmer]

I understand that the people doing this car are ready to spend what ever it takes to go fast, which of course means lots of dollars. I am wondering if they are maybe thinking about Bolivia just because the salt is thick, smooth and endless. It will be interesting to see where they go.

Rex

[kiwi belly tank]

Bolivia is certainly the preferred location to put down some big numbers but as we've seen multiple times, taking an inconsistent bullet to the other side of the world it's still just an inconsistent bullet sucking up time & money. Then if you really have all your crap together, what's the chance of actually getting a successful meet to run at in Bolivia. So far it hasn't worked out very well at all.
  Sid.