Props to Craig and Pete....


Pete's (Plan B) old 346 daily driver T-Trim Vortech motor got transplanted into Craig's (Craig Automatics) backhalfed Ute. The motor is basically a stock motor with rods and pistons. Its a 346 with a set of Eagle rods and Weisco piston. Stock Crank, etc... The heads are a homeported set of heads (stock valves), and the cam is a 244/244 110, 918 springs, and is a stock computer with a SD tune. Car is making ~800 RWHP and has over 18,000k’s. on the motor.

Craig's second pass in the car (a licensing pass) 8.9 @ 148.

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=40079

Video
http://www.purefect.com.au/planb/capa/89capacraig.wmv


Splits on 3,128lb race weight;

60' 1.281
330' 3.692
660’ 5.714 @ 120.80 MPH
1000’ 7.488
ET 8.995 @ 148.33 MPH

 

wow

I have 10k miles on my motor, lets see what happens when the boost goes up...

 

Caveman will like this. This gives me something forward to look into when I upgrade to a T trim.

 

18000 miles on it, that is awseome. I just ordered a sb with a set of eagle rods, makes me feel much better.

 

18000 KM's = 11250 miles.

I was about to say damn, that thing leaves hard for a street car till I saw it wasn't What are rules like in terms of cages down there, I didn't see anything through the back windows!

 

Is this a 2nd truck, not the 7 second one?

 

That is very impressive but on a slightly more aggresive platform then most of us Vortech guys.
John thats a different Ute, the one that went 7.48 is from Hyparacing

 

can a ute ever make it stateside..legally?

 

ya to bad they dont have those here.

 

Explain what kind of vehicle that is? A ute? Im confused..lol

 

El Camino-australian version

 

Think of it as a long wheelbase GTO with a bed on the back. Basically an GTO El Camino. It would be no big deal for GM to bring the Ute over here as a El Camino.

This is not the 7 second Ute.

 

Raceweight?

Rwhp dyno numbers?

 

See first post....

 

not exactly sure but shouldnt the mph be a little faster than that at that e.t., other wise those are some very impressive numbers

 

wow...very impressive!!!!!! That is plain hauling ***!!!!

 

4 link will do that to you,
you dont need to be making as much MPH to run the time compard to stock suspension