At the 2008 Speed Week they ran just shy of the record at 206mph with the new motor. A lean mixture put some heat into the motor and there was molten aluminum as a result. Still, troubles aside, the 206mph was not a shabby number at all considering the only tuning they had was on jackstands at home. On the bright side they did run faster than a big block Chevy in the same class that was sporting a huge PSI blower. Now that they’ve got a little experience under their belts with the new engine, Jim, Phil, and crewmember Chuck Schiebeck will be back and the record will surely fall to “Snyder’s Salty Cuda.”

All the specs:

Isky 0.654 lift roller cam, roller lifters, triple springs, Titanium retainers
Hilborn 4 port injection set up by Gene Adams,
6.71 Mooneyham blower and manifold,
Manton push rods
Indy 426-1 Legend heads, valves, roller tip rockers,
Venolia 9:1 pistons
Mopar World cast iron block from Westoaks Dodge, in Thousand Oaks, CA
Eagle H beam rods and crank from Rick at Cassel ent. "Hemi Connection"
Machine work by L&R Machine in Santa Fe Springs, CA
Mallory Super Mag set up by Hunt Mags, Rancho Cordova, CA
Twin disk clutch and aluminum flywheel by McLeod,
Tires for El Mirage by Yokohama, mounted and balanced by Nate Jones, Long Beach, CA
SCE Gaskets, Inc.
Ed Pink oil pump, (picked up at a swap meet about 20 years ago!)
Starter by Doug at Fullerton Diesel Electric
HP-6 oil filter
Mobil 1 15W-40 synthetic oil
Stock pan, slightly modified to drop the sump down
Stock wrinkle finish rocker covers, slightly modified to fit over the big springs/retainers.