[mgarblik]

At the March Meet in Bakersfield last year, the #1 qualifier ran 5.632@ 249.90
Of the 16 qualified cars, 11 had engines listed. 7 were BAE Hemi, 3 were AJPE Hemi, and 1 KB Hemi. 5 had no engine type listed. So at least 10 of the 11 were billet block engines. The KB could have been a casting, possibly. Boss Bird's 5.87 ET would have put it 15th. There were 21 entries. Record of 5.52 @ 263 MPH sounds reasonable. Minimum weight is 2250 lbs. Getting 250 lbs out of our car would have been fantastic. The show stoppers were cost: Special BOP or Chevy pattern titanium bellhousing for Lenco: $6500.00 Having body made in CF VS Fiberglass was almost triple. In the neighborhood of 20K. Wasn't in the cards. Those 2 items alone would have been 150 lbs.+