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Title: 2 Ghias, 4 Records at Bonneville Speed Week 2017
Post by: wickedwagens on August 28, 2017, 11:00:18 AM

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Chris Mursick and I took our Ghias to the Bonneville Salt Flats last week and had a great time running at the 2017 Speed Week event.  Chris's black Ghia runs a 1968cc normally aspirated engine and I am running a 1915cc turbocharged engine.

 Chris beat my 2 records from last year running 113.358 MPH in G/CFALT and 124.611 MPH in G/CGALT (G is the engine size, Classic, Gas or Fuel, and ALTered is the body style).

I set one open record in G/CBGALT at 134.606 and we beat a record held by a turbocharged SAAB in G/CBFALT.  We bumped the record from his 140.857 MPH to 146.715 MPH.  I had an unofficial top speed of 150.3 MPH and we will be going back out in Sept. for World of Speed to run some more.

Title: Re: 2 Ghias, 4 Records at Bonneville Speed Week 2017
Post by: MRK on September 01, 2017, 11:24:19 AM

Good stuff :-D It was great working with you!
Wasn't one of the records set by Chris run with a spark plug wire hanging off?
Cheers, Mike

Title: Re: 2 Ghias, 4 Records at Bonneville Speed Week 2017
Post by: wickedwagens on October 02, 2017, 02:24:05 PM

Yes, When he went to impound after the record run one of the plug wires was hanging off the side.

Title: Re: 2 Ghias, 4 Records at Bonneville Speed Week 2017
Post by: White Monster on November 16, 2018, 09:49:51 AM

Did you guys do anything this year ?

Title: Re: 2 Ghias, 4 Records at Bonneville Speed Week 2017
Post by: wickedwagens on August 16, 2019, 02:38:49 PM

Sorry, I never saw this posted on.  In 2018 I built a 1500cc and we set H/CBGC at 94.334 MPH and H/CPRO at 93.383 MPH both at Speed Week.  Then at World of Speed we set H/CBFALT at 101.282 MPH, and H/CBGALT at 120.591 MPH.