Hey all,
Thanks for the interest in Shazam. Nice to see the pics on this forum! We ran in two classes at the first Wilmington meet this year. I/GT (with my daughter setting the record at 103.4) and in I/FMS on E85 only, where I ran 106.6 before the rain/accident shut things down on Saturday. With the uncertainty in the weather, we decided 5 runs was enough to say we had done our testing, and we packed up and headed home. Both Caitlin and I plan to drive at Bonneville. We will be running in the gas class this year. Depending on how things go, I anticipate trying fuel next year. Chris is right in that we have never really been able to see top speed in these 1 mile 'drag' races, so we hope against hope that we can finally get to run at Bonneville and see what she can do. Our HP curve maxes at 7200 on the dyno, and we are typically at 56-5700 in the mile and still pulling.
I did enter Shazam at Bonneville in 2014 and spent the entire time in the Nugget parking lot. We did get an inspection and bail-out test completed, however. I was bummed not to have thought about leaving my car there and running later like Chris did, and I was crushed (but happy for him) that the old record was broken. Glad that it wasn't upped by too much, however.
We are running with the original 3-cylinder gas motor, no hybrid assist. That was the only way I could find to get control of the ECU (aftermarket). 15:1 diamond pistons, Hyabusa ITB's, custom exhaust. Not much improvement over stock, however.....