The Challenge: Rust Bucket Blogs

We challenge Project Car Magazine to a duel

Posted August 6 2008 01:02 PM by Jason Sands
Filed under: Editorials, Direct Injection

Tell me folks, does this project truck with the K-Mart bin in the back look like a Drag racer? Does it even look remotely fast? Well it isn't that fast (yet) but it can still hold its own. With 300 rear wheel horsepower moving 5000 pounds, it has gone a best of 9.66 at 73mph in the 1/8th mile. (About a 14.9 in the 1/4)

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Guess what? Project Car Magazine (also a source interlink publication at www.projectcarmag.com) is into imports, and they built a full on engine swap turbocharged honda on drag radials that runs (??) 9.64 at 80mph. Looks like we got a race here! So I emailed the fellas over at project car to let them know they are offically challenged to an 1/8th mile drag race here in Irwindale, CA. It's import vs domestic, trucks vs car, turbo vs turbo, and diesel verses gas. With a weight of a little over 2200 lbs and about 150whp, they are also pretty close to us power-to-weight ratio-wise. So what do you think, will they take the bait? We've already got a few tricks up our sleeves.

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Reader Comments:

1. Beware of the rice burning BEE!If your not carefull you might get stung.

welj31 - Posted October 7 2008 03:09 PM

2. Takem up on it. Play to the diesel blocks strength, spray nitrous like know have seen before. I have the motto "all throttle no bottle", but if ya wanna win do it. If ya loss the truck still more powerful and efficient than the ricer is. Also u could ask them what their honda could do. say "Ill wait" because it'll takem a while to relise their honda can only do one thing. Heres another jem for ya "Ricers are like tampons, every *** has one".

SmokenGun - Posted October 23 2008 06:48 PM

3. YOU SHOULD BE DOING ALOT OF TINKERING ON THAT DODGE RUST BUCKET.. HOPE THE DIESEL WINS BUT DANG YOU SHOULD MAKE IT ATLEAST LOOK NICE SEEING ITS REPRESENTING DIESEL POWER!!

250 - Posted October 24 2008 10:29 AM

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