Twin 88mm Turbo 540 BBC Hemi Race Engine

[Syclone0044]

I'm pretty sure this guy was at last year's GLD "Name that Test and Tune" with a gigantic semi trailer and a black and yellow striped 69 Camaro with a big single turbo EFI big block running 7s. Here is his latest car, (the previous one got wrecked) posted on another board:


Long-time street car drag racer Spiro Pappas already has one of the fastest street-legal drag '69 Camaros in the world, but for 2008, he's added a second car to the lineup... and this one is off the scale. Powered by a 540 cubic inch Sonny Leonard hemi-headed big block Chevy assembled by Fast Times Motorworks, the focal point is the pair of 88mm turbos on the front of the engine. No horsepower ratings are public, but driver Nick Scavo points out that it should crack 2500 horsepower with minimal boost, easily 3000+ with boost turned up!

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:wow:headbang:thumbsup Is that thing a work of art or what?? What a piece of engineering.....

I love the broomstick sized pushrods and Top Fuel sized intake ports!!

[UnderPSI]

I don't think that would fit in my Dakota. :crying

[GTSLOW]

I just LOL'd that thing is so insane!

[PureSound15]

I think I just shed a tear. So beautiful.

[CobaltSSTuner]

that thing is nasty :)

[fly5150]

I just peed a little....

[oneslowcamino]

All I can say is WOW.

[slickwilly]

At what point do you just say, "alright, that's enough"?

[TURTLE]

ummmm... just wow... that's all i can say...

wonder what actual numbers he'll be crankin out vs. what's "advertized"...

[70sschev]

That car is REALLY cool! It was at the Chevy Vest Fest in ill!:thumbsup

[Breecher_7]

Unreal.....

What a money pit....

[HY35F2T]

:drool::drool::drool:1 drop of pee came out when i saw the turbos then a drop off nut after i saw the ports and nitrous set up.

[Flicktitty]

holy hell! that is sick!

[GTSLOW]

holy hell! that is sick!

So where's the import that can compete with this? :goof :goof :punch:

[Flicktitty]

So where's the import that can compete with this? :goof :goof :punch:

:confused http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/titanmotorsports/camoscion3 Meh, i got nothing.....

[HITMAN]

The owner's name is Spiro Pappas and he's one of Chicago's elite racers, and has been for a long time. He's run that particular paint scheme since I've been watching him race, for sure since the early '90s. And his license plate always reads LUVUFAY (His wife). I remember when he'd money race that thing on 9" slicks. He'd sand-bag until he got himself a sucker and then he'd open up his glove box so he could see the gauges hidden there, pull his monster tach out from underneath his seat , plug it in and clamp it to the dash, and then turn on the hidden N2O system. Back then I think he was running low 9's/high 8's but I can't be sure because he was clocks off racing before Ron was out of high school...;):D

[HITMAN]

:confused http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/titanmotorsports/camoscion3 Meh, i got nothing.....

That Titan car with a 10.5 W tire couldn't keep up with Spiro's car unless it was shot off of the deck of the USS Nimitz with a steam catapult.

[HITMAN]

I'm pretty sure this guy was at last year's GLD "Name that Test and Tune" with a gigantic semi trailer and a black and yellow striped 69 Camaro with a big single turbo EFI big block running 7s. Here is his latest car, (the previous one got wrecked) posted on another board:


Long-time street car drag racer Spiro Pappas already has one of the fastest street-legal drag '69 Camaros in the world, but for 2008, he's added a second car to the lineup... and this one is off the scale. Powered by a 540 cubic inch Sonny Leonard hemi-headed big block Chevy assembled by Fast Times Motorworks, the focal point is the pair of 88mm turbos on the front of the engine. No horsepower ratings are public, but driver Nick Scavo points out that it should crack 2500 horsepower with minimal boost, easily 3000+ with boost turned up!

http://v8tvshow.com/images/stories/SpiroCamaro/Spiro_Pappas_9_Camaro_Z28_RS_Super_Street_071.jpg


:wow:headbang:thumbsup Is that thing a work of art or what?? What a piece of engineering.....

I love the broomstick sized pushrods and Top Fuel sized intake ports!!

Heh, those heads were made for 800+ inch IHRA Pro Stock racing.:thumbsup

I can't wait to see Spiro's car go up against Mike Murillo's 540inch twin 88mm turboed Fox Body for Most Insane on 10.5" tires honors. :shades

[That_Guy]

holy hell! that is sick!

remember you where down there when that dude ran the one z28.. that thing was insane!

[Flicktitty]

yeap i remember.


That Titan car with a 10.5 W tire couldn't keep up with Spiro's car unless it was shot off of the deck of the USS Nimitz with a steam catapult.

I wasn't tryin to start a pissin match, NAN posted that as i joke and i had to show off i geuss. OH and Last time i checked that Camaro sure as **** doesn't look to be on a 10.5 wide tire. Maybe he did when he was in the Low 9's High 8's but not now.

[GTSLOW]

That Titan car with a 10.5 W tire couldn't keep up with Spiro's car unless it was shot off of the deck of the USS Nimitz with a steam catapult.

:rolf


yeap i remember.

I wasn't tryin to start a pissin match, NAN posted that as i joke and i had to show off i geuss.

That's all it was, Nick is my new target to pick on. :) j/k

[Guteman]

words cannot express...

[Flicktitty]

:rolf



That's all it was, Nick is my new target to pick on. :) j/k

best of luck on pickin on me.

[Car Guy]

So how much $$$ do you think has been spent to create that...???

I just need to know how much to save up.....:devil








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[Syclone0044]

My guess is way over $100K. You should have seen the guy's semi trailer last year!

[forest]

http://www.commercialtrucktrader.com/big-trucks/find/listing/2008-kenworth-w900-aerocab-90776445

thats just a rig.... add trailer, and then the car.... dude obviously makes ok money..

[HITMAN]

yeap i remember.



I wasn't tryin to start a pissin match, NAN posted that as i joke and i had to show off i geuss. OH and Last time i checked that Camaro sure as **** doesn't look to be on a 10.5 wide tire. Maybe he did when he was in the Low 9's High 8's but not now.

Actually that's exactly what he runs, a 10.5W X 33" tire. Mike Murillo run the same class, Outlaw 10.5W, with the same tire. They're not really 10.5" wide, (more like 11.2") hence the "W" designation, but they're not a 17 X 33 Pro-Mod tire, either. The 15" wide bead-lock wheels and the 33" height make the tire look a lot more impressive than it actually is.

[WickedSix]

probably not high on most peoples list....but I love the symmetry of the turbos :thumbsup that car is so damn sexy

[HITMAN]

So how much $$$ do you think has been spent to create that...???

I just need to know how much to save up.....:devil








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The engine alone is worth at least $80K. He has two.:wooo The chassis is probably worth $40K, $15K for trans, clutch and Ti bell housing. Now add in the ECU, data logger, plumbing, spares and incidentals, it's probably close to a $500,000 car. Now add in the tractor/trailer plus tools, computer, blah, blah, blah and you've got about a $1,000,000 operation. And Spiro isn't a pro with a ton of sponsors. For him it's just a hobby. :eek:

The financial waters you swim in had better be very deep indeed if you wish to field a car operation of this magnitude on your own dime.

[Smokey1226]

Just win the lottery!

[Windsors 03 Cobra]

About how much HP does an engine like that make ? My wild guess would be around 2500 ?
Fricken awesome.

[Smokey1226]

Each 88mm is good for 1300hp Depending on Exhaust housing size, Larger houseing may make more and vice versa for smaller. So you take that into consideration plus the 540ci Big block and you could make 2500 without pushing the car too hard.

[Windsors 03 Cobra]

Searched around and found the goal is 2800 reliable HP at 25psi and the car went 7.01@205 on the second pass at Memphis motor sport park, "with some boost controller issues" :headbang

[Car Guy]

Searched around and found the goal is 2800 reliable HP at 25psi and the car went 7.01@205 on the second pass at Memphis motor sport park, "with some boost controller issues" :headbang


Wow, most people have no clue how fast that is......:wooo






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[Deggy]

Holy turbos....that car is insane.

[juicedimpss]

i thought i heard them stateing they hope to see over 235 mph on those "little" tires.

that is truely a work of art

[2SLOW]

Tim Lynch better watch out!

[nitrous]

"street legal"....LOL

[GTSLOW]

"street legal"....LOL

Ya I'm starting to wonder about half these "street legal" claims people throw out there. :stare

[HAMRHEAD]

Ya I'm starting to wonder about half these "street legal" claims people throw out there. :stare

I as well! These are bullshit claims unless they are referring to streets in other countries. They are far from legal here and the power has nothing to do with it.

[Z06 KID]

i think this thing was in one of the nitrous street brawls last year... not a fan of the pro street 69s but that thing is badass

[michelle]

Wow, that is absolutely crazy!

[Windsors 03 Cobra]

Driving Dan Millen's 6-Second Outlaw Mustang to Burger King.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD65zFt6IiY

[BOSS LX]

Tim Lynch better watch out!

Those are some big words, even for Spiro's car!

[nitrous]

That and the fact that people who have purpose built drag cars and call them daily drivers just because they drive it 30 miles once or twice a year on the streets are my biggest pet peeves.

If you drive it to the gym, work, school, grocery store, cross-country, ok.