First and foremost I need to thank Paul Chism for giving me the opportunity
to Play with his Toy...(drive his Car)
I wanted to understand more about Twin Turbo Charged Small Blocks... never
did I expect to learn so much so fast....
Paul's 1982 XJS Jaguar Makes Huge horsepower... on the order of 1200-1400
but most impressively it makes 1000lbs of Torque....(tire twisting types of
Torque that John Force wouldn't sneeze at) Another side benefit is you can
drive this car on the street.... Yeah it's a STREET car.... complete with
the power windows, Steering, and walnut burl... and sedate enough to sit in
traffic... but let the Twin Garret Turbo's get a little RPM and snatch out
the Passenger seat and stick in the 20 gal Ice packed water tank for the
Spearco intercooler ... and she can run on any track anywhere with any car
!
We took it up to Maxton NC with the East Coast Timing Association and made
5 Passes...On the one mile course, the first was a check out run at 178,
the Second and fastest at 200.758 Mph..... and the next three We started
Slowing down for various reasons... the car gets real loose at 180-185 and
it simply caused me to lift rather then sacrifice my life....I short
shifted the last to a worst pass of 170 mph...
Awesome car and My first entry into a Two Club.... The Maxton Mile is a
neat place to run and honestly I am glad it was the first Place to go 200
mph for me... The ECTA given me the opportunity to really participate in
the
sport of Land speed racing... and again the ECTA put on a great meet....
It's not Donald Healey's 203mph on the Salt Flats of Bonneville, But it is
a step in the right direction
Keith Turk
Newest ECTA 200 mph club recorded holder.....
Keith Turk
Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
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