Did he say 200 miles per hour??!! In a bugeye??!! I am truly beginning to fear
the depth that I may climb to due to the LBC disease. Did 90 in my bugeye and
all the standard functions of a truly scared person were evident. 200 MPH!! I
want details!!
Bruce Lowry
Keith Turk wrote:
> Larry I can tell you for sure unless it has a small block chevy Like Doug
> Odoms.. it isn't the fastest Bugeye in the world....Doug has a conservative
> 600hp.. and runs deep into the 170 plus range... Doug currently has the
> fastest bugeye in the world...
>
> For the moment... but I am learning as we go this year and hope next year
> to have the fastest bugeye in the world at over 230mph...
>
> our first race this year is in North Carolina and the Camaro should do
> quite well... as a continuing test bed for parts for the bugeye... I am
> hoping to get into the two hundred mile an hour range on the salt this
> year... The Record is 219mph for D Gas Altered... and I have to run about
> 15%less then that on the Air strip in North Carolina
> to hope to best two hundred on the Salt... that doesn't get you into the
> two hundred mile an hour club like Donald Healey... but it get the parts in
> order for the record attempt in a Healey...
>
> Keith Turk
> Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
> Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
> ----------
> > From: Larry & Sandi Miller <millerls@ado13.com>
> > To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Bugeye Ad in Hemmings
> > Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 6:13 PM
> >
> > Anyone else notice this ad in the latest Hemmings?
> >
> > Fastest Bugeye in the world, 450 hp, turbocharged, intercooled, Mazda 13B
> > engine with nitrous. 5-speed, 4-wheel disc brakes, 15" Panasport wheels.
> > Over $35,000 invested. $19,900
> >
> > Larry Miller
> >
> >
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