Keith Dorton is building a very special engine for the Hot Rod Hoodlums Texas Race Team at his company Automotive Specialists in Concord, North Carolina. The race team needed an engine to compete in a land speed class at Bonneville requiring a displacement less than 261 ci. Keith decided the best way to achieve this and make a lot of power was to build a 259 ci V6 using a Nascar SB2 V8. The naturally aspirated V6 made 663 horsepower at 9,200 rpm and 393 lb-ft of torque at 7,300 rpm. Listen to Jeff Huneycutt from The Horsepower Monster explain how the unique engine was built below.
Source: The Horsepower Monster via Piotr
P71
Waiting for someone to come in here griping about the low torque and how useless the engine will be lol
Mike Kurki
It’s hard to believe a V-6 could put up with revving 9,200 rpm without flying apart. Didn’t Indy challenge a few some years ago and found that to be true?
John hicks
We’ll be there again with Vesco’s and hope your run goes great!
Mike in Edmond
I’m amazed at the out-of-box thinking and the innovation to pull it off. The guy is a genius. Well done!