Watch This Turbocharged Audi V8 Powered Dragster Run In The 6s At 200+ MPH


Watch This Turbocharged Audi V8 Powered Dragster Run In The 6s At 200+ MPH

We absolutely live in the golden age of horsepower or the golden age to accessibility to horsepower. As you know, I get to test drive a lot of new cars and recently I had a four cylinder turbo powered hatch back that could run 12s and get to sixty in under five seconds with an engine that was about 120ci. That weenie little car would swallow the heroes of the muscle car era whole. I still love those cars and what they mean to the car culture, but today’s hot rodders have so many more options for making big suds than their forefathers did. Take this dragster for example. There was a time that if you wanted to have a six second, 200mph top dragster entry your only option was as many big block cubic inches as you could find and some spray or a huffer to get you over the hump. While that is still the most common method, there’s a lot more options these days like say an Audi v8?!

This is a 4.2L Audi V8 that still uses tons of factory parts, right down to the head gaskets! On this run you will see the car run into the 6.80s and just nick 200mph. Why would one build a dragster with an Audi engine in it? Why the hell not? John Mihovetz is running 5-second elapsed times with a stock block Ford Modular motor, there are guys running deep into the sixes with AMC power now, and with the technology to manage the boost and fuel systems to allow these engines to live, big power is being unlocked from even the most unlikely of combos. Did we mention that this engine sounds really awesome, too. We bet that the guys who run this car get a LOT of people staring at the motor wondering what the heck it is but that’s probably part of the fun as well.

According to Chad David, the guy that owns and operates the car (and also the guy who posted the video) the car cooked a head gasket at 5.5 seconds into this run and still managed a 6.82 and coasted to 200mph. That’s impressive and it means that the car certainly has a lot more potential. We love stuff like this. Unique combo, great power, and the ability to get more than a couple WTF looks over the course of a weekend. That’s BangShift approved fun right there!

 

PRESS PLAY BELOW TO SEE THIE UNIQUE TURBOCHARGED AUDI V8 DRAGSTER RUN 6S AT 200+


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