Ron Main and George Poteet have caused quite a stir over the last few years with their Speed Demon streamliner and their quest for 500 mph. Ron and George are good people, friends of BangShift.com, and serious racers who won the 2009 Hot Rod trophy for the fastest run of Speed Week. While talking with Ron about the Speed Demon at last weeks Sidewinders Car Club meeting, he let us know about the teams latest round of testing going on at Maxwell Industries.
Steve Watt at Maxwell Industries has the compete Speed Demon fuel system hooked up to a trick Waterman Racing Components 999000WDA flow bench that provides data on the race ready fuel system’s performance. This makes it possible to simulate a pass equivalent to driving “from here to Salt Lake City and back!” according to Ron. This trick flow bench will provide much needed data to Kenny Duttweiler as he gets ready to tune the new 300ci “Hellfire V8” that he has just finished building for this year. In addition to the 300-inch engine, the team is also building a 347-incher featuring a Dart Block, Crower Crankshaft, and trick heads that have had an extra head bolt added to aid sealing in all that Duttweiler boost (see the photo below).
As testing continues, we’ll see what kind of access we can get, and bring you all the latest numbers leading up to Speed Week. In the meantime, if you want a chance to check out the Speed Demon car without going to Bonneville, it will be on display at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona January 28-31, 2010.
