Matt Hauffe’s goal is simple: build the fastest 2010 Camaro SS automatic that still utilizes the L99’s stock displacement and bottom end. Getting a street car that weighs more than 4,000 lbs into the 10’s can only mean one thing: ProCharger!
The crew at Tune Time Performance started with the High Output (HO) Intercooled Supercharger Tuner Kit and went to town. Because the engine already features a Mast Motorsports heads and camshaft, as well as SLP headers and exhaust, this project was stepped up with the available D-1SC supercharger, 12-rib supercharger drive (a ProCharger exclusive) and the larger air inlet / air filter assembly.
The results speak for themselves: 583 rwhp at 6,100 rpm with 10 degrees of timing, and 614 rwhp with 17 degrees of timing and a methanol injection. Since this article, the guys at Tune Time have installed the larger, Stage II intercooler and are well on their way into putting their real-world Camaro SS solidly into the 10’s.
Super Chevy magazine is following this project and has a full story in their Sept 2010 issue, or you can check out the online version of the article here. Be sure to check out future issues of Super Chevy as they follow the build up of this street and track performance 2010 Camaro SS.
Looking for the Ultimate Power Adder for your Camaro SS? Contact your local ProCharger dealer or call the ProCharger Sales Team at 913/338-2886, M-F, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM for the name of your nearest ProCharger dealer.
HOT ROD magazine’s annual Drag Week competition is a grueling, week-long adventure of drag racing combined with the challenging of driving those very same cars from one race track to the next. In 2007, Denny Terzich set the drag racing world on it’s collective ear when he and driver Steve Roth used their ProCharger power to run in the 7’s at each and every stop on Drag Week and won the Unlimited class, earning the title, Fastest Street Car in America.
Project Sick Seconds
2010 marks Terzich’s return to the Drag Week competition, this time with a car built specifically for the event: Project Sick Seconds. As with any newly constructed car, Terzich and his team have been wrapping up the ultra-clean build and making some “test and tune” trips to the track to get everything sorted out prior to the event. As the name implies, this is one serious effort with one goal: run in the 6’s with a car capable of being driving on the street and from one track to another!
With less than two weeks to go, Terzich and crew are reporting some solid progress. Powered by a 589-cid, big block Chevy equipped with a legendary ProCharger F-3R-131 supercharger, the combination has produced 1,500+ horsepower with just 16 lbs of boost and a “mild tune” in the car. “We ran a 7.99 1/4-mile pass at only 65% throttle, no tranny brake and on a mild tune,” reports Terzich. “Our goal is to run 30 psi during Drag Week and the crew is doing everything we can to make it happen.”
Knowing Terzich and his ProRides Team, six-second passes from a street driven car could be just a few days away. Stay tuned…
Mike Roy, ProCharged 1971 Monte Carlo
In addition to the ProRide’s Sick Seconds Camaro, Mike Roy will also be tackling Drag Week in his ProCharger F-3R-139-equipped, 540-cid big block Chevy 1971 Monte Carlo. Roy is a veteran of the event and is looking to defend his ProStreet power adder championship from 2009.
Good luck to both these outstanding and ProCharger-horsepower addicted racers! Learn more about HOT ROD magazine’s Drag Week here… and when you’re ready to put the awesome street and strip power of a ProCharger to work under your hood, give the ProCharger Sales Team a call at 913/338-2886, M-F, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM central time.
The month of July signifies the mid-point of the season for many race sanctioning bodies. Numerous ProCharger-equipped racers in NMRA, NMCA, PSCA, ORSCA and others competition series are leading their respective classes, while others are in the middle of a heated battles for that coveted end-of-the-year championship.
In the NMRA and NMCA, the racing in July is hot and fast and more than half-way through the season. Once again, many ProCharger racers are in the hunt for that season championship while others are looking to extend their points lead even further. By the end of July, ProCharger-powered racers are currently leading the points in nine classes spread thru out six different sanctioning bodies!
Due to the west coast’s mid-summer heat, the Pacific Street Car Association takes a summer break from racing action. In the PSCA, ProCharger racing brothers Jeff and Kevin Young are setting up what looks to be a down to the wire finish in Wild Street. The question is: which brother will earn the number one spot and which brother will be eager to take the title next year?
For a complete recap of the July Racing Updates, follow this link or visit procharger.com/racing-news/racing_july10.shtml
There was no shortage of ProCharger V-twin power at this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in western South Dakota. Being the 70th Anniversary of this great American motorcycling tradition, record crowds were reported and motorcycles filled the streets in Sturgis as well as nearby Deadwood, Spearfish and Rapid City.
For the third consecutive year, the ProCharger “Big Rig” was parked right along the main thoroughfare though downtown Sturgis in AMD’s Champion Park. This year, the Harley-Davidson Company also displayed in Champion’s Park, making it an ideal destination for H-D owners looking for true, bolt-on performance for their 1999 to 2010 Twin Cam and 1984-1999 Evo-powered Harley’s. Follow this link to see some photos of the ProCharger Display.
As is now the custom at Sturgis, several ProCharger owners rode their bikes to Sturgis and parked them in the ProCharger display, making for a changing-daily display of everyday, cross-country-rideable V-twin power. One of the ProCharger owners was on a two-times-across the country trip from Boston, MA to the Oregon coast and then back to Boston! (That’s 3,200 miles EACH way!) If that doesn’t define everyday rideability, we don’t know what does.
Other Sturgis highlights included ProCharger’s own Softail Rocker-C being entered in the AMD Custom Motorcycle Championship show, as well as the Harley-sponsored ride-in show. Bikes in the ProCharger display included the 200+ HP “Project Bagger” Street Glide, 167 hp, carb-equipped ElectraGlide, “Salt Flat” Leroy-Thompson custom 88 cid with 118 HP and a truly unique, seven-cylinder, aircraft engined custom chopper built by JRL Cycles that is equipped with a ProCharger supercharger.
Several notable custom bike builders stopped by the ProCharger display, including Fred “Krugger” Bertran, owner of Krugger Customs in France. We don’t want to spoil the surprise, but just figure on seeing some really cool custom bikes in the future that will feature intercooled ProCharger supercharger systems.
Several ProCharger-equipped bikes were also photographed for future magazine coverage. American Cycle, Barnett’s, Hot Bike and others conducted at-Sturgis photoshoots.
In addition to the multiple ProCharger-equipped Harley’s, the display also included a ProCharger A-1 supercharged and intercooled Polaris 800 EFI Ranger UTV, the ProCharger F-4 self-contained supercharger and an Inferno Orange 2010 Camaro SS featuring a ProCharger HO Intercooled Supercharger System and 530+ rwhp.
If you’re ready to install The ULTIMATE Power Adder on your H-D V-twin, visit the ProCharger motorycle systems page here or call our V-Twin Sales Team at 913/338-2886, M-F, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM central time.
Who’s ready for a 510+ rear-wheel horsepower 2011 5.0 Mustang?
With industry-leading experience in supercharging Ford engines, ProCharger is once again first-to-market with an air-to-air intercooled supercharger system and tuner kit for the highly acclaimed 2011 Mustang GT, which is equipped with an all-new 5.0L 4V engine. Both the HO System and HO Tuner Kit are NOW SHIPPING. Follow this link for more information on this exciting new offering.
Utilizing the patented and proven, self-contained ProCharger P-1SC-1 supercharger making 7 psi of boost, a highly effective air-to-air intercooler and dedicated 8-rib drive, a ProCharger system or tuner kit can add 165 or more RWHP to an otherwise stock 2011 5.0 Mustang running high quality pump gas.
Are you ready to put the legendary power of a ProCharger supercharger system under the hood of your 2011 5.0 Mustang GT or California Special? Contact your nearest ProCharger dealer or call our Sales Team at 913/338-2886, Mon thr Fri, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM for the name of your nearest dealer.
The editorial staff at Vettemagazine are all about serving the enthusiastic owners of America’s only true sports car: the Corvette. So, when it comes to taking America’s sports car to supercar power levels, they couldn’t resist the allure of bolting on an intercooled ProCharger supercharger system to a 2009 Corvette Z06 and showing their readers just how easy 700+ horsepower really is.
Naturally-aspirated, the stock, low mileage ZO6 laid down a solid 459.8 rwhp, but when the ProCharged version got done torturing the dyno, jaws were hitting the floor: 583 rwhp which calculates to 711 horsepower at the flywheel. And keep in mind, this was with a conservative boost level and tune. Check out the July issue of Vette magazine or follow this link to read the online version of Vette Editor Jay Heath’s in-depth coverage of the installation and subsequent dyno session.
Suffice it to say, this Atomic Orange monster proved just how easy (and relatively cost-effective) it is for ProCharged ZO6 to knock the “King ZR1″ off of its rear-wheel horsepower hill.
To find the industry-leading ProCharger supercharger system for your ZO6 Corvette, follow this link or call our ProCharger Sales Team at 913/338-2886, M-F, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM central time.
Just when you thought it was safe to go to Sturgis…
The ProCharger V-Twin Crew is busy packin’ up the Big Rig for the trip to Sturgis, SD for the annual pilgrimage of all things motorcycle. But this year’s Sturgis event is special, as 2010 marks the 70th Anniversary of this two-wheeled spectacle held in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. And of course, ProCharger will be there in all manner of supercharged and intercooled force.
Making this event even more special for the ProCharger crew will be our new “neighbors” in AMD’s Champion Park: Harley-Davidson motorcycles. That’s right, for this year’s historic event, the ultimate V-twin power adder will be neighbors with the legendary Milwaukee-based company and their iconic motorcycle brand.
During the course of the week, the ProCharger display is always changing because of the numerous customers and dealers who ride their ProCharger-equipped bikes to Sturgis and park them in front of our Big Rig. ProCharged and hot-rodded Dynas, loaded up baggers and tricked-out Softails will all be shown, as will ProCharger’s own Softail Rocker-C, 200+ HP Street Glide bagger, carbureted and supercharged ElectraGlide “Jimmy”, the cool custom supercharged “Salt Flat”, a ProCharger-equipped Polaris Ranger and even a ProCharged and intercooled 2010 Camaro SS.
Not only will Champions Park be a thunder of ProCharged V-twin motorcycles on display, it will also play host to the 2010 AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building, as well as a multitude of H-D activities, including a ride-in custom bike show, road tour, demo rides and a separate H.O.G. Day and H.O.G. Pin stop. All of this will be taking place in Champions Park, located at the intersection of Lazelle & 3rd Street in downtown Sturgis.
If you think you can handle it, make your way to Sturgis and be sure to stop by the ProCharger V-Twin display in Champions Park. The 70th Annual Sturgis Rally runs from August 7th to the 15th. See you there!
For years, ProCharger-equipped race cars, trucks, boats and motorcycles have been tearing it up on drag strips, road courses, lakes and rivers, the Bonneville Salt Flats and even old airport runways. However, there are some hard-core horsepower addicts who like to put their ProCharger power to work in the dirt and in the mud.
Bracken Brothers Pulling Tractor
Brothers Scott and Mike Bracken run their twin-engined “Outlaw” tractor in the Missouri State Tractor Pulling Assocation’s 7,400 lb Modified class. Twin HEMI engines can only mean one…OK, two things: two ProCharger F-3R-135 superchargers! Each of of the monster HEMI’s displace 498 cubic inches and really come to life when fed 40+ pounds of ProCharger boost. Put all this together and you have more than 4,400 dirt-flinging horsepower!
And how are the Bracken’s doing? Quite well thank you. After securing a season championship in the 7,200 lb modified class in 2008, the powerful Bracken team is currently 1st in the 2010 points with several more events to go.
PRO-BADD Mud racer
The Professional Racing Organization’s Blown Alcohol Dirt Drags (PRO-BADD) are the fastest 4-wheel drive blown alcohol racers in the country and this is where you’ll find Andy Garrett competing in his custom-built “Bamboozled” mud racer. Running a 500-cid all-aluminum AMC/Jeep engine, Garrett uses a ProCharger F-3A-123 self-contained supercharger to power-up his mud-flinging monster.
Running alcohol fuel through a custom EFI set up, Garrett’s very unusual ProCharger-enhanced combination produces more than 1,800 HP! Through the month of June, Garrett and Bamboozled have already scored two class wins and are looking for more.
Do you have what it takes to be a top ProCharger racer? When you’re ready to make the move to The ULTIMATE Power Adder, give our ProCharger Sales Team a call at 913/338-2886, Monday thru Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM central time.
Following up last years’ speed run successes, several motorcycle land-speed racers are taking their ProCharger supercharged and intercooled v-twins to even faster traps speeds and more standing-mile records.
World’s Fastest Bagger?
Tom Reiser (know throughout the motorcycle world as TR) used his ProCharger-equipped bagger motorcycle to set a new under 1650 cc (100”) record at the Maxton Mile event in June: 182.5 mph! Utilizing a standard ProCharger touring supercharger drive system, TR modified it to mount a C-1 ProCharger and modified the intercooler. The end result: 226 rwhp out of just 98-cid of ProCharger-boosted V-twin!
With his run in June, TR now unofficially holds the record for the World’s Fastest Bagger! Congratulations TR and good luck as he sets his sites on making this an official record during the late-August BUB event at the world famous Bonneville Salt Flats.
ProCharger-Equipped, 200 MPH V-Twin
In 2009, Bradley Everhart simply shattered to old speed record in his class, taking it from 162 mph to a blistering 198.914 mph. Like any racer that close to the magical 200 mph club, Everhart made some upgrades to his ProCharger B-1 supercharged, fuel-injected 120-cid twin cam over the winter. Now with 245 rwhp, Everhart once again throttled-up on the Maxon concrete in 2010 and the result was impressive: 200.52 mph in the standing mile!
Never satisfied, Everhart is now looking to run 210 mph at the Loring, MA event in July…keep your eyes on him… if you can!
The ProCharger event crew is gearing up for back-to-back HEMI events by displaying at the 3rd annual LX & Beyond Nationals, July 17 & 18 at Quaker City Raceway near Salem, OH.
After the previous weekend’s very successful and well-attended Chrysler Nationals at Carlisle, PA, ProCharger will be displaying at LX & Beyond with Pickups Plus Cars, a ProCharger dealer located in Columbus, OH.
ProCharger HEMI Supercharger Giveaway
The LX & Beyond Nationals is the third opportunity for event participants and attendees to sign up for the ProCharger HEMI Supercharger Giveaway. Simply stop by the ProCharger display, fill out the registration card and drop it in the box. Guests can also pick up the latest version of the industry-leading ProCharger HEMI catalog and take a look at some awesome ProCharger intercooled and supercharger-enhanced HEMI cars and trucks that will be on display.
The LX & Beyond Nationals is centered around the popular Chrysler LX platform vehicles, which includes Dodge Chargers, Challengers, Magnums and Chrysler 300C, with a vast majority of the cars attended powered by either the 5.7L or 6.1L HEMI engine. Part car show, part drag race, here’s a listing of just a few of the event activities;
Hundreds of Stock, Modified, Custom and Extreme Late-Model Mopar Muscle and Performance Vehicles
Montgomery Modern Street HEMI Shootout Series (Heads-Up Drag Racing)
LX & Beyond Bracket Racing Competition (11.49 & Quicker)(11.50 to 12.99)(13.00 & Slower)
Show & Shine Competition with over 50+ Car Show Classes
Vendor & Manufacturer Exhibits
Nightly Parties
Modern Muscle Chassis Dyno
Another ProCharger dealer, Modern Muscle, will be at the LX & Beyond Nationals and will be conducting rear-wheel dyno pulls during the weekend. Slots are filling up fast, so if you’re interested in putting your HEMI-powered car on the dyno, go here for sign-up information.
