Oh I am not prepared to question legality of the car. That BHF record was set in perfect fast conditions, and I am not totally surprised that are car with 40% more displacement using a 'truck' motor makes a bunch more torque than I do.

I just don't know enough about that animal to form an opinion one way or another.

If he shows up again I will try to ask some questions about what the tricks for that motor are.
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But he also beat all but one of the ITA cars, and the ITA cars had the same conditions he had.

Thanks for offering to do a little reconnaissance, Chris. And don't be afraid to peek into the engine bay, take off the air cleaner and peek down the intake, take off the head and measure the cylinders, do a compression check, listen to the cam durations, ...