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Did you talk math with them? The stoichiometric ratio for nitromethane is about 1.7:1. That's why they back down the engine with a breaker bar before starting it- to avoid hydraulically locking up the engine. I love racing math...

As an example of what mid-9s actually are, Sport Rider tested the BMW S1000RR back in the June of 2010, and it ran a 9.57 at 156.1 mph, stock, on pump gas...

You may want to call him back- 887 horsepower is not enough to push 4,600 pounds to mid-9s. That's only enough horsepower to push that weight to a quarter-mile terminal velocity of about 134 mph. Even with an absolutely perfect chassis set-up, that's only enough mph for about a 10 flat ET...

Yup. I have no idea where he's getting the idea that a larger blower pulley would increase boost/power. In reality, there aren't a lot of gains to be made on the Hellkitten, without having to switch to race gas, which means that your gas now costs $20/gallon, you can only drive it as far as...

The Hellkitten's biggest challenge, is that no matter how much horsepower it makes, it still weighs over 4,500 pounds. It's never going to be able to keep up with something like the 3,500-pound 700-horsepower twin-turbo Porsche 911 GT2 RS "Widowmaker"...

Well, show us the dyno sheet, and we'll see...

No sorcery- it's just a peripheral port engine, where the stock side intake ports are filled in with epoxy, and the new intake ports take the form of a tube going straight through the rotor housing. Keep in mind that this is also a four-rotor engine. A 1.3 liter 80 cubic inch two-rotor engine...

A bigger pulley on the supercharger would make it turn SLOWER, producing LESS boost and LESS horsepower. With a SMALLER 2.85 pulley, a 180 degree thermostat, a race air filter, upgraded injectors, and a tune, you might see 750 horsepower on 93 octane gas...

What overland vehicles are you watching, that have IRS?

This. The stock IRS on our truck has 13" of travel, and the stock IFS on our truck has 16" of travel, because it was designed to use off road...

So this thing has been on the market since last fall, but hasn't sold. I booked it on KBB.com, and came up with a private party value of about $15,000, which leads me to think that your $28,000 asking price is why it has not sold...

Is that a typo? KBB says it's worth about $5,000...

Since we are talking about 900 horsepower, Le Mans racers, and incredible exhaust sounds all in the same thread, I suppose we should bring up the 24 Hours of Le Mans winning Mazda 787B. 900 horsepower out of 2.6 liters (160 cubic inches), muffled, on gasoline, with no turbo, no supercharger, no...

What "upgraded Hellcat motor at a little under 900 HP" are you talking about? The Hellkitten is only 707 horsepower...

No, that's a water-cooled Porsche engine: https://www.porscheengineering.com/peg/en/services/ourreferences/harleydavidson/

My wife wants bamboo flooring and bamboo butcher block counters. She wants to pick a striking color to stain the bathroom wood with, and a giant square shower head with multi-colored LED lights in it. Should be wild...

Got all the exterior plywood up, except for the drawbridge. Routered most of the edges. Lots of filling and sanding ahead of us, before we start laying down the epoxy. The dog digs it...

Ordered our Nova Kool R3800DC refrigerator/freezer, Airxcel Suburban 3643A range, CAT generator, and a $1,000 hammered copper farmhouse sink that my wife picked out...

LMTV? Looks like they start out on Gov Planet at about $3,600 with about 15,000 miles on them, and are WAY more capable off-road than anything you're looking at...

I'm not really a fan of the British Lola Mk 6, especially when it was rebadged as the "Ford" GT40 (Notice what side the steering wheel is on?). It was not able to compete with the Porsche 917 anyway...