Thursday 12th August 2010

3000hp Vauxhall To Make Debut At VXR Fest

Red Victor 3, The fastest Vauxhall in the west (and east), gets 'official' VXR backing

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We know that certain VXR owners are wont to do a bit of tweaking to their cars, but 3000 horsepower might be a bit extreme even for the most ambitious of Corsa VXR owners.

But that's what the most powerful Vauxhall - Red Victor 3 - will be sporting at Silverstone's VXR Power Festival this coming August bank holiday. And it all comes in street-legal form.

Many PHers will know the previous incarnations of Red Victor as the world's fastest street-legal dragster, and still more will know that keen PHers redvictor (Andy Frost) and Slinky (Wil Perry) are the men behind the project.

The news that the team, RedVictor1 Racing, is to be officially supported by Vauxhall is great news for the project, and the appearance of Red Victor 3 (the third iteration) at the VXR Power Festival will mark its public debut.

Beneath the bodywork of a deeply modified 1967 Vauxhall Victor FD lies a twin-turbocharged GM V8 with a whopping 8.8 litres of swept capacity.

Although RV3 is still in development, the Red Victor team reckons on a top speed, to begin with, of 240mph in the quarter-mile, which it should achieve in 6.5 seconds. And why not? their last project, Red Victor 2, was capable of nearly 200mph in the quarter-mile and 0-153mph in 4.8 seconds.

If you want to catch up with RV3 in the metal at Silverstone - and no doubt the Red Victor team - tickets for the VXR Power Festival are £10 and children under five get in free.

[pits]

PH said:

We know that certain VXR owners are wont to do a bit of tweaking to their cars, but 3000 horsepower might be a bit extreme even for the most ambitious of Corsa VXR owners.

Reckon VXR owners wont want to upgrade there cars?

[Papa Hotel]

pits said:

PH said:

We know that certain VXR owners are wont to do a bit of tweaking to their cars, but 3000 horsepower might be a bit extreme even for the most ambitious of Corsa VXR owners.

Reckon VXR owners wont want to upgrade there cars?

Wont is a real word.

Back on topic, awesome car! Only found the build thread last night, so much work went into that, and by two Brits in a shed! Makes me proud!

[GT Kodiak]

pits said:

PH said:

We know that certain VXR owners are wont to do a bit of tweaking to their cars, but 3000 horsepower might be a bit extreme even for the most ambitious of Corsa VXR owners.

Reckon VXR owners wont want to upgrade there cars?

It's "Ye Olde English" matey...


WONT
–noun
2. custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.


That car is truly astounding, do they do passenger rides?

240 in 6.5... and road legal.

I just have to ask... How big's the turning Circle? :haha:

Edited by GT Kodiak on Thursday 12th August 11:21

[the fury]

Is this one street legal too then or a full-on Pro Modified or whatever? Good on Vauxhall for the support and not insisting on late-model body!

[HeavySoul]

Well done chaps!

[Google [bot]]

the fury said:

Is this one street legal too then or a full-on Pro Modified or whatever? Good on Vauxhall for the support and not insisting on late-model body!

Street legal and Pro-Mod. Vauxhall have only just got in, this has been going for ages, they called no shots I'm sure.

[anonymous-user]

Sweet, looks like being good fun

[hairy]

Credit to the 2 chaps in their shed for building this incredible machine, but they did have some help from another chap in another shed........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fra8trNljbI

[mat205125]

Google [bot] said:

the fury said:

Is this one street legal too then or a full-on Pro Modified or whatever? Good on Vauxhall for the support and not insisting on late-model body!

Street legal and Pro-Mod. Vauxhall have only just got in, this has been going for ages, they called no shots I'm sure.

Good on them anyway.

Hopefully this could start to be a recognition from a major manufacturer that people out there follow/watch/talk about/read about/support drag racing teams and vehicles. How good would it be for the UK scene if there started to be more coverage and factory supported outfits to bring back the idea of "race on Sunday - sell on Monday" drag racing???

[laam999]

pits said:

PH said:

We know that certain VXR owners are wont to do a bit of tweaking to their cars, but 3000 horsepower might be a bit extreme even for the most ambitious of Corsa VXR owners.

Reckon VXR owners wont want to upgrade there cars?

I had to re-read that bit a few times to try and make sense of it lol

[mgbond]

....Hopefully this could start to be a recognition from a major manufacturer that people out there follow/watch/talk about/read about/support drag racing teams and vehicles. How good would it be for the UK scene if there started to be more coverage and factory supported outfits to bring back the idea of "race on Sunday - sell on Monday" drag racing???

My Garage have an Rx8 drag car so there is another one to join the pot

Edited by mgbond on Thursday 12th August 12:28

[Jag-D]

Andy and his team are doing a cracking job and even managing to further the reputation of the sport to the wider public, which can only be a good thing when you consider the time, the tech and the money that goes into these self funded drag racing projects!

Good luck Team RV - Get on it!

[Addymk2]

I saw this at USC last year. Absolutely FLYING down the strip at Santa Pod and it was like sex to my ears. I cant wait to see this weapon unleashed again!

[Slinky]

Thanks folks, we're hugely happy to have Vauxhall on board with us, it should be interesting to see what we can do together..

GT Kodiak, the car does have a passenger seat..

Here's the build thread over in Reader's Rides if people want to have a look at the construction process we're going through..

http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[dvs_dave]

0-153 mph in 4.8s......what a strange number to quote? Why not 0-150 mph?

[Jag-D]

dvs_dave said:

0-153 mph in 4.8s......what a strange number to quote? Why not 0-150 mph?

Would you rather say your car hit 194 mph on the strip or 189?

[Slinky]

dvs_dave said:

0-153 mph in 4.8s......what a strange number to quote? Why not 0-150 mph?

Because it was measured over 660 feet..

[Slinky]

hairy said:

Credit to the 2 chaps in their shed for building this incredible machine, but they did have some help from another chap in another shed........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fra8trNljbI

You're absolutely right chap, Wayne has been hugely involved in the project and we owe a lot to his skills..

[Mr Gear]

dvs_dave said:

0-153 mph in 4.8s......what a strange number to quote? Why not 0-150 mph?

Because the track has an 1/8th mile speed trap and a 1/4 mile speed trap I would guess... 153 at the 1/8th sounds about right.

[XJR500bhp]

Slinky said:

hairy said:

Credit to the 2 chaps in their shed for building this incredible machine, but they did have some help from another chap in another shed........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fra8trNljbI

You're absolutely right chap, Wayne has been hugely involved in the project and we owe a lot to his skills..

That video is brilliant, the sanders mating and the baby sander was great.