New World Land Speed Record
KraftWerks Powers The World's Fastest Acura!
Aug 26th, 2008 // Article By: Kraftwerks Staff // Photographer: Kraftwerks Staff
Los Angeles-based Hondata co-owner, Doug Macmillan, set 3 new land speed records at Bonneville Speed Week 2008 on the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Doug Macmillan started the week by setting a new record in the G/BGCC class of 221.652 mph in his 2.0L K20A Acura RSX running twin Rotrex Superchargers, installed by Norco, CA based KraftWerks. This record gave him his goal of acceptance into the vaunted Bonneville 200 mph club. He went on to also take the G/BGALT record at 208.646 mph.
The crowning glory of the week however was the G/BFCC record, originally set at an impressive 226 mph in 1990. Doug has previously thought this record was out of contention, until he saw the performance of the K20A engine in combination with the dual Rotrex Superchargers. The supercharged K20A made about 600HP at the 4000ft altitude of the Salt Flats.
On the qualifying run, Doug scraped in with a 227 mph pass, going into a spin after the fifth and final mile, flat spotting all 4 tires. On inspection, 2 of the tires were throw-aways and two passed marginally. The team only had 2 spares which Doug could use, so the decision was made to swap the 25” tires from the rear to the front and put the spare 26” tires on the back. This decision was fraught with anxiety, as it changed the gearing of the car and would require more horsepower to get the RSX up to a record speed. During the first pass, Doug didn’t make use of the nitrous bottles in the back – at this point used for ballast only. Now the team needed the extra horsepower that the nitrous could give, only Doug had never tuned this engine with both blown and fuel combinations. It was a case of “give it your best guess”, and who better than tuning guru, Doug Macmillan! The RSX pulled an impressive 234 mph with the additional 100 HP nitrous shot and stopped straight this time, with no drama. This speed was achieved in a production chassis, with off the shelf Honda gearbox parts and camshafts, a true testament to the strength, quality and engineering of Honda products. The new record is now set at 230.653 mph.
Hondata’s Land Speed RSX, with KraftWerks superchargers, is now officially the world’s fastest Acura!
Hondata offers a large variety of solutions for Honda ECU tuning needs. More information can be found at http://www.Hondata.com.
For information on landspeed racing: http://www.scta-bni.org/
Doug Macmillan started the week by setting a new record in the G/BGCC class of 221.652 mph in his 2.0L K20A Acura RSX running twin Rotrex Superchargers, installed by Norco, CA based KraftWerks. This record gave him his goal of acceptance into the vaunted Bonneville 200 mph club. He went on to also take the G/BGALT record at 208.646 mph.
The crowning glory of the week however was the G/BFCC record, originally set at an impressive 226 mph in 1990. Doug has previously thought this record was out of contention, until he saw the performance of the K20A engine in combination with the dual Rotrex Superchargers. The supercharged K20A made about 600HP at the 4000ft altitude of the Salt Flats.
On the qualifying run, Doug scraped in with a 227 mph pass, going into a spin after the fifth and final mile, flat spotting all 4 tires. On inspection, 2 of the tires were throw-aways and two passed marginally. The team only had 2 spares which Doug could use, so the decision was made to swap the 25” tires from the rear to the front and put the spare 26” tires on the back. This decision was fraught with anxiety, as it changed the gearing of the car and would require more horsepower to get the RSX up to a record speed. During the first pass, Doug didn’t make use of the nitrous bottles in the back – at this point used for ballast only. Now the team needed the extra horsepower that the nitrous could give, only Doug had never tuned this engine with both blown and fuel combinations. It was a case of “give it your best guess”, and who better than tuning guru, Doug Macmillan! The RSX pulled an impressive 234 mph with the additional 100 HP nitrous shot and stopped straight this time, with no drama. This speed was achieved in a production chassis, with off the shelf Honda gearbox parts and camshafts, a true testament to the strength, quality and engineering of Honda products. The new record is now set at 230.653 mph.
Hondata’s Land Speed RSX, with KraftWerks superchargers, is now officially the world’s fastest Acura!
Hondata offers a large variety of solutions for Honda ECU tuning needs. More information can be found at http://www.Hondata.com.
For information on landspeed racing: http://www.scta-bni.org/
You guy's did something right. Look forward to gettting the rotex in my 08 si.