The custom V-12 is inspired by older NASCAR and IndyCar racing motors, but it is built for land speed runs.
Pete Aarmeda and Kevin Braun wanted an engine for land speed runs. Sure, you can make that kind of power with an off-the-shelf block and forced induction, but they wanted to do something else. The result is this custom 6.0-liter V-12, which sounds incredible on a dyno.Aarmeda and Braun's engine was born from the design decisions in older IndyCar and NASCAR engines.
This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Despite revving up to 12,000 RPM, the car still sounds more visceral than radical on a dyno. What starts as a guttural roar at low revs builds to a pleasant scream, something like the sounds top-level NASCAR racers pushing outrageous RPMs made before the days of air restriction in the mid-2010s.
Whether or not it produces enormous power, the engine is a fascinating homebrew in the grand spirit of innovative silliness that gave us
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