He tino rongonui te reihi drag i Ahitereiria. Ko ētahi e pai ana ki te reihi i ā rātou waka, ko te nuinga ia o tātou e harikoa ana ki te mātakitaki noa mai i te taha.

Engari, he raruraru ētahi o ngā reihi tō i Ahitereiria: ko Melbourne me Adelaide. Ko ngā hui i te tiriti anake ka whakahaerehia i Calder Park o Melbourne, ā, kua kati rawatia e AIR o Adelaide ōna kēti.

Ahakoa te take me te take, e taea ana te tautohetohe mō te pō roa, engari he nui te kī kei te uaua te mahi a ngā kaiwhakataetae tō i ngā rohe tonga o Ahitereiria i tēnei wā. Ko te tikanga, me haere ngā kaiwhakataetae tō pērā i a Simon Lazarevski i ngā mano kiromita kia whakamātau noa ai.

He aroha nui tō Simon ki āna Mopar, ā, he pai hoki ki a ia te reihi, nō reira he mea noa iho te whakakotahi i aua hiahia e rua ki roto i tētahi mīhini reihi Mopar maeneene. Ehara i te mea koinei tana tuatahi ki te kawe i ngā taonga taumaha; i mua i takaro ia i tētahi VJ Hardtop onge, engari kua tīmata te tere rawa atu i te mea kāore he 'whare pupuri'. I ēnei rā, he taonga tuku iho a te whānau te VJ Hardtop — "E mahara ana ahau i haere tahi māua ko Pāpā ki te tiki i taua mea i ahau e whā tau te pakeke," te kī a Simon — nō reira kāore ia i te hiahia ki te tapahi i tētahi mea pērā.

Heoi, i mōhio ia kei hea te anga Pacer Hardtop tawhito, kāore he mōtini, kāore hoki he pouaka, nō reira i hokona e ia. Nā, i mua i te waipuketanga o ngā mēra whakakino mai i te hunga pono o Mopar e whakarite ana ki te whakamate i a Simon mō te huri ki tētahi Pacer tūturu, me whakarongo pea koe ki āna kōrero.

"I te taenga mai o te motuka, he pōrearea te āhua. I te mea kei te haere ki te ipu para, ki taku whakaaro i whakaorangia e au," tana whakamārama. He pai ake te whānau hou hei kaiwhakataetae, kātahi ka hangarua hei para.

"He tino pai ki ahau te āhua o te Pro Street, ā, i whakaaro ahau he tino ataahua tētahi o ēnei mēnā he rite te āhua ki tērā. He āhua Amerikana tō rātou, engari nō Ahitereiria tonu, ā, ka taea e te iwi te hono atu ki a rātou."

I te tīmatanga he mā me te whiri whero, i tōia te anga Pacer ki roto i te whare witi o Simon mō te mahi whakarewa nui i tīmata mā te tapahi i ngā ipu wira me te tango i te whakatārewatanga o muri o te puna kata.

Nā Simon, me te āwhina a tōna hoa pai a Marino Prodan, i mahi ngā mahi katoa mō te motuka i roto i te whare pupuri taonga engari ko te peita me te whare takahuri. I roto i tēnā ko te whakarewa i ngā ipu wira e ranea ana hei tango i ngā kirikiri 30×12, te whakaroa i te taha whakamua o ngā whakatuwheratanga wira o muri, me te whakauru i tētahi whakatakotoranga whakatārewatanga arawhata me ngā koiri Strange/AVO.

I tāutahia hoki ngā hononga anga, kātahi ka tukuna te anga ki a Zagari Engineering mō te 'whare maitai ngawari 10-ira' e hono ana i ngā mea katoa. Mai i reira ka haere te Hardtop ki a John Walker Crash Repairs ki te whakatika i te peita. I pania e ngā tāngata i reira ngā panera koki roa ki te hiriwa Protec Chrysler Mercury.

"Nā rātou ahau i tiaki," te kī a Simon mō John Walker me Protec Paints. "Me mihi nui ki a rātou." Nā rātou anō hoki i whakangawari te wāhi miihini, ā, i whakapiripiri ngā kōhao kāore i hiahiatia, ko te tikanga kāore he mea hei whakararuraru i a koe mai i te whakapaipai pokapū 470-cube.

Nā Simon anō i hanga te mīhini. He maha āna mīhini (ko te nuinga he mea GM) me tētahi pakihi taha iti e kīia nei ko Hippo Race Engineering (0412 440 472). I ahu mai te ingoa Hippo i te VJ Hardtop tawhito, ā, kua mau tonu inaianei.

Me te whāinga kia whakamahia te miihini Super Stock a ANDRA, i raro i te akomanga Sedan Modified, i hangaia e Simon te miihini i roto i ngā rohe whaiti o te pukapuka ture. Ko te tikanga he kāmera tappet papatahi, he poraka wheketere me ngā pane, me te warowaihā kotahi, kāore he hauota, he pupuhi, he turbo rānei.

470 poraka o ngā mea tino pai a Mopar — kaua e tinihangatia e ngā taupoki toka o Indy Cylinder Heads; ka whakamahia e Simon nā te mea kāore e turuturu

"He poraka SVO ā ngā tāne Ford; he Bowties ā ngā tāne Chevy; he Mopar 1967 āku," te kata a Simon. "Ka nui ake te reka o te wikitoria."

Ko taua poraka '67 440 e whakahaere ana i tētahi porotaka maitai wheketere i hurihia ki te whenua me ngā tokotoko Eagle hei whakaputa i te 470 poraka. Ko te nuinga o ana mahi miihini i mahia e Simon i te kāinga — ko te mea anake kāore i taea e ia ko te poka i te poraka me te huri i te porotaka engari i tapahia e ia ngā piston Ross me te kawe i ngā pane Mopar Stage-VI ki roto i tana karāti kāinga me tana toa mīhini. He mea whai hua te whai mīhini hurihuri, mīhini mira me te maha atu o ngā taonga, āe?

I ahu mai te MSD 7AL2 i te Pro Stock Dodge Daytona a Scott Geoffrion, i muri i te āwhina a Simon i te rangatira o te motuka, a Matt Sawyer. "He rauemi 7 hēkona kei roto i te motuka," te kī a Simon. "Kei te whai ahau mō Mars engari ki te tae noa ahau ki te marama ka koa ahau."

Kī tonu aua pane i ngā mea pai: ngā takirere titanium, ngā puna Manley me ngā pupuri me ngā raka titanium 10-tohu, me ngā taputapu rocker Crane me Indy e mahi ana i ngā mea katoa. I hangaia mō te whakataetae, e kore a Simon e tuku i ngā whakatakotoranga o te kāmera engari ka taea e mātou te kī atu he waeine nui, pakari, ā, e rere ana te mīhini i te wahie reihi Sunoco. I te katoa, e 720hp te kaha o te crank. Ko te manawa e tiakina ana e te whakauru Mopar M1 me te warowaihā HP-series 1050 Dominator e ngotea ana i roto i te koko nui e mau ana i te potae, i te mea e whāngai ana i te kararehe e rua ngā papu kikorangi Holley kua whakarerekētia hei whakahaere i te pākahiko Turbostart 16v i roto i te pūtu. He pākahiko 12v anō hoki hei taraiwa i ngā taputapu.

E whakaaro ana te nuinga he porangi a Simon mō te whakahaere i ētahi papu iti te utu, engari ki tāna he pai rawa atu ēnei papu tae noa mai ki tēnei wā. Heoi, kei a ia tētahi papu Hangarau Hua nunui e takoto ana i runga i te whata, e tatari ana kia whakamahia. Engari he mea miharo, kāore a Simon i te whakaaro he tino kanapa te mīhini.

"Ki ahau nei, he tino pai tēnei mīhini," tana kī. Kei te whakamaheretia he poraka nui iti ake te kaha, ka whakamahia he pane pai ake me ngā tokotoko konumohe, ā, me kaha ake te tere kia nui ake te mana. Ko te painga anō o tētahi donk iti ake ko te kaha ki te tango i te 120 pauna o te mata mai i te motuka e tika ana kia whakahaerehia e ia i tēnei wā hei pakaru i te taumaha (7.5 pauna/ci) me te donk 470ci.

Nō reira, ko te pātai e hiahia ana koe ki te pātai ko te āhua o tana oma. Me pēhea te hopu i a koe i te tere 9.82@137mph? Kāore i te kino mō te mīhini kāore e hiahiatia ana kia hutia ōna taupoki toka i muri i ia oma, ā, ka puta tōna mana pai rawa atu i te 6400rpm noa iho. Ā, ko te whakarewatanga tēnā mai i te pēreti waewae!

He whakamīharo te āhua o te whakawhiti, kāore? I wātea mai te Turbo Action SCS Cheetah i te rārangi taonga Mopar Performance, ā, e tino pai ana ki a Simon. "Kua whakamahia e au ēnei whakawhiti mai i te tau '94; he rawe. Ki te hoko koe i tētahi, koinei te whakawhiti whakamutunga ka hokona e koe."

Kei te whakamahi te Hardtop nui i te 727 Torqueflite ā-ringa katoa me te transbrake engari he iti noa ngā takahuri i raro i ngā potae, me whakarite tonu te kaitahuri - he tino ohorere ngā potae i te whakarewatanga pātene. I te mea kei raro noa iho i te taupū akomanga o nāianei (ko te taupū A/MSA he 9.84 hēkona) kei te hiahia a Simon ki te tapahi i ētahi hautekau tāpiri. Kia oti te whakarite i te kaitahuri me te whakapūmau i ngā pae wira, ka taea e ia te tīmata ki te whakaputa i ētahi tau tūturu.

GRUNTEngine: Chrysler poraka-nui 470ciWarowaihā: 1050 HP DominatorManifold: Mopar M1Upoko: Mopar Stage VI portedPītons: Ross 12.9:1 forgedCrank: 4340 wheketere maitai, whenua ōwehenga, whiu 3.88inihiRoro: Eagle 7.1inihiCam: Secret SquirrelWhakakā: 7AL2, koiri HVC, arai 8.8mmPutanga: Pane whā-ki-te-kotahi, tuatahi e rua-inihi

Whakawhiti: Torqueflite727, ā-ringa katoa, tauira whakamuriKaitahuri: TCI waru-inihiRerekētanga: Iwa-inihi, taputapu 4.11, toki 35-spline, pōro katoa

NGĀ PĀREI I RARO I NGĀ PĀREI: Ngā kōpae me ngā caliper Valiant (f), Ngā kōpae me ngā caliper Commodore (r) Ngā Puna: Paerewa (f), Strange (r) Ngā Ru: 90/10 (f), AVO ka taea te whakarite (r) Whakatārewatanga: Paerewa (f), pae arawhata (r)

ROLLINGRims: Center Line Convo Pro, 15×4(f), 15×10(r)Rapa: Moroso 175 (f), Goodyear 30×12 slicks (r)

INTERIOR Pouaka oro: Woodgrain Ngā nohoanga: Jaz race, uhi vinyl Ngā ine: Auto Meter Ultralight Stereo: Pioneer, kaikorero whā-inihi Whare hurihuri: 10-point mild steel Whakawhiti: Turbo Action SCS Cheetah

Marino Prodan; Gunna; Zagari Enginering (08 8369 1888); John Walker Crash Repairs (08 8344 9299); Protec Paints; me taku wahine aroha, a Mimi

I hokona e Mardi Knight tana VG Valiant i ngā tau 11 ki muri, ā, nā te mea kua whakauruhia he 265 hou i hangaia i te tau kua hipa, kei te tumanako ia ka hoki wawe mai ki te ara.