VCM Suite's developmental mule, a silver LS2 powered 2002 CV8 Monaro had, for some months, stood head and shoulders above the dozens of competitors regularly attending Tag Systems' awesome Drag Tag virtual reality Drag Racing facility. Well, that all changed with the recent debut of Charlie Gauchi's amazing supercharged 9-second '57 Chev. Having dominated with almost endless track records with literally pages of potent runs ranging from mid 11-second elapsed times down to a best ET of 10.69 seconds, once Charlie prepared his car for Drag Tag competition there was never any doubt that he was going to take away the outright record in his highly boosted 'stretched' big block powered beast. The Chevy is a regular runner at both Calder and Heathcote having run a best of 9.7 seconds (no pipes) and 10.1 seconds as the car is driven on the street.

Charlie Says

Charlie admitted he was a little reticent debuting his silky smooth Chevy at Drag Tag; "I wasn't sure how representative the times would be given that even though you're driving the car in virtually the same manner you would when at the drag strip, I didn't think a virtual environment would deliver real world results," Charlie explained. "However once I'd got in a few passes and started to get a handle on things, I went for broke and was amazed when the timers showed I'd run a 10.17 - which is virtually identical to what I have achieved over the real quarter mile."

Outclassed

VCM Suite simply can't compete with a proven 9-second vehicle, all we can is our best. Existing Monaro mods are limited to a fresh LS2, Harrop extractors and exhaust (very quiet), Kostecki air box, VZ Maf, and of course a VCM Suite tune. The current Maf tune sees approximately 350RWKW, however we expect to up the ante quite soon with more boost (the 10.69 was achieved with just 6.8PSI max boost), larger injectors and a Maf-less tune. We're anticipating around 400 kilowatts at the treads, enough we hope to improve our quarter mile times by perhaps 2-3 tenths of a second.

Achieving consistent numbers isn't easy though, irrespective of us running a RIP shifter for consistent changes. Rather, trying to displace all of the available power through little 245 road tyres is quite a struggle. In fact, if it wasn't for Drag Tag's awesome setup whereby you're able to perform massive burn outs to ensure the tyres are at their optimum warmth, I doubt whether we have even broken into the 11 second zone.

We will keep you posted with future results.

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