MACK DADDY
THE MAATOUKS RACING VL COMMODORE, MAKDDY, SMASHED THE HORSEPOWER HEROES DYNO RECORD AT STREET MACHINE SUMMERNATS 36
The record book for the Haltech Horsepower Heroes dyno comp was dramatically rewritten during Saturday qualifying at Street Machine Summernats 36, with the Maatouks Racing MAKDDY VL Commodore resetting the overall record with an incredible 2504hp run in the MPW dyno cell.
The previous record was held by Brenden ‘Bubba’ Medlyn and his twin-turbo Holden V8-powered VH Commodore, which he set in 2019 at Street Machine Summernats 32 with a run of 2483hp.
Talk was that the Maatouks VL was well and truly capable of a 2500hp run with its billet RB30/26 and single turbo combo. MAKDDY is dripping in a heap of Platinum Racing Products goodies, along with the full Haltech Nexus catalogue.
There was no warm-up; Anthony Maatouk sat shotgun with dyno operator Adam Rogash as the VL spun up for its maiden run, which saw it scream to 11,000rpm as a barely believable 79psi was pumped into the little RB. The screen flashed up 2504hp/1867kw to the cheers of the packed crowd.
Two more runs of 2490hp and 2498hp backed up the 2500hp ballpark figure, cementing the new record.
MAKDDY followed up its record-breaking run with an easy 2365hp single run in the Sunday final, cementing its top spot overall as well as the Boosted Six-cylinder class trophy and the Boost Demon award for the mammoth 79psi it ran during the 2504hp run.
Second place for the Boosted Six-cylinder class went to Lachlan Gow’s freshly built FG XR6 Turbo. A built Barra, Pulsar G45 turbo and 12 injectors yielded a best of 1061hp – very impressive for a car that’d never seen a dyno before the ’Nats, having copped a lastminute road tune on New Year’s Eve.
Third place in Boosted Six was awarded to Jason Waye’s FOXSAKE Mustang, which astounded us all when it smashed 907hp during qualifying from the virtually stock Barra turbo engine. Humid air during the finals took power down to 856hp, but word is that this thing will be getting a much spicier mill very soon.
Second place overall went to Summernats 35 Haltech Horsepower Heroes champion Cody Hunt and his HSV E-series wagon. The AFG Motorsports-built machine spun up a best of 1747hp from the twin-turbo LS combo, securing the win in the Boosted V8 class.
Jason Botterill’s VY Maloo finished second in class with 1331hp, followed by Luke Furse’s VFJET Commodore that hit four figures at 1015hp.
The Aspirated V8 class was building up to be a really tight old-school Ford fight. Shadi Tobaji’s RAW TC Cortina and Jacob Farrugia’s Mustang were gearing up for an angry Windsor showdown, the Cortina having qualified with 701hp to the ’Stang’s 709hp.
The Cortina threw a nasty 728hp punch, and Jacob got some of the hardest luck we’ve seen when his Mustang cooked the trans outside the dyno cell moments after arriving. As a result, he couldn’t run, so second place was taken by Denis Vidovic’s XB GT, which made 617hp with another tough Windsor.
Aspirated Six-cylinder top honours went to Jason Kosis and a standard FG XR6 Falcon, which made 221hp. Second went to Rick Yates’s neat LJ Torana, packing an old-school, 235ci stroker 202 with triple Strombergs; it put out 120hp. Third was taken by another classic Holden six, the 202 in Nadine Dodd’s WB ute. The 89hp it made during the finals was well down on the 139hp it made the day prior.
Other awards included the Best Engineered, which was given out by dyno operator and MPW Performance bossman Adam Rogash. His pick this year was Lee Murray’s stunning Procharged Holden V8-powered WEPN LJ Torana. “It is a super-impressive machine, so well built and a thoroughly deserved winner,” Adam said.
Ellis ‘Spike’ Dickson’s aspirated, 13B rotaryswapped Suzuki Mighty Boy screamed to a win for the Rev Monster award, clocking 12,000rpm to be the highest-revving machine recorded on the dyno during the weekend.