Al Bush, old driver of Crazy Horse drove a BFF in a Texas race for a team and clocked a pass at over 175 and change which at the time was the fastest flat pass....
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Al Bush, old driver of Crazy Horse drove a BFF in a Texas race for a team and clocked a pass at over 175 and change which at the time was the fastest flat pass....
Does anyone know what happened to that twin prop flat?
There was a gold colored twin prop flat. Did more than one boat have twin props or is that the same boat in the pic above?
Johnny Heideman ran 176.04 at Dexter a few years ago with nitro in his Nightmare #641 boat, on the tee shirt I got from him it claims that to be the fastest BFF pass of all time. Don't know if he backed that up or not, maybe someone else can clarify
I understand Jim Lange is building a completely new flat tooling a new plug should be very interesting to see what he comes up with.
Bruce, is your question in regards to the speed limitations of a flat bottom hull only for 1,000'/ 1/4 milers?
Look at the Kilo records, the K boats are running in the 140's with what 1500-1700hp. What could they do with another 1000hp? I mean how fast can they go? Take away the distance limits and turn them loose. Seems to me they're pretty close to that limit.
Bruce, first off a "flattie" hull can mean many different things considering how many varieties there are. The fastest flatties are runnerbottoms and have pushed up on 180 mph, but many have crashed much slower. The non runnerbottom circle hulls have been proven at just a tick over 150 and according to some team claims (which aren't verified) upper 150's. Again many have crashed much slower. So, with all conditions and factors perfect one can figure the best runnerbottom right around 180 and the best circle flat low 150's until these marks are raised.