On February 17th & 18th, the
IDRC held its season opener at Los Angeles County Raceway. Ron Lummus Racing
suprised many people by qualifying #1 in the Pro Import class. With cars like Abell
Ybarra's RX7 & R100 in attendance, the competition was tough. The RLR/Magnaflow
New Beetle advanced to the finals, were it took a runner-up to Ybarra's R100 driven by
Erfren Vasquez, after having to lift.
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On January 26th & 27th, 2001,
Magnaflow Performance Exhaust held their Grand Opening for the R&D Facility.
With over 40,000sq. ft, two chassis dynos, a Superflow Flowbench, and a Superflow Engine
Dyno on its way, this was quite an impressive facility. Hundreds of media personnel
attended, as well as numerous dealers/installers. Magnaflow not only had the
RLR/Magnaflow New Beetle on display, they also had various vehicles that they have
done. Throughout both days, numerous vehicles were strapped done to one of the
chassis dynos and pulls were made. Please visit Magnaflow Performance at http://www.magnaflow.com at let them
know you saw the RLR/Magnaflow New Beetle!
RLR took advantage of the
opportunity to put its New Beetle Pro Mod on the chassis dyno. We were able to
locate the ignition problem that had been haunting us all year in the year 2000.
After numerous pulls, the RLR/Magnaflow New Beetle made a best-pull of over 380 horse, AT
THE REAR WHEELS! If you do the math, that's over 450 horse at the flywheel!
Below you will find a downloadable video clip of this impressive dyno pull. Don't be
alarmed by the flash at the end of the clip; its only nitrous & fuel igniting in the
tail pipe when the motor bounced off the rev limiter. Also, can you hear when the
nitrous is acitvated and the tires spin on the drum?
RLR 450 Horse Dyno Pull
For more information on the
RLR/Magnaflow New Beetle, click here.
