I drive it to Starbucks all the time, since it’s still a street car.

The goal is to run in the 7-second range with the car. It makes around 1,500 horsepower, and it has been 8.22 at 171 mph. “People typically don’t have an idea of what the car is capable of, since you can’t see the turbos, and it’s really not that loud. Steen went to Thompson Motorsports to have a nasty Dart-based 427 cubic-inch LS built for her sedan to replace the stock mill. The G8’s engine was soon wearing an LSA supercharger, and it ran a best time of 9.36 before a lifted head led to its demise. When Steen purchased the G8 it was bone stock, but that didn’t last long at all. Steen wasn’t into cars until she met her husband, who had a few quick rides of his own. Lexx Steen’s ultra-clean 2009 G8 GT is deceiving…it looks and sounds like your typical modified street car, but when the car hits the track its true nature is revealed. Street cars that rip off 8-second passes are cool, but when you can do it with a total of four doors, that’s taking things to a new level. The Iron Mistress II weighs just 1,650 pounds with Henry in the seat, and the engine makes around 1,100 horsepower, so it’s a real handful to drive.įour Doors Of Fun: Lexx Steen’s Twin Turbo 2009 G8 GT A 1923 T-bucket body sits on the 125-inch wheelbase chassis.

The Iron Mistress II is powered by an LS2-based engine that features a 750 cfm blow-through carburetor from CSU, and a pair of 78mm turbos. When Dan decided to go a different direction, he sold the chassis to me and that’s how all of this started,” Henry says. Eventually, he started racing it with a Funny Car body for a while. My neighbor and Funny Car Chaos racer Dan Butherus purchased it and converted the chassis to run a blown big-block Chevy with an altered body. “This car actually started life as a Top Alcohol Funny Car when it was built and raced by its first owner. Henry’s current ride is known as the “Iron Mistress II”, which was inspired by the original Iron Mistress driven by his father. Heck, he drove a nostalgia altered when he was just 14 years old. Wyatt Henry has always been around nostalgia racing.

It’s impossible to cover all the extraordinary vehicles at LS Fest, but we have compiled a list of our five favorite drag racing machines from the event this year. Every corner of famed Beech Bend Raceway Park is covered with all kinds of LS-powered machines, and the drag racing portion of LS Fest has some unique rides. Holley’s LS Fest is one of those events that attracts a plethora of really cool vehicles.

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