New Mercury Cyclone Spoiler Two

By news flash November 16, 2019 Add Comment Edit

Michael Callahan from Cincinnati, Ohio, ever dreamed close going to Bonneville amongst a street machine together with getting into the 150MPH Club.

After he retired from the printing work concern the search for a 150mph street machine commenced. He wasn’t afterward whatsoever specific car, amongst his parameters beingness for something he could easily modify aerodynamically, together with performance-wise too. In 2015 he constitute the machine he idea would travel for sale inwards California, this 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II. It hitting him that this would survive the perfect type of production machine to brand an endeavour for his dream.

Rumors over the years cause got speculated that genuinely solely 351 Cyclone Spoiler IIs were built, together with that Mercury assembled “503” Spoiler IIs equally verification for NASCAR, amongst the cars farther dorsum of the assemblage genuinely beingness measure Wimbleton White Cyclones. Supposedly NASCAR didn’t uncovering the departure when doing a quick count.

Michael’s changes to come across SCTA specs to race the course of report included a 4-point ringlet bar, driveshaft loop, V-rated tires, 5-point harness together with spot brace, together with a handful of other additions. When he set it on a chassis dyno a few other changes were deemed necessary to surpass 150mph at Bonneville. Beehive valve springs amongst titanium retainers were added, an Edelbrock air-gap intake replaced the unmarried airplane manifold, 16-inch parent wheels were added to gain speed, an aluminum driveshaft replaced the clunky original, together with many tike changes were made to the Holley. But driblet dead on inwards heed that this machine runs a mechanical fuel pump, stock pistons, rods together with bottom end. With those changes the Merc ran 168mph mistaken on the chassis dyno at 5900rpm.

Michael drove the Spoiler 1800 miles to Bonneville. Getting at that spot for Tech Day, he passed tech together with the side past times side hateful solar daytime ran 154mph on his start pass, amongst a backup travel past times of 153mph, making it into the 150MPH Club no problem. This was done amongst windshield wipers together with side mirrors, the melody he drove it to Bonneville with, together with a mix of 91 octane gas the machine had for the trip to Utah, together with about 100 octane gas he picked upwards on the course.