CompetitionPlus.com published a news item in early-October proclaiming engine builder Sonny Leonard had produced a tamez.JPG2,000-horse,

naturally aspirated engine via his dyno readings. The 892-inch engine

profiled found its way into the Top Sportsman GTO of Frank Tamez, who

during the recent PSCA Street Car Supernationals, provided Leonard with

the ultimate commercial.



CompetitionPlus.com published a news item in early-October proclaiming engine builder Sonny Leonard had produced a tamez.JPG2,000-horse, naturally aspirated engine via his dyno readings. The 892-inch engine profiled found its way into the Top Sportsman GTO of Frank Tamez, who during the recent PSCA Street Car Supernationals, provided Leonard with the ultimate commercial.


Tamez, a resident of Washington state, drove his Jerry Bickel GTO to an astounding 6.38 elapsed time. He used a Turbo 400 transmission on the run.


The thing engine builder Leonard is most proud of is not the elapsed time.


"We didn’t change a valave spring all weekend," Leonard said with a smile.

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