John Self goes 11.769 in quarter

Rippie C500 goes 11.769 sec

October 31st 1999
Written by Peter Sikkila
General Manager DRM

At DRM we occasionally will inform (i.e. brag) about some of our customers achievements. We are proud of John Self, a DRM customer who has been running his daily driver at the strip and has been consistently improving his times.

When John first received his DRM C500 on April 19th 1999 he went to the Corvette Birthday Bash in Kentucky and went 12.389 seconds at 115.98mph with his 465hp 383 cu. in. 1997 Corvette. After a few months his time is now down to 11.769 at 118.02 mph.

Jon had DRM upgrade his engine to the C500 383 Stoker and modify the automatic transmission to handle the extra torque. He has a 3.42 rear end gear ratio to boot.

Keep up the good work John and remember you can never have enough horsepower.

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