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Long Beach, NY
Tim "The Legend" Ercolano in the burnout, testing at Atco Raceway with his
new M.R.E. power plant. Tim is a Mopar man at heart, and has spent many
years grudge racing at local tracks, beating up on allot of guys who felt
he didn't have what it takes to win with his small block Mopar. He proved
them all wrong.
Not always having the faster
car, but knowing it takes more than power to get down the track, Tim
concentrated on driving, which is what it took to prove them all wrong.
After spending many years on the Mopar stuff, Tim took a break to
concentrate on work, until he came across an old school turnkey Vega for
sale and decided to go bracket racing. While out testing, Tim met
Joe at M.R.E. and saw first hand what he was capable of. Knowing the
10.50's the car was running at the time really wouldn't cut it, and always
wanting to go faster, he looked to M.R.E. to help him get where he feels
he needs to be, with his "more with less" mentality.
Although
its not a Mopar, he feels his little Chevrolet fit the bill for what he
wanted to accomplish. He was then turned on to the RRNA series. While
knowing what kind of power it would take to compete in the Pro class, he
felt being the underdog once again with allot less power, and relying on
his driving skills, along with just a little luck (what racer doesn't want
luck on his side sometimes?), he may just be surprising a few people.
Tim's Vega is now powered
by a Maximum Race Engine's built/tuned 388 inch stock block small block
Chevrolet, "small" 23* Dart Pro 1 heads , Eagle crank and rods, Custom
MRE cam, Custom M.R.E./JE pistons and a Pro Systems Carburetor. All backed
by a glide, 8" 5,800 converter, and a 9" rear with M/T 31"X13" tires. Tim
likes to play the underdog role, and says " I may not be the fastest in
the class, but in drag racing, ANYTHING can happen". So true...
Future
plans for the Vega consist of putting the car on a diet, updating the
suspension and having M.R.E step up the power with the small block to be
able to compete in a class over-run with big blocks! Always the
underdog.. Tim would like to thank Joe @ Maximum Race Engines for all his
help with the new power plant, and working with the suspension, as well
as the rest of the combination to get the car ready to compete, Jay at
Allwired Installations Inc. for his professional wiring job, Dave at
Exotic for the rear, and all of those who pitched in to get the car ready
to race. Last but not least, Tim would also like to thank his girl,
Sue, for putting up with all of the racing for the past 19 years...
thanks Sue!
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