Oct 15,
2019
Written by Mike Carpenter
Photography by the Author
When Bill Kuhlmann broke the 200-mph barrier in 1987 with a 615-cubic-inch engine combination, that history making run changed the industry forever. Nitrous began to earn wide acceptance and monster-displacement engines became the norm.
While breaking that mark remained a part of history, the 615 engine combo soon morphed into what we know tod...