because they’re noisy and rough
on parts, but I had a buddy that
went racing with me and he kept
saying ‘turbo, turbo,’ and with
all my bad luck I just gave in,”
he recalls of when and why the
switch occurred. His R & R Speed
& Machine Shop-built 436 ci
engine, topped with SB2 NASCAR
heads, was blessed with boost, as a
single 106mm turbocharger with a
94mm reducer was installed.
Having had a personal best in
the low 5.20-second zone while
on nitrous, Stack hoped for a big
change with the new boosted
setup. As expected, he clocked the
first-ever four-second EZ Street
elapsed time in October of 2006
when he ran 4.97 at 153.55 at an
ORSCA event in Albany, Georgia.
“It was quite an accomplishment
at the time because I was the first
car to go 4s on radials,” he adds.
Stack’s momentum continued,
and he had an awesome season
in 2007, traveling extensively and
winning lots of races.
AMERICAN
BADASS
Shane Stack proudly carries the
American flag on the “Thrillbilly”,
the 1986 Monte Carlo he’s driven
since high school.
Wanting to keep evolving, he
decided to rebuild his Monte Car-
lo in 2009. With the popularity of
the radial tire movement picking
up and cars getting progressively
quicker or faster, he knew he had
to do something to stay competi-
tive. As such, Stack switched from
a single turbo setup to twin 91mm
units from Turbonetics. Towards
the latter part of the year, a quick
change to a set of Precision turbos,
though, meant even more changes
for Stack. “The motor couldn’t
handle the power from the new
turbos, and we broke two engines
right away,” he bluntly states of
how his bullet couldn’t handle
the PTE ammo.
Stack found himself picking