CHRIS Kurumolla’s VL Commodore is one bad-arse machine. Powered by a single-cam RB30 six-cylinder, it has run 6.64@209mph over the quarter-mile, and there’s more to come! Yet while its accomplishments on a 275 radial are extraordinary, the car retains real street composure despite its polycarbonate windows, parachutes and race wheels.
Chris, who owns Melbourne workshop CK Automotive, is clearly a capable racer and mechanic, and his VL has been built to an impeccable standard. From the very beginning of the project, he had seven-second quarters in mind. “We started with a dead-stock VL with the intention of running a seven-second pass,” he explains. “We were focused on single-cam RB30 performance only, but we really wanted to keep the car
