He also reminisces about beating a heavily modified Porsche GT2, while the bemused German team looked on as their Dh1 million car was embarrassed by his road-legal car. He lists the highlights of racing his Lumina SS as beating a Ferrari 599 GTB and 458 Italia. Anyone can build a powerful car but not many can do this with road cars and a lot of time and effort has been invested to ensure everything is adjustable for both the road and the track." "This is the problem when you develop a thirst for automotive power - you can keep adding more power to suppress the sickness, but there comes a point when it would become illegal on the road. "Because of my speed addiction, I'll never be satisfied - are there any help groups out there?" he laughs.
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He knows every inch of the vehicle intimately, having wrenched out almost every bolt over the five years he's owned it and jokes about considering seeking professional help for his affliction. With each small addition making a noticeable improvement in performance, he soon became addicted to more and more modification. Tammour studied the car's engineering and began working on it after a few months. I experienced something like love when I first saw it and knew it had to be mine - it was everything I wanted right down to the interior colour." "I bought the car in Dubai in 2006 for around Dh100,000 and opted for this model as I love the V8 version and found it much more interesting than a Mustang, with more power and engine capacity. "Just about everything in the car has been replaced, even the entire exterior has been adjusted, which you only notice if you look very carefully. For the road I drop the boost by 13psi and the car falls to around 700rwhp," he explains. "The racing set-up gives the car around 965 rear-wheel horsepower and that's almost 1,200hp on the engine, with a boost of over 26psi. His "baby" - a hot red coupe - has been heavily modified but with adjustable configurations for him to remain legal on public roads when not racing it. Having lived in Dubai for more than five years selling jewellery and as a performance manager, Tammour's sparkling weekend performances on the race track have made him one of the country's top drag racers. Having recently recorded a rare perfect zero reaction time in a dragster at Yas Marina Circuit, 33-year-old Fadi Tammour, originally from Homs in Syria, knows something about speed.Īnd acceleration is the main feature of his daily car - a 2004 Chevrolet Lumina SS, which has been souped up to a neck-straining 1,000hp, making it one of the quickest cars on the roads of the UAE.
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