With 28" tall tires and the 4.10s I hit about 6800 in 3rd gear at 111 mph through the traps. 115 would be about right if you weren't trying to blow it up!
I guess if you try to go 150, it will probably rev to about 9500 RPM...once.
His buddies said the engine looked like a top-fueler explosion: there was nothing but schrapnel below the cylinder heads,
hence, the reference to the original motor currently residing along the 2 mile stretch between exits 8 and 10 on I-287.
It probably looked like flaming ME-109 after being shot down by a P-51 Mustang.