A few weeks back we told you about the latest creation from the Postman Pat Van crew led, led by Englishman Tom Armitage and his equally creative friends: a retro-like front engine dragster sporting a motorcycle motor for power. Just like their now infamous world’s fastest coin-operated Postman Pat machine, the new dragster is big on power, and very small on overall size, coming in at what’s likely just over half the wheelbase of a traditional slingshot dragster.

Armitage and company haven’t gotten any serious 1/4-mile runs under the cars’ belt yet, but they have been tinkering away at the combination to prepare it for a dragstrip onslaught in the near future. Just recently, the gang took the car, which they’re loosely referring to as “Pat 2” (the car actually fits the Postman Pat body to create a fuel coupe look), to the chassis dyno at RS Tuning to dial in the fuel mixture and zero in on the tune for the inline four-cylinder powerplant.

While the dyno wasn’t set up for (nor was the team after) any horsepower or torque readings, they did crank the little beast up over a screaming 14,000 RPM, and they estimate the fully stock engine to be producing somewhere in the vicinity of 120 to 130 horsepower, with perhaps some of the original power and torque being lost with the use of their awesome “zoomie” headers that they fabricated. If you do the math, though, with the dragster tipping the scales at less than 500 pounds and making that kind of power, there’s the potential there for nine-second runs at upwards of 140-150 mph as it sits. That may not sound that quick, especially compared to a similarly-powered motorcycle, but we’re talking about a miniature dragster with more aerodynamic drag and twice the tire friction here.

Of course, the fact that the Pat Van gang mentions in the comments, “plus we can use nitrous if we really need to.” That sure throws all the power-to-weight ratios and elapsed time estimates out the window. Needless to say, we can’t wait to see some footage of this thing in action!