Product Review - 5,000 HP Magarita Mixer

Good enough for Del Worsham to build this too!


Q: Tell us about the "MegaRita" machine - a 5,000 horsepower mixer that shoots three-foot flames and makes five gallons of margaritas.
WORSHAM: I don't remember the exact moment I thought it up, but the concept was based on various margarita mixers you see on lakes or hear about from friends. So one day I was looking around our shop and I figured we had enough old stuff there in the shop to build a fully running motor. It would be made of parts we don't use anymore, from the days of a 5.30 elapsed time run. I was looking ahead to our pit party that we throw on Sunday night in Pomona to close out the season and I just envisioned the world's most powerful margarita mixer, plain and simple. I built it in my spare time during the last two months of the season, which took me off the golf course for two months. I got an old motorcycle trailer, mounted the block on that, and built the full motor. We built it differently than we would a real race motor. All the seals and gaskets are silicone to cut out any leaks. When it was time to build the blades, I almost just welded up something that looked like blades. So I just took apart our blender at home and copied the blades, only five times bigger. My wife loved that one. I figured the thing would be pretty popular at the season-ending race. It has become a legend.?