Poking the Bear Ford Performance Products

[Jim D'Amore]

Originally Posted by Rat Raceway

You don’t have to buy a new car every year!!! Matter of fact the changes up the rules and you can now run new combos in the older FS cars. If you do that the car is no longer eligible for the normal eliminator and can only run Shootout.

I have no dog in this fight but I can see why the other manufacturers would want the 4.0L Whipple in the mix with nothing but 2.9 blowers. I would think a guy would want the newest best combo.

They actually consider 3L superchargers now.


Initially that was the plan to have one common supercharger. Mike actually wrote a proposal to NHRA for that and when NHRA brought it up to Mike, he had a change of heart. As for the 4L, with the 4" pulley on the supercharger, to move the same amount of air as the pulley combination on the 3L we would have to spin the engine 2000 RPMs higher which anybody that knows the 5.4 motors with it's extremely long rod would be suicide.


Jim D'Amore

[Jim D'Amore]

The motor swaps in the showdown class if you do this no longer allowed in stock, but you will be allowed in FGT superstock.


And also, for the people that cannot afford a whole new engine program, you can run the 5.4 in the newer chassis.


Jim D'Amore