Here is an article from Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords Magazine a few years back that may interest you about blown (pump gas) street engines...
It's about a guy named Lidio Lacobelli's 88 Mustang DAILY DRIVER, who drove it from Michigan to Florida to run in the big Mustang races there.
The picture of the car shows a COMPLETE interior, even the roll bar is upholstered, stock shifter, full carpet.. everything looks stock!
"As the sonf goes: just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip.. Now, here's the story: Lido Lacobelli built himself a nice looking, stout running '88 Mustang for daily driver use. When he heard of a big Mustang race in Bradenton, Florida, he decided to hop in his Mustang, top it off with gas before leaving his hometown of Mt. Clemens, Michigan, and head Southward for some quarter mile action. Now, stop reading and pull out a US road map. Find Michigan and find Florida, then note the mileage.
OK, back to our story. Lidio cruises South, listening to his stereo while fueling his body with some Oreo cookies, a bag of Cheetos, and a six pack of Coke. Being that his rig delivers more than 19 miles per gallon, fuel stops are fairly distanced. After driving a long time, Lidio arrives in Florida, then proceeds to bolt-on a set of 10 inch wide Mickey Thompson slicks. Lidio runs a 9.86 at 140 MPH. Lidio kicks butt on most on most of the other cars at the race. Lidio makes some once-mouthy men cry. Then, (are you paying attention?) Lidio gets back in his 9 second car and drives it home. The moral of the story? Lidio's 88 Mustang is bitchin', and he set out to prove that his stock looking car is a real street car. All right everybody, let's give a standing "O" for Lidio and his Mustang!
On the outside, lidio's notchback Mustang is basically stock except for a set of Weld Draglite aluminum wheels. Inside the Mustang looks stock save for an NHRA mandated rollbar. Underhood, the Mustang maintains its stock looks sans the Vortech blown V-8. Actually, Lidio tossed out the 5.0L (302 cube) V-8 in favor of a 95 Lightning 351 short block. A set of Trick Flow TFS heads were bolted on after being fully hogged-out with a Street Fighter port job from Alternative Auto Performance. (We should tell you that Lidio owns/runs AAP, which specializes in building 5.0 Mustangs.) A ported GT-40 lower intake manifold mates with a Downs Ford upper intake to give a place for a Vortech R-trim supercharger to huff and puff air into. The result is lots and lots of horsepower that makes the Mustang do big wheelies. That's the end of our story; we hope you liked it."
Under the pisture of the interior it has this caption;
"Looking into the Mustang's interior reveals a somewhat stock look. A small Autometer tach and a few gauges are all that stick out. Oops, we forgot to mention that this Mustang does its hustle using a Ford AOD automatic transmission that shuttles driveshaft twist to a 3.55:1 geared 8.8 inch rearend."
So, here's a guy (that has similar ideas to what I have built and run numerous times) that runs "pump gas" (not 110 octane race fuel) with a small block. YOU do the math... with 3.55 gears and to get 140 MPH in a quarter with a 3,000+ Lb. car on small slicks with a stock suspension, you have to be making WAY more than what Saleen and all of those other examples you said were only capable of making at the rear wheel without going to a big block, and we ain't talking about Toyota's and Nissan;'s now, are we...? I would think you would re-consider your thoughts on how much power a small block, small cubic inch "pump gasser" can make in a DAILY DRIVER at the rear wheels. It obviously wasn't Lidio's first day, and it certainly ain't mine...
It's about a guy named Lidio Lacobelli's 88 Mustang DAILY DRIVER, who drove it from Michigan to Florida to run in the big Mustang races there.
The picture of the car shows a COMPLETE interior, even the roll bar is upholstered, stock shifter, full carpet.. everything looks stock!
"As the sonf goes: just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip.. Now, here's the story: Lido Lacobelli built himself a nice looking, stout running '88 Mustang for daily driver use. When he heard of a big Mustang race in Bradenton, Florida, he decided to hop in his Mustang, top it off with gas before leaving his hometown of Mt. Clemens, Michigan, and head Southward for some quarter mile action. Now, stop reading and pull out a US road map. Find Michigan and find Florida, then note the mileage.
OK, back to our story. Lidio cruises South, listening to his stereo while fueling his body with some Oreo cookies, a bag of Cheetos, and a six pack of Coke. Being that his rig delivers more than 19 miles per gallon, fuel stops are fairly distanced. After driving a long time, Lidio arrives in Florida, then proceeds to bolt-on a set of 10 inch wide Mickey Thompson slicks. Lidio runs a 9.86 at 140 MPH. Lidio kicks butt on most on most of the other cars at the race. Lidio makes some once-mouthy men cry. Then, (are you paying attention?) Lidio gets back in his 9 second car and drives it home. The moral of the story? Lidio's 88 Mustang is bitchin', and he set out to prove that his stock looking car is a real street car. All right everybody, let's give a standing "O" for Lidio and his Mustang!
On the outside, lidio's notchback Mustang is basically stock except for a set of Weld Draglite aluminum wheels. Inside the Mustang looks stock save for an NHRA mandated rollbar. Underhood, the Mustang maintains its stock looks sans the Vortech blown V-8. Actually, Lidio tossed out the 5.0L (302 cube) V-8 in favor of a 95 Lightning 351 short block. A set of Trick Flow TFS heads were bolted on after being fully hogged-out with a Street Fighter port job from Alternative Auto Performance. (We should tell you that Lidio owns/runs AAP, which specializes in building 5.0 Mustangs.) A ported GT-40 lower intake manifold mates with a Downs Ford upper intake to give a place for a Vortech R-trim supercharger to huff and puff air into. The result is lots and lots of horsepower that makes the Mustang do big wheelies. That's the end of our story; we hope you liked it."
Under the pisture of the interior it has this caption;
"Looking into the Mustang's interior reveals a somewhat stock look. A small Autometer tach and a few gauges are all that stick out. Oops, we forgot to mention that this Mustang does its hustle using a Ford AOD automatic transmission that shuttles driveshaft twist to a 3.55:1 geared 8.8 inch rearend."
So, here's a guy (that has similar ideas to what I have built and run numerous times) that runs "pump gas" (not 110 octane race fuel) with a small block. YOU do the math... with 3.55 gears and to get 140 MPH in a quarter with a 3,000+ Lb. car on small slicks with a stock suspension, you have to be making WAY more than what Saleen and all of those other examples you said were only capable of making at the rear wheel without going to a big block, and we ain't talking about Toyota's and Nissan;'s now, are we...? I would think you would re-consider your thoughts on how much power a small block, small cubic inch "pump gasser" can make in a DAILY DRIVER at the rear wheels. It obviously wasn't Lidio's first day, and it certainly ain't mine...
