Instead, the NMRA allowed ported Two-Valve heads, which seems to have done the trick. At the NMRA Bradenton opener, Tim confirmed the pushrod crowd's worst fears with a 9.91/137 mph qualifying hit to land in the third spot. Just in case anyone thought those numbers were a joke, Tim ran a 9.85, a 9.86, and a 9.89 (all three at more than 136 mph) to signal the arrival of a truly competitive modular Real Street car, and to win the first race of 2004.
With his Bradenton performance in the books, maybe those 9.60s weren't so far-fetched after all.
| 5.0 TECH SPECS |
| ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN |
| Block | Ford aluminum 4.6 |
| Displacement | 281 ci |
| Rotating Assembly | Cobra crank, ModMax Racing rods, pistons, and piston rings |
| Cams | Stock |
| Heads | ’99-up PI Two-Valve heads ported |
| by Scott Milner, ModMax |
| valvesprings and valves |
| Intake | Mustang Bullitt |
| Throttle Body | Stock Mustang Bullitt |
| Mass Air | Pro-M |
| Power Adder | ATI-ProCharger P-1SC2 |
| supercharger, Anderson Ford |
| Motorsport Power Pipe |
| Fuel System | Weldon 2035 fuel pump and |
| regulator, steel braided fuel lines, UPR |
| fuel rails, FRPP 42-lb/hr injectors |
| Exhaust | FRPP headers, Bassani |
| X-pipe, MagnaFlow mufflers |
| Transmission | Pro Motion Powertrain– prepped Tremec T5 w/G-Force gearset, |
| Ram VDS clutch, Pro-5.0 shifter |
| Rearend | Moser 8.8, FRPP differential, |
| Moser 33-spline axles, 4.30 gears |
| ELECTRONICS |
| Engine Management | Stock EEC V, |
| DiabloSport/ChipMaster Revolution chip |
| Ignition | MSD DIS-4, stock coil, |
| FRPP wires, NGK plugs |
| Gauges | Auto Meter |