Rob is a painter by trade, so it should be no surprise his '86 GT has been painted and repainted more times than Dennis Rodman's head. Whatever could be painted body color was. What could be taken off and polished or chromed was given the full treatment. The car has gone through so many transformations it's a struggle to recount them all. In its current state, however, the color is from the BASF Extreme line, and it's called Tahitian Sunset Chameleon, which is short for orange, red, yellow, gold, green, and everything in between. Obviously, Pierpont knows we're suckers for Bogarts so he made sure to outfit his GT with Welded RTs at each corner.
Rob's engine combination changed as well. First was the stock block with a few bolt-ons and nitrous. His current combination uses a Ford Racing Performance Parts standard-bore Sportsman B50 block, a steel crankshaft, stock connecting rods, forged pistons, and Speed-Pro gapless, file-fit piston rings. The heads are Trick Flow Twisted Wedge items and boast Manley 2.02/1.60 valves, Trick Flow 1.7-ratio roller rockers and pushrods, Crane Cams double-spring valvesprings, and a five-angle valve job and CNC-porting courtesy of Ace Automotive's Tim Logsdon. Valvetrain movements occur at the beckon of an Isky custom-ground hydraulic-roller cam. Up top is a Trick Flow Track Heat intake (now chrome) with an Accufab 70mm throttle body receiving supercharged air via a Pro-M 75mm blow-through mass air meter. The supercharged air comes from a ProCharger P-1SC featuring a 3.75-inch pulley for 14 pounds of boost. The supercharger benefits from a two-core intercooler and Renegade brackets, which eliminate the power steering and A/C to help clean up the engine compartment. Horsepower figures come in at the 500 mark on pump gas. Since these photos were taken, Rob has added a UPR Product's tubular K-member, control arms, and coilover conversion. Also, Rob added a Reichard Racing blower puley, an Anderson Ford Motorsport power pipe, and a Meziere water pump.
| 5.0 Tech Specs |
| ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN | ELECTRONICS |
| Block | Engine Management |
| Ford Racing Performance Parts | Late-model mass air-compatible |
| Sportsman B50 | computer, Anderson Ford PMS |
| Displacement | Ignition |
| 302 ci | MSD 6AL, Pro Billet distributor, |
| Rotating Assembly | and spark-plug wires; Autolite |
| Steel crankshaft, stock con- | spark plugs |
| necting rods, forged pistons, | Gauges |
| Speed-Pro gapless file-fit | Auto Meter |
| piston rings |   |
| Cam | SUSPENSION AND CHASSIS |
| Isky custom hydraulic-roller | Front Suspension |
| Heads | K-member |
| Trick Flow Twisted Wedge | Stock |
| ported and O-ring'd by Tim | Control Arms |
| Logsdon of Ace Automotive, | Stock |
| w/ Trick Flow 1.7-ratio roller | Springs |
| rockers and Crane double- | Eibach Drag Launch |
| spring valvesprings | Struts |
| Intake | Lakewood 90/10 |
| Trick Flow Track Heat, 1-in | Caster/Camber |
| phenolic spacer | Stock |
| Throttle Body | Brakes |
| Accufab 70mm | Aerospace Components Street/Strip |
| Mass Air | five-lug |
| Pro-M 75mm blow-through | Wheels |
| Power Adder | Bogart Welded RT 15x4 |
| ProCharger P-1SC supercharger | Tires |
| and two-core intercooler, 3.75-in | 165R15 |
| pulley, 14 lbs of boost | Rear Suspension |
| Fuel System | Springs |
| Aeromotive sumped tank, | Eibach Drag Launch with airbag in |
| A1000 fuel pump, fuel rails, | right rear springs |
| and fuel-pressure regulator; | Shocks |
| FRPP 42-lb/hr injectors | Strange Engineering adjustable |
| Exhaust | Control Arms |
| BBK Jet Hot-coated long-tube | HP Motorsport Megabite upper and |
| headers and H-pipe, Flowmaster | adjustable lower control arms, |
| one-chamber mufflers with | polyurethane bushings |
| dumps | Brakes |
| Transmission | Aerospace Components Street/Strip |
| World Class T5, Centerforce | four-piston |
| Dual-Friction clutch, FRPP | Wheels |
| pressure plate, Pro-5.0 shifter | Bogart Welded RT 15x9.5 |
| Driveshaft | Tires |
| FRPP aluminum | BFGoodrich Drag Radial 275/60 |
| Rearend | Chassis Stiffening |
| 8.8, Moser 33-spline axles, spool, | Maximum Motorsports rollcage, |
| C-clip eliminators, Richmond | Kenny Brown Performance |
| Gear 3.73 gears | subframe connectors |