Fox Mustang Drag Racer - Green Thumb

Automotive Machine Service did all the machining on the RDI aluminum engine block. A Lunati crankshaft with GRP rods, JE pistons, and balanced with an ATI flywheel/dampener duo supplies the foundation of 360-cube combination. Boost enters the engine by way of a newly added Edelbrock dominator mount intake, port-matched by Jim Kuntz to a set of his free-flowing Brodix Neal BF-202 aluminum cylinder heads. Bassani built a set of stainless steel headers that connect to 4-inch stainless tubing that feeds the 94mm Turbonetics turbocharger. The charge is then cooled as it passes through a Hellion custom aftercooler, which the company rates at supporting more than 3,000 hp, before it's offered back to the engine at around 25-30 psi. All exhaust gases exit through a 5-inch aluminum downpipe.

An SCP oil pump and Petersen remote oil filter keep everything lubricated at the 8,000-plus rpm the engine will see during a typical run. The tubing throughout the inlet and discharge sides of the turbo systems is 4 inches in diameter.	As you can see, the Turbonetics 94mm turbocharger is located so as to feed equally from both sides of the engine. The headers are Hellion Power Systems-designed and utilize quality stainless steel tubing from Bassani Xhaust, common with all of the company's nameplate power systems.
The guys at Hellion are ambassadors of safety, running the pressurized tubing low through the drivers' compartment in case the need to exit the car from the right side arises. There are no gauges in the dash; Dwayne likes only a shift light to instruct him during a pass down the quarter-mile, and he doesn't use a tachometer.	The AMS-1000 Boost Controller for NLR is the key to controlling just how much of the power at hand ends up at the rear tire. Timers can be set to release a percentage of boost by air-operated cylinders over the Turbonetics wastegates.