NMRA Pro 5.0, Who Wants Some?

[Mark Keiser]

The NMRA 5th Annual Aeromotive Ford Nationals to be held at Milan Dragway June 13-15 will not only be a celebration of Fathers Day, it will also be a Ford employee appreciation day. All Ford employees will receive free admission on Sunday June 15th. For the celebration the NMRA is bringing in Aeromotive Fuel Systems Owner Steve Matusek in his 2007 Mustang GT 500 built by Larsen Race Cars for a match race. This will be the first time an NMRA Pro 5.0 tripped the beams since Bowling Green's 2007 finale.



Matusek's twin turbo mod motored Mustang is capable of running quicker than 6.50’s at over 210 mph. Steve currently competes in NMCA’s Pro Street and NHRA’s Competition Eliminator class. Last weekend the Mustang was qualified number 1 at the St. Louis NHRA race, but a first round red light ended the day early. As of right now we do not know who will be racing against Matusek, but we expect the NMRA to pull another big name to compete in the match race.

Should be a fun opportunity to see a piece of the NMRA's past mix it up with the Pro Outlaw 10.5W cars of the future.

For more information on the event, visit the NMRA's web site page of info on the Milan show. And of course, StangTV will be there on the scene covering every drip of the event. If you are a Ford employee, check out the NMRA's info page at the bottom for more specific info.

[Fool_Fire]

Mark do you have any more technical information on the engine in Steve's car? I've been looking for technical specs for an upcoming modular engine I would like to build but I can't seem to find anything....

[Mark Keiser]

I do not have any tech info on it but you might try here.
http://www.aeromotiveinc.com/feature.php?section=7

[powerjames]

I found this from a Muscle Mustang Article:

"Power for this Pro car starts with a Ford GT 5.4-liter supercar aluminum block that's been milled by VT Competition Engines (Lansing, Michigan) to accept a Darton Modular Integrated Deck. If you're not familiar with the Darton MID design, basically the cylinder walls of the block are milled out, leaving an open rectangular shape. The MID consists of interlocking metal cylinder sleeves that are precision fit into the block.

Once that was complete, the block was filled with Hardblock, a concrete type of mixture that solidifies once it is poured in. Duttweiler says this was done mainly to prevent blown head gaskets from spewing water out of the side of the heads, which could possibly get under the tires. It also makes the block a lot more stable and less prone to distortion. Once the Hardblock has filled the block, the water passages are then welded up in the heads, and the only thing that the head gaskets have to deal with is cylinder pressure, which is easily accomplished. Duttweiler says that the small bore size of the modular engine family helps them seal better. Flatout Gaskets of Mundelein, Illinois, supplied the copper gaskets and O-rings that seal the heads to the block.

Once the GT block was worked over, it was filled with a destroked Kellogg crankshaft with a 3.75-inch stroke, MGP aluminum connecting rods, and JE pistons that fit the 3.70-inch bores. Displacement is now 323 ci, and when combined with the CNC-ported GT500 cylinder heads, provides a stout 11:1 compression ratio, which is possible thanks to the location of the spark plugs in the combustion chamber, as well as the use of 118-octane race fuel."

Any more information than this if you need, I'd suggest contacting Kenny Duttweiller.