Mustang racer and composite body panel builder Dan Schoneck has a new Ford project in the works and its not his typical boosted Mustang project. For the past few months, Dan has been modifying a Ford GT 5.4L engine to run in standing mile competitions. With Dan being a bit of a supercharger mad scientist, a Procharger F2 centrifugal supercharger was selected in place of the factory twin screw unit. To relocate the centrifugal unit to the rear of the engine, the factory Ford blower rotors were gutted and a 1” titanium jack shaft runs from the blower pulley to the supercharger drive. Dan recently posted a YouTube video of the start-up of the new engine and blower combination and it’s quite impressive.

The 5.4L modular motor has been updated to a larger 3.7-inch bore for a total of 358 cubes inches. The factory block has been updated with Darton sleeves for the overbore. For the rotating assembly, a billet crank works with Manley billet rods and Diamond pistons to pump the air in the cylinders. For cylinder heads, Dan is working with Roush/Yates on some super trick pieces that utilizes lessons learned from their Ford Daytona Prototype engine program. Compression ratio is going to be 11.5 to 1 and fuel will be E98 for standing mile competition and E85 for around town cruising. Dan plans on making around 1600-1700 flywheel hp once the engine its fine tuned.

To handle all the power, the drivetrain has been strengthened with DSS axles and the transmission gears will be updated with a cryo treatment from Liberty Gear. To transfer all the power to the pavement, 360 Forged Wheels built custom 21×13 rear wheels wrapped in 355/25/21 Pirreli tires.

Since Dan owns Schoneck Composites, he is in the process of building a complete carbon fiber body for the car. With that much power combined with the aerodynamics of the Ford GT, 250 mph should be no problem next year at the Texas standing mile.