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Re: Ford Racing FR500CJ Drag Racing Mustang
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Soon after I moved to Kalifornia in 1988, a tornado struck in Huntington Beach, KA. The first one in several years paid a visit to a trailer park. ` 
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10-24-2008, 10:33 PM
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BW also mentioned that there's no near term plan to re-enter NHRA Pro Stock  [lol] ...certainly understandable given the huge investment that would be required ...but I'll never give up hoping on that one!  
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10-27-2008, 01:02 AM
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Re: Ford Racing FR500CJ Drag Racing Mustang
I found this pained version of the '10MY "PowerDome"
(moved to hood thread)
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11-04-2008, 10:17 AM
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68fastback® ;-) "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." --Aesop - "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock." --Will Rogers - "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." --Margaret Thatcher - "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have." --Thomas Jefferson - "Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves." ... "Man is not free unless government is limited." ... "Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July and the democrats believe every day is April 15." ... "The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much." --Ronald Regan - "You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot further brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. You cannot build character and courage by taking away mans initiative and independence. You cannot help man permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." --Abrahan Lincoln Of course we still want a DOHC alloy big block!
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11-04-2008, 04:12 PM
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3,300 lbs...thought they could do better with a race only version. Oh well. What am I missin' Dan? Does it have a cage? other items keeping the weight up? Roll-down windows?
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11-04-2008, 04:36 PM
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Article number 2 is what I read in AutoWeek today. They said that there will be additional Cobra Jets in the coming months if you missed out on the first 50. How about a Cobra Jet Fusion?
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11-04-2008, 04:37 PM
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3300 is 750+ lbs off a GT500 -- not too shabby. Even the Roush yellow mule when it was running the H/Boss or dry-sump alloy FGT was in that range. The manracer with the low-deck 5.0 cammer spraybore (alloy block, no S/C, magnesium intake) is 3105#, so 3300 for a 5.4 S/C is pretty light, no? The S/C (S/C, IC, HE, tank/fluids and plumbing) is prolly 150+# alone. So I think they didn't leave a whole lot of fat, but... ...hmmm ...what does paint weigh?  ;-)I remember back in the day, some well-connected Ford racers used to order up special "body-in-white" primered-only cars and then strip all the body panels and acid-dip them for the most lightening possible...
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11-04-2008, 08:56 PM
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I assume the block is still cast iron. Dave
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11-04-2008, 09:29 PM
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Below is what they list but not clear how much you can pull and still run NHRA A-stock. Remember the CJ is being targeted at specific NHRA class(es). In previous announcements they mentioned A-Stock and left the door open for AA or B ...presumeably depending on mods and how it works out with NHRA class rules (since this is a never-before produced factory car) ...or at least that was the implication. Not sure where I got that view -- might have been mentioned in MM&FF article on Brian Wolfe -- not sure. Here's what the CJ includes... The 2008 Ford Racing Cobra Jet (FR500CJ) is a factory-built race car (serialized but no VIN), ready for the drag strip with only minor additional prep required. It is available for order from any Ford dealer as a Ford Racing part. Following are key Ford Racing components to help define this exciting new race car: Functional
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11-05-2008, 02:38 AM
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Here's a few pics that SpeedRacer posted in his Sema thread....you can see it does indeed have what looks to be at least a 6 pt roll cage.
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11-05-2008, 08:03 AM
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The additional guage cluster on the dash looks like it's a better fit then the SAI ones.
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11-05-2008, 09:28 AM
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They also shed more weight by removing stuff out of the dash. The interior isn't much different than on the street version of the Mustang. If they would modify that to shed more weight it would run just a tick faster.
I read in AutoWeek that Dodge has come out with the Challenger for about half the price. They did not include a race tranny or rear end. AutoWeek called them placeholders. Is also weights in at around 3100 pounds. Jeg Caughlin took it out and got a 10.2 run out of it. He said that if they didn't have the rev limiter on it, he could have got down in the 9's.
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11-05-2008, 11:22 AM
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11-05-2008, 06:19 PM
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Dan, thanks for doing the work for me I'm too lazy to do.
George, nice pics...I see the cage. It's amazing how much diff the engine bay looks without the battery and other "stuff" in the upper left corner.
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11-11-2008, 10:07 PM
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Brian Wolfe interview at SEMA on the CJ ...
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11-12-2008, 04:58 AM
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Nice find Dan ...good stuff there.Here's another I found as well.
Ford Racing's COBRA Jet @ SEMA 2008- Video
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11-12-2008, 05:13 AM
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OK.....I am WIDE awake now.......
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11-12-2008, 05:15 AM
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11-12-2008, 05:31 AM
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Yes...... well it was........4:30am now.
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11-12-2008, 01:49 PM
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..you are feeling s-l-e-e-p-y ....v-e-r-y s-l-e-e-p-y... or not! ;-)
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