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At this race, Jim was making his first passes
on his new 401 cid Dart Windsor block based bullet, and made
it all the way to the semi-finals with an 8.10 at 170+ mph
with a conservative tune. This particular Dart block is the first Windsor block Dart
sold to a customer, and Jim stated that while it had a couple
of minor problems initially, the block is a very stout piece.
Hans Fuestal Racing Engines is responsible for
the bullet, which makes use of a FAST/Kinsler fuel injection
setup combined with a huge shot of nitrous supplied by a TNT
Pro EFI Fogger system. Initial dyno tuning was done by
James Jurski of TNT, and we expect to see this Mustang well
into the 7's by the end of the 2002 season.
While talking to Jim, we learned that this
particular Mustang started out as an $800 rolling piece of
junk. The car utilizes is a very stout 25-1c chassis
that was completely home built by Jim in his own garage! The
car won the NMCA's Best Engineered award at the 1998 NSCA
World Finals. Jim told us that "If you want to race at
this level on a budget, you have to be willing to build some
things yourself." From the sounds of it, Jim has learned
his lessons well!
Jim started bracket racing in 1994 at Detroit
Dragway, and saw his first Street-legal drag racing in 1995
and became hooked on heads-up drag racing. He went home
and immediately started building his 91 Mustang GT for NSCA
Super Street racing. Jim finished 3rd in points in NSCA
Super Street in 1999 and 4th in NSCA Super Modified in 2001.
Jim would like to thank his wife Christina for
all her love and support, his hard working crew, Dan
Scheidiman and Matt Hoffman, as well as James at TNT, and his
sponsors, Aztec Mfg Co., Gil-Mar Mfg Co., and Texas Nitrous
Technology. Jim would also like to thank Tony Depillo
and the rest of the NMCA/NSCA staff for providing a great
place to race.
After watching this car for an afternoon, all I
can say is look out Super Modified... Gumby is coming after
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