[1]Photo Credit: Modular Mustang Racing
Modular Mustang Racing sent us a sneak peak of their latest twin-turbo modular engine that’s between the frame rails of a new Outlaw 2010 GT500 Mustang project. The Ventura, California based team plans to enter the car in PSCA Outlaw and NMRA Pro Outlaw class.
The engine’s foundation is a MMR [2] prepped 5.4-liter “Monster Mod” short block with aluminum connecting rods and forged pistons. The cylinder heads are four-valve Ford GT 500 units with a MMR Stage 3R port job and turbo cams. Topping the motor is a custom-built sheet metal intake manifold with eight Bosch 160lb injectors fed fuel by a Weldon [3] high-pressure fuel pump.
Modular Mustang Racing have been racing turbo charged Ford modular engines for years, so turbos were a natural choice for this new Outlaw project. They selected two Garrett [4] ball bearing turbos and built a custom turbo kit around the front mounted units. To direct exhaust gasses to the massive turbos, MMR selected a Tial [5] stainless exhaust housing. To cool the air, a Deeds Performance [6] Air/Liquid intercooler lowers the temperature of the air charge in the intake.
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The ignition system has been updated from coil on plug to MMR’s modular distributor drive system. Fuel and spark are controlled by a FAST [9] engine management system.
With all that power and 200 mph speeds, MMR did extensive updates to the 2010 Mustang GT500 steel body including a 25.2 in-house chassis built by Mark Luton Race Cars. A Strange [10] 9 inch rear end mated to a Rossler [11]Turbo 400 transmission transfers power to the rear wheels.
Once completed, the team plans on hitting the PSCA races on the west coast and a trip east for some NMRA action is also in the works.