1995 Ford Mustang Cobra - Seven Cars: 9,565 Horsepower

Fourth Place
Bill Olander
'95 Mustang Cobra
427ci Small-block Ford
1,382 rear wheel horsepower

Dyno Max Power Tour 1995 Ford Mustang Cobra With 427 Ford Small Block

Bill's small-block Ford is bolstered by a pair of Precision turbochargers and controlled by an Accel DFI system.>

The lone Ford in the DynoMax Challenge was fronted by Bill Olander, who also qualified at the Car Caft Nats. This twin-turbocharged effort has evolved out of Bill's efforts to build a fun street car. The twin turbos take up a lot of room, but they lay down some serious power. What you can't see is the air-to-air intercooler placed in front of the radiator to keep the discharge temperatures cool. Even this major influx of power hasn't hurt this car's true street function, since Bill tries to put around 5,000 miles a year on his Mustang.

Engine: 427ci small-block Ford
Block: 351W Dart iron block, 4.125 x 4.00-inch bore and stroke
Crank: Eagle 4340 steel
Rods: Eagle, 6.200-inch long H-beams
Pistons: Diamond forged with 9.1:1 compression
Cam: Ed Curtiss mechanical roller with "around 240 degrees at 0.050 and 0.670 lift," Bill says.
Valvetrain: Harland Sharp 1.7:1 roller rockers with a Probe stud girdle and Ford Performance valvesprings
Intake: Edelbrock Super Victor with an 80mm Accufab throttle body and 160-lb/hr ACCEL injectors using a 60-psi fuel pressure base. The turbos feed compressed air through a Bell intercooler.
Fuel pump: Bill uses both an ACCEL and a Weldon pump.
Turbochargers: A pair of Precision 78mm turbos at 31 psi
Electronics: ACCEL DFI Gen VII
Fuel: E85, 105 octane
Exhaust: Bill modified a pair of Hedman 1 51/48-inch shorty headers to fit the turbochargers. After the turbos, he built a 4-inch system with DynoMax welded Ultra-Flo mufflers.
Transmission: TH-400
Rearend: Stock Ford 8.8 with OE stock 3.27 rear gears, 31-spline Mark Williams axles and an Eaton clutch limited slip
Rear Tires: M/T 26x11.5x15-inch ET Streets