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com AUTOMOTIVE WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2006

Super I
F I told you that Clayton Pollock
enjoys hanging onto a pony for
eight seconds, you might get a
mental picture of ten gallon hats

Stang!
and rodeo clowns.
The pony in ques-
tion is the original
pony car, a 1990
Ford Mustang LX
that can erase a
quarter mile in 8.83 Street
seconds at 159 Scene
miles (256 kilome- Michael Clark
tres) per hour.
Potent pony is fastest in Manitoba Here’s the best part: this 1,350-
horsepower brute is completely
street legal.
“It all started with a K & N air filter,” said Pol-
lock, who has owned the former 5.0 litre for the
past 12 years.
It’s still a small block, however that’s where the
similarities abruptly end. This Mustang carries a
347 cubic inch “R” block from Ford Racing. The
internals have been pumped up to a 4340 Eagle
crankshaft with matched connecting rods, and
Ross 8.5:1 forged pistons. Heads are Ford Racing
cast-iron N-351s.
“Ford came out with those heads primarily for
use in circle-track racing,” said Pollock. “A lot of
guys are now using them for drag racing.”
Sitting atop a ported “Victor Jr.” intake mani-
fold is the Holley from Hell, courtesy of Carbure-
tor Solutions Unlimited in Sunny California. “It’s
a 750 Holley that’s been modified for blow-
through,” said Pollock. (Blow-through refers to
the carburetor’s ability to handle the rigours of
turbo boost.)
Controllable boost
The turbocharger looks like an escapee from a
Detroit Diesel. It’s a Turbonetics Y2K-88 unit,
which should max out at about 30 pounds of
boost. Pollock’s current quarter-mile blast,
The hatch includes an ice-water reservoir to deliver chilled water to the air-to- recorded last year at Gimli Motorsport Park, was
water intercooler via an electric pump. performed with the boost dialed in at 20 PSI. An
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MSD launch boost controller is used to get the
maximum boost at the right time.
“I can program a boost curve for the track,”
said Pollock. “I can only leave the start with
about eight pounds of boost before the tires
break loose.”
An air-to-water intercooler from Young’s Per-
formance provides a dense air charge, thanks to
an ice-water reservoir in the hatch. The frost-
two-oh is delivered to the intercooler with an
electric pump. Next to the water tank is a custom
15-gallon fuel cell. Pollock can cruise around
town with pump gas, however track time
requires the high-octane race mix. There’s also a
new-generation wastegate, and a Godzilla blow-
off valve.
It’s one thing to make 1,350 horsepower; it’s
quite another to keep those ponies from shaking
the car to bits. The exhaust is a unique single-
pipe setup fabricated by Extreme Performance
Exhaust. The pipe is a whopping four inches (10
centimetres) in diameter, with the gases tum-
bling out of a MagnaFlow muffler with anything
but sound-deadening qualities. The original K-
member cradle is now a tubular unit from
Ground Pounder, as are the suspension A-arms.
Strange Engineering provides the 10-way
adjustable coilovers. The original power rack and
pinion has been swapped with a TRW manual
unit.
Driver: Clayton Pollock
The rear axle is held in place by UPR Pro
Age: 30
Family: Andrea, Riley, and Owen Series upper and lower control arms. There’s a
Car: 1990 Mustang LX "True Street Trim" beefier UPR anti-rollbar, and Lakewood 50/50
Engine: Turbocharged 347" SBF 1085RWHP, dampers. The axle may look stock, however the
900RWTQ @27psi
original Mustang housing now uses Strange inter-
Transmission: 2 speed Powerglide
Best E.T. 8.83 nals. If the required parachute gets a little ruf-
Best M.P.H. 158.9 fled, rear disc brakes from AeroSpace
Components help in hauling down the fun.
Sponsors:
There’s also a transmission brake with the two-
MacDon Industries
Motion Performance speed Rossler Transmissions Powerglide, with a
Extreme Performance Exhaust fabrication assist by Tom Patterson. A J.W. bell-
Project X Racecards housing allows the Ford mill to drive the GM
RedLine Racing Engines
tranny.
Special Thanks:
All my family, Richard Rogers, Marcel
Massey, Rob Reid, Tom Patterson
Clayton Pollock has squeezed 1,350 horse-
power out of his Mustang thanks to a tur-
bocharged and intercooled 347 from Ford
Racing.
“It’s the only GM part on the car,” said Pollock.
“And it’s the only one that keeps breaking.”
Fifteen-inch Weld Alumistar wheels are used,
with the typical drag car setup of skinny four-
inch-wide fronts shod with Mickey Thompsons,
and 10-inch-wide rears to carry the Hoosier
Quick Time Pros, which are DOT-approved for
street use.
The 1,350-horsepower peak engine output is a
bit of a guess, however it’s a very qualified one.
Motion Performance took care of tuning the race
mill, with chassis dyno tests that confirmed 1,084
horsepower and 900 ft-lbs of torque at the rear
tires! (27 pounds of boost was dialed up for the
dyno run). The carb/turbo combo provides
unique challenges, such as the fuel pump.
“Lots of guys use the electrical pumps, but we
always used the mechanical,” said Pollock. The
belt-driven fuel pump can handle a load up to
2,500 horsepower.
Laid back
The machining work was done at Corners
Quickly, with the help of Richard Rogers from
Project X and Marcel Massey of Redline Racing
Engines. Sponsors include MacDon Industries,
Motion Performance, Extreme Performance
Exhaust, Redline Racing Engines, and Fastlane
Performance.
For an eight-second man, Pollock is definitely
laid back in his track approach.
“This year was the first time I pulled the front
tires off of the ground.”
The Mustang is a family affair, with much sup-
port from his wife Andrea and his parents, Larry
and Diane. The biggest boosters are his young
sons, Riley and Owen.
“They love it,” said Pollock. “They’ve got pic-
tures of it all over their rooms.”

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