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Hard Drive Racing Brings Cobra Jet Invitational to NMRA Ford Performance Nationals
The NMRA Ford Performance Nationals is going to get charged up with the Hard Drive Racing Cobra Jet Invitational at Summit Motorsports Park June 9-12, 2022. The invitational brings in the most successful factory drag racing program and it joins an already stacked line-up of Ford drag racing and car show action, making this a wild stop on the NMRA tour.
Steve Kurimchak to Return to NMRA G-Force Coyote Stock with Gen 3 Engine
After sitting out the 2020 season due to the pandemic and the birth of his second child, Steve Kurimchak was missing racing and feeling down, so he bought himself a little pick-me-up in the form of a sealed Gen 3 Coyote crate engine. A Maryland resident who works at Johns Hopkins University managing its heavy equipment fleet operations, Kurimchak hadn't raced in NMRA G-Force Transmissions Coyot...
Date Inside 2022 NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing at World Wide Technology Raceway
Following the successful NMRA/NMRA Super Bowl of Street-Legal Drag Racing Presented by Fuelab a few weeks ago, officials from World Wide Technology Raceway and ProMedia Events & Publishing are proud to announce next year's event will happen the weekend of May 12-15, 2022. We had an incredible event from the awesome on-track action to being well-organized on the operations side, that is a t...
TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout Coming to NMRA Ford Performance Nationals
The second of three special TREMEC Stick Shift Shootouts in 2021 goes down during the NMRA Ford Performance Nationals June 10-13 at Summit Motorsports Park. The TREMEC Stick Shift Shootout celebrates power-shifting fun at select Holley NMRA Ford National events with the Quick 8 eliminator on Sunday. NMRA officials will select the quickest 8 Stick Shift racers from the completed QA1 True Street ...
Breaking News Updated NMRA Coyote Stock Tune
April 26, 2021 - Breaking News Updated NMRA Coyote Stock Tune Ford Performance continues to work with the NMRA Tech Department in fine-tuning the G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock ECU calibration. A new calibration was created earlier this month and distributed to all competitors during the NMRA/NMCA All-Star Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. The latest Coyote Stock tune is available i...
NMRA Tech Committee announcement on Coyote Stock calibration revision
As of February 23, 2021, there is a new G-Force Racing Transmission Coyote Stock ECM calibration available for racers that fixes two problems. The tune is available immediately from Ford Performance; contact customer service to arrange the update. The Holley NMRA Ford Nationals tech department can upload the newest Coyote Stock-legal calibration to a running vehicle at Bradenton Motorsports Park b...
NMRA Tech Committee releases Coyote Stock technical update
There are some technical updates for the 2021 NMRA G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock category, as more cars are finished and some challenges have come to our attention. The latest ECU calibration was done in late January 2021 and it solves the IMRC trouble code that has been triggered on some vehicles utilizing the original calibration. MSD Two-Step Rev-Limiter should be hooked up ...
Charging Ahead Inside Ford Performance's electrifying Cobra Jet 1400 quarter-mile concept
Written By Steve Turner Photography by the Race Pages Digital staff and courtesy of Ford Performance It is eerily quiet in the burnout box and suddenly the Mickey Thompson rear slicks go up in smoke as the sound of gears whir. Then it is quiet again. Staging lights glow, the tree ignites, and the familiar form of a modern Mustang pulls the front wheels and thrusts down the Beech Bend Raceway 1,320...
NMRA Tech Announcement Coyote Stock Gen III Calibration Process
The NMRA Coyote Stock Gen III Calibration Flash is only available through Ford Performance (Mail-In) and NMRA Tech (Event). Coyote Stock racers that are sending their Gen III ECU module to Ford must ship the unit to: Attn: M. Korczyk CS Gen 3 Module 38000 Amrhein Road Livonia, MI 48150 In addition to shipping the ECU, racers are required to contact the Ford Performance Tech Department ...
First Gen III Coyote In the 9s Chad Stephens Dirtybird Stretches Its Wings
Canadian racer Chad Stephens is known for his 87 Ford Thunderbird's high-flyin wild wheelie action, but now the NMRA G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock standout can also be known for putting down the first 9-second quarter-mile pass with a Gen III Coyote engine. It's been a season of ups and downs for Stephens, after starting things out at Florida's Bradenton Motorsports Park in Februa...
Generation Next-Ford Performance and NMRA Testing Notes from the Gen 3 Coyote Stock Engine Package
By Michael Galimi Photos Courtesy of Ford Performance and NMRA Archives Ford Performance's next-generation Coyote Stock engine package became available on June 19, 2020 and it is based on the Gen 3 Coyote platform. The major highlights of the new Coyote Stock engine are a much higher output coupled with direct fuel injection. NMRA began working with Ford Performance during the summer of 2019 w...
Monster Motor Paul Svinicki puts the first Godzilla-powered Mustang down the track
Written By Steve Turner Photography courtesy of Paul's High Performance and Performance Racing Industry If you've been starting to hear the term Godzilla popping up in performance circles and you are wondering why, it's because Ford's latest pushrod engine is making moves from its intended home under the hoods of Super Duty trucks into the world of engine swaps and racing. ...
Just Dew It! Chad Scholten took his green FarmStang from rags to races in NMRA ARP Open Comp
If there's one thing that Chad Scholten loves more than racing, it's family. For him, there's nothing better than enjoying a week at the track with the people he loves. And, if he can happen to make some new friends and go a few rounds in the process with his NMRA ARP Open Comp 91 Mustang known as FarmStang, then it's even better. To read the rest of the story, CLICK HERE.
Ford Performance Cobra Jet 1400 Coming to NMRA World Finals + Holley Ford Fest
Last month Ford Performance showed off its latest drag race creation, the Cobra Jet 1400 and it is an electrified version of his famous OEM drag vehicle. The company is bringing the one-of-a-kind Cobra Jet to the NMRA World Finals + Holley Intergalactic Ford Festival October 1-4, 2020 at Beech Bend Raceway. The 8-second Cobra Jet 1400 will be making exhibition passes and special match races wit...
Generation Next Ford Performance and NMRA Testing Notes from the Gen 3 Coyote Stock Engine Package
Ford Performance is anticipating the next generation G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock engine package to be available on June 19, 2020 and it is based on the Gen 3 Coyote platform. The major highlights of the new Coyote Stock engine are a much higher output coupled with Direct Injection. NMRA began working with Ford Performance during the summer of 2019 with the goal of smoothing the trans...
NMRA/NMCA All-American Nationals Moves to US 131 Motorsports Park August 27-30, 2020
The NMRA/NMCA All-American Nationals will be contested at US 131 Motorsports Park (Martin, MI) over the weekend of August 27-30, 2020. The change in venue is due to Summit Motorsports Park's decision to remain closed for 2020 as they regroup and plan for a return to action in 2021. It has been a crazy year but one that is rewarding as we made new friends with Jason Peterson and his staff at US...
Shocking Snake Ford Performance Breaks Quarantine With A 1,400-Horsepower Electric Cobra Jet
Photos Courtesy of Ford Performance With just the sound of sticky tires digging into the track surface a Mustang pounds the pavement with 1,400 horsepower and 1,100 lb-ft of torque. Without so much as a growling exhaust or the scent of race gas, it whirs down the track. It should cover the quarter mile in the low-8-second range at over 170 mph. A dedicated straight-line machine, this prototy...
Watson Racing Presents the Ford Performance Cobra Jet Showdown at the NMRA/NMCA All-American Nationals in 2020
Twice-a-year Ford Performance Cobra Jets gather to celebrate the heritage and racing tradition of the famed factory drag race vehicle. The bi-annual Ford Performance Cobra Jet Showdown presented by Watson Racing launches into action during the Nitrous Supply NMRA/NMCA All-American Nationals August 27-30, 2020 at Summit Motorsports Park (Norwalk, Ohio). For the ninth year in a row the biggest na...
Gen 3 Coyote Engine Announcement for Holley NMRA Ford Nationals 2021
In 2017, the NMRA Technical Department announced the transition to the Gen 2 Coyote engine for Coyote Stock with a guaranteed 4-year run without an engine change. In accordance with that announcement and its timeline, along with the expected depleted production of Gen 2 Coyote engines, the G-Force Racing Transmissions Coyote Stock eliminator will add the Gen 3 Coyote engine to the list of approved...
Watson Racing Presents the Ford Performance Cobra Jet Showdown at the 2020 NMRA Spring Break Shootout
It is no surprise that the world's largest Ford motorsport event series celebrates Ford's most powerful vehicle the Cobra Jet. Watson Racing will once again present the Ford Performance Cobra Jet Showdown and it happens February 27-March 1, 2020 at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, Florida during the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout. This ninth annual showdown is open to both vintag...
Project Update #PureEvil Goes 8.85 at 152 mph, sets New NA Coyote Record
By Michael Galimi Photos by the Author and Dave Milcarek A few weeks ago we teased on social media'dyno testing of Project #PureEvil's new engine combination, dubbed PE-2. It sounded rowdy, angry, and it crushed last year's combination by a wide margin. The new Rich Groh Racing masterpiece has more of everything and produced 744rwhp on JPC Racing s chassis dyno. For those keeping score that ...
Watson Racing Presents the Ford Performance Cobra Jet Showdown at the NMRA Spring Break Shootout
The NMRA Keystone Automotive Ford Nationals is proud to announce that Watson Racing will once again host a special Ford Performance Cobra Jet Showdown that will run at the Nitto Tire NMRA Spring Break Shootout event at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Bradenton, FL, the weekend of March 2-5, 2017. Watch as Cobra Jets from all around the U.S. converge on Bradenton Motorsports Park and set their combi...
NMRA and Ford Performance Announcement about Gen II Coyote Stock Engine
NMRA officials have been discussing the Gen II Coyote Stock engine with the engineers at Ford Performance and some issues that have developed this year. For proper performance of the cam phasers and chain tensioners, Ford Performance Parts requires the use of Motorcraft SAE 5W-50 Full Synthetic XO-5W50-QGT or equivalent oil and fill the engine with eight quarts of oil along with adding a new oil f...
Friday Coverage 15th Annual NMRA SuperNationals | Presented by Edelbrock
It is Battleground: Ohio for the NMRA Drag Racing Series, presented by Keystone Automotive, as the series begins the second half of the season in the six-race championship competition. The NMRA SuperNationals goes down this weekend at National Trail Raceway, located just outside the city limits of Columbus, Ohio. Pictured above, the NMRA crew lays down a fresh layer of VP Racing Fuels Lane Choi...
James Webb's New Family-Focused Coyote Stock Build
Written by Ainsley Jacobs When James Webb's son, Cru, was born almost 17 years ago, he voluntarily made the decision to sell his car and focus on being a father and husband instead. Now that Cru is grown, Webb is getting back into the swing of things and taking the rest of the family along for the ride. Hailing from Parma, Ohio, Webb picked up his 87 Mustang nearly a decade ago. I'm the se...
Building Power with Brenspeed
Recently we kicked off a short series project to turn a mild street/street 2008 Mustang GT into a 10-second rocket. The goal was to highlight the potential of a real world Three- Valve engine combination, which is often overlooked in today's big power Coyote market. The boys at Brenspeed completed the 326ci long-block, which is like a mountain motor in the 4.6L market. Now, the Indiana-based speci...
Hooker Headers and Tim Matherly Combine Efforts in 2016
Last year's SEMA Show saw over 2,500 new products get unveiled and one company that was responsible for nearly a dozen of those products was Hooker Headers. The legendary brand has been revived by parent company Holley Performance Parts and with it is an entirely new line called BlackHeart. The company is targeting the late-model market with high-quality and excellent performance. As Hooker Bl...
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