Deep Impact Jason Davis makes a big impression on the NMRA Limited Street Class with his 2015 Mustang GT Written by Steve Baur Photography by Kevin DiOssi The NMRA's JDM Engineering Limited Street class has been hugely popular, and despite the relatively limited rule set, the pace at which its entrants have progressed has been staggering. Florida's Jason Davis is one of those Limited Stree...

Linked In Breaking down the Haltech Nexus R5 Vehicle Control Unit in a 7-second Mustang Written by Michael Galimi Photography by the author The integration and merging of technology is happening across all areas of our lives, some of it is readily apparent and some of it is not so obvious. Home entertainment used to be a simple television set, and after 50 years, it is being shoved aside by ...

The 2021 Holley NMRA and NMCA season openers are fast approaching, and the Clearwater, Florida-based Real Speed Racing crew is gearing up for a three-car attack on both events. Real Speed's Walter Drakeford leads the crew with his 1986 Fox-Body Mustang, which has been outfitted with quite a few upgrades since last year's events. The parts overhaul started with a trick Frazier's Fabrication &...

In 1817, the German engineer Dietrich Uhlhorn invented a device to measure machine speed and it was dubbed the tachometer. Fast forward to the 1960s and the first golden age of hot rodding saw its use became common in all types of vehicles. By the time the Mustang boom kicked off in the 1990s, an Auto Meter Monster Tach and corresponding shift-light became commonplace, along with a cowl-mounted fu...

With a crisp, clear and full color display, the all new Haltech IC-7 Display Dash lets you see things in a brand new way. Designed and manufactured in Australia with motoring enthusiasts in mind, the IC-7 offers market-leading features in a unique, state-of-the-art package. Featuring auto-dimming ambient light reactive brightness, user-programmable multi-colour shift light bar, the IC-7 connect...

Written by Phillip Thomas Photography courtesy of Haltech When you're looking at big-power mechanical injection or carburetion, it sometimes feels like being a boulder sitting on the banks of a river as the march of technology flows around you. While we've seen a rapid growth of EFI products and their capabilities, management systems that are tailored for mechanical injection and carburetion...

Apart from fixing known bugs Haltech has added a host of additional features and functions to the Elite series ECUs. And like most software and firmware updates from EFI manufacturers, the update is free! For those unaware, the difference between firmware and software is that firmware updates the ECU while software updates relate to the computer program on your laptop. In order to update your E...

The inevitable bucket list always has a pie-in-the-sky entry that daydreamers wish for, but likely never experience. So when Randy Seward hatched his plan of a cross-country trip to visit 47 drag strips in just over two months time, it sounded too magical to most gearheads. Adding more doubt would be to do it in Seward's 8-second 92 Mustang with no trailer and no support car. Read about his of...

If you've been around the NMRA circuit, then no doubt you are familiar with Mike Jovanis and his 1989 Mustang. Up until recently he used a mess of electronic boxes to control a DiSomma Racing Engines-built 347ci small-block and Forced Inductions 88mm turbo. EFI was controlled by a Haltech Platinum Sport 2000, which was aided by MSD Grid and an AMS 1000. For the 2016 race season he planned to simpl...

As the gates opened at Bradenton Motorsports Park, the VP Racing Fuels Street Outlaw field got friendly with a new racer, Vinny Palazzolo out of R&S Automotive Specialists. The Pennsylvania-based competitor quickly made his presence known by scoring a runner-up finish in the hotly contested category and has quickly pushed his steed into the 4.40s at speeds well over 160 mph. Palazzolo's ins...