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Shooting Bullitts and Mach Speed Performances
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| John Joachim • 11.645 at 116.10 | | Hometown: | Biloxi, MS | | Year/model | 2001 Bullitt | | Best-ever e.t.: | 11.5/122 mph | | Weight: | 3,470 lbs | | Engine: | Stock 4.6L | | Built by: | Ford Motor Company | | Tuning: | Custom by Chris Johnson/JMS Chip Company | | Power adder 1: | Vortech SQ-trim | | Max boost: | 10 psi | | Power adder 2: | Compucar Nitrous | | N20 power level: | 30 hp | | Intake manifold: | Stock | | Cylinder heads: | Stock | | Compression ratio: | Stock | | Camshafts: | Custom by SHM | | Ignition: | Stock | | Exhaust: | Bassani X-pipe and Borla cat-back system | | Transmission: | Stock | | Clutch/converter | Spec Stage III/custom built | | Rear type: | 8.8" with 3.90 gears, 31 spline Moser axles, and Eaton | | Wheels: | Bogart D-10 15x3.5 (front) and 15x10 (back) | | Tires F/R: | M/T Sportsman front runners and M/T ET Drag (28x9) | | Suspension front: | Stock | | Suspension rear: | BBK upper and lower control arms with airbag (passenger side) | John Joachim and his friends drove straight through to New Jersey from Biloxi, Mississippi, which is some 24 or so hours away. They were tired but ready to have some fun. While they had visions of blasting off quick times in the cool Northeast fall weather, they spent their time switching computer chips. The car just did not run as it should have that day. Despite the apparent troubles, Joachim was still able to run a best of 11.64 at 116.1 mph with a small shot of nitrous on top of the blower. It wasn't far off from his 11.51 best time and we were happy he made it to Englishtown to participate. The air/fuel ratio was off and the car blew the tires away on the starting line each time, too. Still, an 11.64 from a mostly stock engine combination is not too bad. | Thomas D. Blore • 13.019 at 107.56 | | Hometown: | Island Terrace, NY | | Year/model: | 2001 Bullitt | | Best-ever e.t.: | 13.019/107.56 mph | | Weight: | 3,640 lbs | | Engine: | 5.0L two-valve Modular | | Built by: | VT Racing Engines | | Tuning: | Custom computer chip by Mustang Magic | | Power adder: | N/A | | N20 power level: | N/A | | Intake manifold: | Ported Bullitt intake | | Cylinder heads: | VT Stage 2 cylinder heads | | Compression ratio: | 9.5:1 | | Camshafts: | VT Stage 2 camshafts | | Ignition: | Stock | | Exhaust: | MAC Pro Chamber and cat-back exhaust system | | Transmission: | Stock | | Clutch/converter | King Cobra | | Rear type: | Stock with 3.73 gears | | Wheels: | Stock Bullitt | | Tires F/R: | Nitto 255/45/17 tires all around, NON drag radial Nitto 555 | | Suspension front: | Stock | | Suspension rear: | Stock | Remember when we said earlier in the story that a few competitors had to pull out of the competition for various reasons? Well, we can thank Thomas Blore for taking a day off from work on such short notice in order to fill in a vacant Bullitt spot. Blore competed with the same tires, Nitto 555s, that he drove in off the streets with, and they are not the drag radial-style 555s, either. The car was stock appearing and so mild sounding that you would never even know there was a 5.0L stroker engine under the hood. Blore drove the car flawlessly on the street tires. The Nitto tires would let out a little screech on the launch and on each gearshift. He walked the car out with consistent 2-oh short times. His best 60-foot during the shootout was a 2.02. He tried hard to make it into the 12s on street tires and even removed 100 or so pounds of stereo equipment, but he never achieved his goal as we simply ran out of time. It was quite a valiant effort on his part to run in the 12s but that would have to come another day.
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