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Photo: Drew GibsonFord Chip Ganassi Racing took home a second-place finish in GTLM at the IMSA Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen. Richard Westbrook wheeled the No.67 home, stalking Alexander Sims in the No. 25 BMW all the way to the flag. After starting in P4 the Ganassi Team played their pit...

Once upon a time racing drivers almost never trained. In James Hunt's era drinking and smoking all week was a perfectly acceptable way to prepare for Sunday's race... But as cars became faster and ever more reliable drivers were pushed into the realms of elite athletics in order to physically...

Ford has been smacked with a weight increase and a power reduction ahead of next month's 24 Hours of Le Mans.  According to new Balance of Performance tables effective for the Le Mans Test Day on June 4, the Fords will participate with 20kg of weight ballast added and neutered turbo boost...

Outside of hardcore sportscar dweebs, not many people are familiar with the name Scott Maxwell, and that's a damn shame.  See, Scott Maxwell is the man responsible for the dynamics of countless factory built hot-rod Mustangs, but he's also the man who is single-handedly responsible for the...

Ford's racing boss just randomly denied the American auto giant would make a return to the Formula 1 circus. Dave Pericak, Global director of Ford Performance, cites the series' huge costs as the prohibiting factor even though the current V6 turbo hybrid engine formula would seem to square with...

Poor little EcoBoost.  This hotroded four-cylinder Mustang spilled its guts all over the track shortly after showing its big brother, the Mustang GT, who's boss. The small turbo takes the quarter mile win with a relatively ballistic 11.09 seconds at 122 mph. It was impressive, until it wasn't...

After back to back 1-2 finishes in the WEC rounds at Fuji and Shanghai, the pair of Ford GTs have been slowed in the latest Balance of Performance update.  Sportscar365 is reporting the FIA confirmed the changes on Tuesday, the Fords will get 20kg of ballast weight added, along with a...

The Lone Star Le Mans is one of the biggest sports car events of the season, bringing together both the IMSA and WEC paddocks down at COTA. This was only the second time all four Ford GTs were racing in the same place, the first being their historic GTE-Pro double podium at Le Mans in June. If...

Multimatic factory drivers Scott Maxwell and Billy Johnson took their 5th win of the season and inched ever closer to clinching the IMSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge championship. The Ford duo currently sit 31 points ahead of the second place CJ Wilson Porshce, and with only 35 points...

Hey guys, I am taking my stock rear end (3.31) and upgrading the diff and ring an pinion to the Ford Racing 3.73 gear set. i am also replacing the bearings out with the Ford Racing Kit which uses the better pinion bearing... The current factory pinion shim is .25 and am using it to get a gear...

Second place has never felt like such a loss.  After starting from the back of the field courtesy of a ride height infringement, the No.67 Ford GT of Richard Westbrook and Ryan Briscoe fought its way to the front of the field on the back of smart strategy calls from Ford Chip Ganassi Racing...

Spoke with a Ford Racing Rep today on there site.. Got some information out of him on some new things coming out. Hopefully it actually happens! (This is my first post too, hurray. :grin:)

PRI 2014: Ford Racing's New 4.6 Stroker Short Block and New Z2 Head - StangTV Just saw this on the interwebs and thought I would share. Ford racing revealed they have made a Shortblock that will bump up the displacement of our 4.6L engine to a 5.3L. These block will supposedly be able to mount...

It's been a while since I posted, so I figured I'd show some pictures of my recent additions. Here is the list of everything added: -Nitto NT05R 305/45R18 drag radials -Steeda X11 Ball Joint Kit -Steeda Bumpsteer Kit -Ford Racing Sway Bar Kit -Steeda Adjustable Street Rear Upper Control Arm...

Ok so my original 289 finally bit the dust and I will be in the market for a 347 or 363 stroker this coming winter after i return from the sandbox, so here are the choices i have come to either a 347 or 363 stroker, I am looking for power rang from 400-500rwhp and about same in torque also would...