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8-Ball is a 1965 Mustang coupe that has been rebuilt front to back on camera – everything except the engine. When that finally let go, the replacement was a 331 stroker bought off Facebook Marketplace and advertised at 500 horsepower. Here is what a used-parts swap actually looks like when 1.4 million people are watching.
Most nitrous drag builds start with a Camaro or a Mustang, not a Mercury sedan almost nobody remembers Mercury ever made. This 1979 Zephyr, known on the track as Black Betty, has been quietly running down far more intimidating machinery at Oklahoma’s toughest bracket events. Read on to find out how a small-block-powered compact keeps beating cars that look nothing like it should lose to.
This twin-turbo Ford Falcon, nicknamed the Dirty Bird, runs a stroked 449 cubic inch small-block through a pair of 88mm turbochargers to claim roughly 2,600 horsepower, all while competing on 275-millimeter drag radials at North Star Dragway. Nearly seven million viewers have watched the small-block Ford hold its own in a class often dominated by LS-swapped builds. Watch to see the run that turned this Falcon into a following of its own.