RPM Magazine is proud to present this Special Issue displaying 5 Breeds of Foxes!!
BIONIC BODYSHOP REBUILD – Frank Tankalavage put this 1985 Mustang back together, better, faster, stronger. After starting his own autobody business, Tankalavage was approached about buying one of his customer’s cars that had recently been in an accident…and so began the rebuild of his 1985 Mustang into the beast you see pictured here.
FOX BODY FIREPOWER – Jesse Raes’ Mustang is a prime example of the Fox Body Mustang and the versatility that they hold in grassroots sportsman drag racing. Raes told us he has around 25 years of being involved in the car hobby dating back to going to the dragstrip with his father and helping him work on his Pro Street 1964 Chevy Chevelle.
LSA = LOTS OF SUPERCHARGED ACTION – Michael Winterer’s little 1.9 liter supercharger helps push his pony to 8-second ETs. LS swaps and Fox Body Mustangs go together like peas and carrots, but when it comes to equipping said engine with a power adder, it seems as though nitrous oxide injection and turbochargers are ….
COOL COYOTE – Tim Flanders’ Stang is about as Ford as you can get, now! The first line of this story will shock many readers but here it is, “The car had a 454 ci LS engine that I ran naturally aspirated before my 2019 rebuild, when I put in a boosted Ford Coyote engine,” said Tim Flanders.
BOOSTED INTENTIONS – Corrado Lentinello’s ProCharged Fox Body sets records & takes names! Lentinello’s 89 Fox Body hatchback started as a father/son project to build a fast street car and ended up as a heavily boosted record setting small tire street brawler on the track.
