Description:

NASCAR/ Stockcar, 1998 Thunderbird, built in Australia by Tom Smith to race at the Thunderdome/ Calder Park Raceway. Raced by Terry Wyhoon as in BP trim.Currently set up for road course.Qualified and Competed at Twin Rings Japan. Has roof flaps for super speedway. Won it's last race at The Thunderdome (Victoria Australia) in 2001 and has since been fully rebuilt and used as a promo/dyno car for the last 4 years. Appeared at opening of Hooters Restaurants in Australia 357 Ford Dry sump Engine, Allow C3 cylinder heads,. 700hp and 500Ft lbs. 9.5:1 Currently running a 95 DBA Exhaust (4 Hot dogs)with side pipes. Butler built alloy seat Currently running, great sounding, great driving car.
Performance Data

• Winston West/ AUSCAR
  
• 3400 lbs
  
• 27 sec
  
• Thunderdome
  

Engine

• Mat Lagoon
  
• Ford
  
• V8 OHV
  
• 357
  
• +700
  
• 495
  
• 830 hp cfm Holley
  
• Ford C 3 High port
  
• 351W
  
• 4 bolt splayed
  
• Bryant
  
• Carillo 6.2
  
• JE
  
• flat tappet solid own grind
  
• Dalwest stainless
  
• Crane roller rockers with stud girdle
  
• Tilton triple plate 7 1/4
  
• Tilton
  
• Tilton lightweight 1 piece
  
• 4 into one special
  
• 2 dyno
  

Fuel System

• 
  
• ATL
  
• 2001
  
• 22 gallons
  
• Mechanical HP
  
• premium unleaded (98)
  

Oil/Water System

• 3 inch Griffin lightweight
  
• standard, front
  
• Ford HP
  
• Flat air
  
• in front of radiator
  

Electrical System

• Motorcraft with MSD pickup
  
• Autolite
  
• 600 cca calcium
  

Transmission

• Jericho
  
• Y2K
  
• 4
  
• Long
  
• Earls
  
• dyno work only
  
• Trans cooler shares a diff pump
  

Rear End

• Ford
  
• 9" Nodular Large carrier
  
• yes
  
• 4.11
  
• 9 inch modified
  
• Motive gears
  
• 2 SCP floating
  
• dyno only
  

Body

• Steel, f/glass nose & Bumper
  
• white/orange
  
• 2 pak Protec
  
• very good
  
• Alan Kulwicki replica
  

Chassis

• Spaceframe
  
• Race Car Engineering (Tom Smith) Australia
  
• CDS Cold Drawn seamless steel
  
• 1998/painted
  
• very good
  
• Stockcar, new
  
• Stockcar, new
  
• Penske, near new
  
• Willwood 6000 front, Ultralights rear
  
• Stockcar products 14.1
  
• Bassetts, coated
  
• Hoosier stockcar 27.11.15
  

Interior

• white
  
• as per Winston West regulations
  
• yes are per regulations
  
• Simpson 5 point
  
• Autometer
  
• Stockcar products, 14 inch
  
• as new/restored
  

Spares

• none