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2009 Nitto Tires King Of The Street
Twelve 'Stangs, 9,253 Horsepower, And Only One King Of The Street
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Nitto Tire King Of The Street It's the May issue, and you know what that means! It's Nitto Tire King of the Street time. Each year at the NMRA World Finals at Beech Bend Raceway, we hold the annual King of the Street competition.
For the KOTS, we round up roughly 10 to 12 of the baddest street Mustangs in America and pit them against each other to choose a winner of the coveted KOTS crown.
OK, so there's not an official crown, but we also don't announce the winner right there at the event, either. A crown is unnecessary anyway; that's not why people enter their Mustangs. It's about prestige, bragging rights, the pride of being 5.0&SF's King of the Street winner for one year. Think of Miss America-without the crown, make-up, high heels, and, thank goodness, swimsuit competition.
The Nitto Tire KOTS is about the car that best bridges the gap between all-out horsepower and everyday driveability. If your Mustang makes 900 hp at the feet but drives like a Super Street Outlaw car, chances are you're not going to win. The same goes for a car that makes 600 hp with grocery-getter driveability. The latter Mustang may score a 10 in the Ride & Drive, but that horsepower level will earn you a low score in the Horsepower category, drastically affecting the car's final score. Other categories factor into the equation, so a competitor can't ace one category and win the competition.
This year the competition was robust, as we had the first Nitto Tire KOTS competitor to make over 1,000 hp at the feet, and another competitor shattered the quarter-mile record with a 9-second pass on the Nittos. How did those two competitors finish? You'll have to keep reading to find out.
He Shoots, He Scores
KOTS scoring revolves around the six categories listed below. Each category is weighted with a specific percentage, resembling how important each is to a competitor's final overall score. The percentages add up to a 100 percent, and each category is judged according to a 100-percent scale, just like when we were in school. The Engineering, Ride & Drive, and Fit & Finish categories are judged to 5.0&SF staffer's discretion. We don't play favorites with anyone, and we aren't easy to please. The Horsepower, Drag Race, and Popular Vote categories are based on finishing order, and scored as such.
I judge the Ride & Drive category, while Editor Turner judges Fit & Finish, and standing in for Tech Editor KJ Jones in the Engineering category is former 5.0&SF tech editor and current editor of Modified Mustang and Fords Mark Houlahan. Mark is a KOTS veteran judge and has even handled the KOTS on his own. We thank him for his willingness to help us judge the KOTS.
For those that want to win a KOTS crown, this is how the categories stack up, so plan accordingly:
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2009 Nitto Tire King of the Street Winner!
Tom Darnell/Erik Radzins
To have 1,000 hp and this kind of driveability should be illegal. Drop the shifter in drive and go. Should the feeling arise, drop the hammer and get ready to steer your arms off. The last thing you want to do with Tom Darnell's '03 Cobra is hit the gas with the wheels turned-that is not a good idea at all. When you mat willing gas pedal, you'll have to steer anyway so you might as well start out pointed straight. Drive the Cobra like Miss Daisy and you'll never know 1,000 hp lies in wait. Tom's Cobra is to the King of the Street competition like Peyton Manning is to the quarterback position-it's the perfect fit.
Tom put his head together with the guys from the House of Boost to bring the Cobra to life. Tom owns NANO-Nitrous, and the House of Boost was founded on providing customers with exactly that-boost, and lots of it. Erik Radzins and Dorian Comeau from the House of Boost are no strangers to KOTS. Erik and Dorian know what we're looking for, and they know how to bring it.
What they brought was the KOTS' first 1,000hp car to actually make 1,000 rwhp at our event. We've had car owners claiming 1,000 hp, but for one reason or another, that number never materialized before now, 2009. Specifically, Tom's twin-turbo Cobra made 1,078 hp, and thanks to its drop-it-in, drive-and-go driveability, it scored a 9 in the Ride & Drive category. Tom and Erik worked on two different Baumannator transmission tunes for the car-one for "around-town" driving and another for "outside-of-town" spirited driving. The "outside-of-town" transmission tune features switches for overdrive and lock-up, but the "around-town" tune allows you to drop the stock-style shifter in drive and go with a fully operational overdrive and lock-up.
The car is amazingly docile and mild-mannered just putting around town-until you slam 20-plus pounds of boost down the Sullivan Performance intake. That's when the E85-fed powerplant shows its muscle. It's a small detail, but even the gas pedal worked like a dream.
With murdered-out Welds, the Cobra's look equaled its sinister nature, but steering prowess was unaffected. The car was just a dream to drive; I wish I could've brought it home. Unfortunately, Erik blew a head gasket in the car during an after-KOTS quarter-mile run. Besides, I don't think Tom wants the car that far from him
The numbers speak for themselves. Tom's Cobra finished the competition with a high score of 91.5. Congrats Tom, Erik, and Dorian.
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5.0 Tech Specs
Engine and Drivetrain
Block: Ford 4.6 aluminum block
Bore: 3.552 in
Stroke: 3.543 in
Displacement: 281 ci
Rotating Assembly: Stock Cobra crankshaft, Manley Performance H-beam connecting rods, JE pistons, Hellfire piston rings
Camshafts: Strictly Performance custom grinds
Heads: Stock '03 Cobra, Strictly Performance-ported/flowed, Manley Performance valves, Comp Cams valvesprings
Intake: Sullivan Performance lower, HPP upper
Throttle Body: Single-blade
Power Adder: HP Performance twin 67mm turbocharger system, ball-bearing turbos, 28 pounds of boost, intercooled, NANO Nitrous by Nitrous Outlet 20-pound competition system 100hp system
Fuel System: Aeromotive Eliminator Pro Stealth fuel system, Sullivan Performance fuel rails, 160-lb/hr fuel injectors
Exhaust: HP Performance headers and H-pipe, DynoMax Bullet 3-in mufflers, Flowmaster 3-in tailpipes
Transmission: 4R70W automatic, Precision Industries Stallion 3,000-rpm stall converter with lock-up, Baumannator TCS, stock automatic shifter
Rearend: Stock IRS, The Driveshaft Shop Level 5 axles, 3.55 gears
Engine Management: Big Stuff 3, House of Boost-tuned
Ignition: Coil-on plug, Taylor spark plug wires, NGK TR6 spark plugs
Gauges: Stock
Jason Struzik
If you haven't figured it out by now, we'll tell you a little secret-twin-turbocharged '03-'04 Cobras do really well in the KOTS. Mike Palugi gave everyone the formula, and they keep coming back. Jason Struzik's '03 Cobra follows Mike's recipe of ditching the factory Eaton in favor of twin turbochargers, but also throws in a pinch of nitrous for a little extra kick. The Schererville, Indiana, resident brought his lovely wife, Cheryl, and the kids, along with his Midwest posse to have some fun in Bowling Green.
Jason's car was the easiest car to start. I don't know why and it seems like a small detail, but every little bit counts. Many KOTS cars take a few rotations to light, but Jason's lit right off with no hesitation. Once underway, the car's McLeod Twin-Disc clutch didn't seem as grabby as other KOTS stick-cars' clutches, but for some reason the handling wasn't as sharp as Tom Darnell's KOTS-winning Cobra, even though both cars shared a similar big 'n' little wheel and tire arrangement.
The convertible suffered from a little cowl shake, which is to be expected from a droptop. However, Jason likes his tunes, so he made sure the car was outfitted as such, including a flip-screen display. The gauge layout was perfect, and the modified stock seats did a fine job of looking good and keeping you planted. However, the shifter was a little forward, which threw off the driver position for me, which was weird because Jason and I are roughly the same height.
As for power, Jason's Cobra made 983 hp courtesy of a Turbo Horsepower twin-turbo kit, a little spray, and Bob Kurgan's tuning. On the Ride & Drive, the power was linear, giving me a chance to prepare for the onslaught of boost. The car was a pleasure to drive, but not as easy or grin-inducing as Tom's Cobra. That's why it scored an 8 in the Ride & Drive segment. It finished second in the Horsepower segment, earning the high score there, and it finished with 9s in both the Fit & Finish and Engineering categories.
As you can see, the only category Jason's car didn't do well in is the Drag Race portion. That's because he broke a belt tensioner in the burnout box. However, his good wife Cheryl and his Midwest posse lobbied for votes all weekend, and the work paid off with a high score in the Popular Vote segment. Jason finished with a final score of 87.5.
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5.0 Tech Specs
Engine and Drivetrain
Block: Stock Iron
Bore: 3.552 in
Stroke: 3.543 in
Displacement: 281 ci
Rotating Assembly: Stock
Camshafts: Stock
Heads: Stock
Intake: Sullivan Performance
Throttle Body: Accufab
Mass Air Meter: SCT
Power Adder: Turbo Horsepower twin-turbocharger kit, 57mm Garrett turbochargers, intercooled, ZEX wet nitrous kit, 75hp shot until boost hits 10 pounds
Fuel System: Twin Walbro 255-lph fuel pumps, Sullivan Performance fuel rails, RC 75-lb/hr fuel injectors, Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator
Exhaust: Turbo Horsepower headers and custom intermediate pipe, and Bassani Xhaust after-cat
Transmission: D&D Performance-built T56, McLeod Twin-Disc ceramic clutch and pressure plate, and Hurst shifter
Rearend: Solid-Axle conversion 8.8, Strange Engineering differential, Strange 31-spline axles, and 3.27 gears
Engine Management: Stock Computer, SCT handheld, Kurgan Motorsports-tuned
Ignition: Stock, NGK BR7EFS spark plugs
Gauges: Stock, Auto Meter boost, fuel pressure, and air/fuel
Jeff Schmell
The last car I drove was the Shelby GT500 of Jeff Schmell, whose name should be no stranger to any 5.0&SF reader. Jeff is a veteran of these pages thanks to his racing exploits with the NMRA. His GT500 was a royal blast to drive. If you ever get the chance to drive a heavily boosted GT500, do it. You'll be able to have the same fun I did at the wheel of Jeff's Shelby.
With the loud pedal down, I am sure Jeff's Shelby would have John Force checking to see if his funny car was running it's that loud. If it were my car, I wouldn't have a license. The cops would know me better than they already do. I don't think I would be able to drop to the next gear and sneak through town, but the Shelby does get a bit quieter when putzin' down Broadway.
Thanks to the instant Whipple boost, First and Second gear are useless on the street, and Third and Fourth are a hold-on-a-thon. Ever the racer, Jeff's clutch pedal travel was greatly reduced, and the car's shifter probably featured the shortest throw I've ever experienced.
A map to Third gear was not necessary. What is needed though, and Jeff's Shelby has it, is a shift light. The rpm comes up so fast, you can't watch the tach and drive at the same time. This sort of acceleration mandates a shift light.
Jeff's car reacted well to driver input, and of course, the brakes are glorious, which was reassuring with this much power on tap. This Shelby hit most of the right buttons, which is reflected in each segment's score, and the overall final score.
Jeff's ride finished with an 8 in the Ride & Drive; by making 775 hp, he finished with a 9 in that category. He had a pair of 8s in the Fit & Finish and Engineering categories; with a 10.66/134 mph pass, he finished with a 9 in the Drag Race category. In the Popular Vote, he finished mid-pack with just 23 votes for a score of 6. Jeff's final score came in at 81.5.
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5.0 Tech Specs
Engine and Drivetrain
Block: Ford 4.6 aluminum block
Bore: 3.552 in
Stroke: 3.543 in
Displacement: 281 ci
Camshafts: Ford stock grind
Heads: Ford ported and polished aluminum with three-angle valve job
Intake: Kinsler eight-stack
Power Adder: Twin Precision turbos
Fuel System: FRPP
Exhaust: SPO stainless steel
Transmission: G-Force six-speed
Rearend: Ford 9-inch with Strange axles
Engine Management: MegaSquirt II, Power by the Hour-tuned
Ignition: MSD 6AL and distributor
Gauges: Stock cluster and gauges; Auto Meter Phantom boost, oil pressure, and water temp
Sergio Rojas
The '89 Saleen of Sergio Rojas represented well for the Fox crowd. We thought the days of a Fox-body doing well in the KOTS were long gone, but Sergio's Saleen showed us the old girls aren't going anywhere.
Built primarily at Power by the Hour in South Florida (you'll be hearing more of that name), Sergio's Saleen did well for itself, despite Sergio playing "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes during the Ride & Drive. Seriously Sergio, my older brothers would've loved it, but I'm a little more up to date. Ride & Drive points took a hit there (just kidding). The stereo rocked; the song didn't.
The car's seats weren't ready for my big behind, either. I knew I was putting on a few pounds, but the driver's seat told me, "One at a time, please." Thankfully, it was wide enough for me to find a temporary home behind the wheel. The car wasn't used to someone my height, either. However, the seat moved back far enough to remedy that issue.
The car's steering was effortless, and for a Fox car, it had a nice turning radius. The Cobra brakes worked well, and it was nice to have an automatic car without a manual valve body for a change.
Under boost, the transmission shifted like a hot knife through butter, but it ate itself on the dyno during the Horsepower segment, roasting Third and Fourth gears in the 4R70W.
Still, the Saleen's driving experience lived up to the billing. A single-turbo 331 with a silky-smooth automatic is hard to beat for an everyday car. The car ran cool, had functional A/C, nice gauges, and an automatic shifter that looked like a manual. Sergio's Saleen was just missing a couple hundred horsepower, a fully operational transmission, and perhaps a few Fit & Finish upgrades to bring down the vaunted twin-turbo modulars.
As it was, Sergio's Saleen finished with an 8 in the Ride & Drive, a 7 in the Horsepower segment with 767 hp. With a bum transmission he still ran an impressive 11.21, but at just 104 mph to finish with a 6 in the Drag Race segment thanks to the hurt trans. With a 9 in the Popular Vote, Sergio's Saleen most certainly struck a chord with those in attendance.
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5.0 Tech Specs
Engine and Drivetrain
Block: Dart
Bore: 4.030 in
Stroke: 3.25 in
Displacement: 331 ci
Rotating Assembly: Eagle 4340 crankshaft and rods, Diamond Racing pistons
Camshaft: Cam Motion custom grind
Heads: TEA-ported Trick Flow Twisted Wedge 205 with 2.05/1.60 valves and Crane Gold Race rockers
Intake: Edelbrock Victor EFI
Throttle Body: Accufab 75mm
Power Adder: Power by the Hour single-turbo system w/Garrett GT-42R 76mm single turbo, air-to-air intercooler, and 16 pounds of boost
Fuel System: Twin Bosch 392 fuel pumps, 1/2-inch feed, 3/8-inch return fuel lines, sumped fuel tank, Aeromotive fuel rails and regulator, and RCA 75-lb/hr injectors
Exhaust: Power by the Hour turbo headers and Y-pipe; Magnaflow cats, mufflers, and tailpipes
Transmission: Power by the Hour 4R70W w/Baumannator controller, and FTI 3,200-rpm stall converter
Rearend: 8.8 w/Moser Engineering 31-spline axles, '03-'04 Cobra differential, and Ford Racing 3.27 gears
Engine Management: DiabloSport Predator
Ignition: Ford ECU with Diablo tune
Gauges: Defi Heads-up gauge display
Brandon Rakestraw
I can always count on the Georgia boys to bring out something wicked, but not quite this wicked.
Scotty Seals and the boys brought the second Fox to compete in this year's KOTS: Brandon Rakestraw's '89 Fox coupe. Instead of a 331 like Sergio's Saleen, Brandon's coupe came built to the hilt with a twin-turbocharged 408 Windsor under the hood. The 'Dawgs started barking the minute they got out the truck, and Brandon's coupe did plenty of biting too.
First off, Brandon's coupe is most likely the rowdiest car I've even driven. I've never driven an NMRA Super Street Outlaw car, but I would have to guess it's pretty close to what one would be like on the street. The car simply wouldn't turn, it was loud, the A/C didn't work, and throttle was either on or off. The manual steering would make Popeye out of Miley Cyrus, and the big 'n' littles didn't help the cause. Brandon probably drives the car a lot back home, but it's nothing I would want to drive on a daily basis.
Somehow I don't think the guys were going for a 10 in the Ride & Drive category. Scotty wanted to shatter the KOTS Drag Race record of 10.31 at 133 mph held by Mark Magnuson with a single-digit pass.
I am happy to report he did exactly that with a 9.88 at 151 mph. Unfortunately, it wasn't a clean pass. The hoodpins couldn't handle the single-digit truth, and the hood flew back into the windshield and the top of the car. Thankfully, a full cage saved Scotty from being hurt, and a full-face helmet kept debris from doing any bodily damage.
Afterward, Scotty and the crew were in no mood to stick around and partake in the Popular Vote segment. We told the guys that the car would surely win that segment on sheer looks alone, and I stick by that argument, but understandably, they packed up and headed for home.
The Ride & Drive result was obvious, but the car made 862 hp, scoring a 10 in that category. The car did well in the Fit & Finish and Engineering categories since it was a wickedly clean and well-detailed coupe. Of course, the car scored a 12 in the Drag Race portion, but brought up the rear with no votes in the Popular Vote category thanks to a no-show. Brandon's coupe finished with a final score of 76.
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5.0 Tech Specs
Engine and Drivetrain
Block: Dart
Displacement: 408 ci
Rotating Assembly: Scat crank and rods
Camshaft: Custom grind
Heads: Edelbrock Victor Jr
Intake: Edelbrock Victor EFI
Power Adder: Twin turbos
Fuel System: Aeromotive
Exhaust: Custom
Transmission: 4R70W
Rearend: 8.8, Moser 31-spline axles
Engine Management: Big Stuff 3
Ignition: MSD
Gauges: Stock, Auto Meter
Ryan Tutor
Editor Turner brought news of Ryan Tutor's '98 Saleen after seeing the car at Mustang Week 2009. After I received the pictures of the car, I knew Ryan's Saleen was a perfect KOTS candidate.
What's not to like about it? It has a 5.4 with Ford GT heads and cams, a T56, and two big turbos. It's also nicely detailed, and oh yeah, it came with big horsepower claims as well. It was an odds-on favorite.
Ryan bought the Saleen in 2003, and it's been through a myriad of engine and power-adder combinations. Fastlane Motorsports has been an integral part of the process every step of the way. Fastlane's Melvin, Caleb, and Jim are responsible for making Ryan's mechanical dreams come true. "I am fortunate to have such a well-rounded shop so close to me," Ryan says. He's also fortunate to have his understanding wife, Kelly, and daughter Katie, as well.
So how did Fastlane Motorsports do? I would say they did a fantastic job. Sorry to sound European, but Ryan's Saleen is an excellent road car. The car features a fully operational A/C and all accessories, nice brakes, a Viper-spec T56, and 3.31 gears. All these attributes make the Saleen awesome on the highway. The tuning was spot-on, and the Pro-5.0 shifter worked like a dream. The car is devoid of a rollcage so getting in and out was a non-issue. Mach 1 seats also made for a comfortable ride. The gauges were nicely laid out, and the car ran cool all through our Ride & Drive test loop.
The only things I found "wrong" with Ryan's Saleen were that the clutch was a little chattery, and its release was tough to modulate. The only other complaint is it seemed the car's turning radius was rather inflated. In other words, doing a U-turn in the car would require a little more room than other cars, including those in the KOTS.
Drama arrived when Ryan's car hit the Modular Depot Dynojet. We had heard of 1,000-plus out of the combination, but here the dyno measured 772 hp. Speculations were made, but in the end, it is what it is-772 hp is what I had to go with. I heard from more than one person that witnessed the car make way more back at Fastlane, but unfortunately, it didn't make that power at KOTS, and that's when it counts.
As such, the Horsepower segment really hurt Ryan's final score, as did his Drag Race score, but on his second drag pass, the Saleen broke several driveline components going into Fourth gear, so he had to use his first run, which was an 11.34 at 126 mph, giving him a 3 in the Drag Race category. Ryan's Saleen scored really well in most of the categories, and with a 9 in the Popular Vote, it was obviously a crowd favorite. The Saleen finished the competition with a score of 76.
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5.0 Tech Specs
Engine and Drivetrain
Block: Iron 5.4
Bore: 3.552 in
Stroke: 4.165 in
Displacement: 330 ci
Rotating Assembly: Forged steel crankshaft, Oliver billet connecting rods, CP pistons, Total Seal piston rings
Camshafts: Ford GT
Heads: Ford GT, Fastlane Motorsports-ported
Intake: Sullivan Performance, Kris Starnes-modified
Throttle Body: Accufab single-blade
Mass Air Meter: SCT 3000
Power Adder: Fastlane Motorsports-built HP Performance twin-turbo system w/Garrett Big Kahuna 67mm turbochargers,and 28 pounds of boost
Fuel System: Aeromotive Pro-Series fuel system, Earl's lines, Sullivan Performance fuel rails, Lucas low-impedence 120-lb/hr injectors
Exhaust: Fastlane Motorsports custom headers w/X-shape crossover pipe, DynoMax Ultra-Flo mufflers, and Fastlane Motorsports-custom tailpipes
Transmission: T56 six-speed, SPEC Twin-Disc clutch and P-Trim pressure plate, Pro-5.0 shifter
Rearend: 8.8 w/Detroit Locker True-Trac differential, 3.31 gears, and Moser 31-spline axles
Engine Management: Stock computer w/Versafueler injector driver, Fastlane Motorsports/SCT custom tune
Ignition: Stock w/MSD coil packs and spark plug wires, and NGK TR6 spark plugs
Gauges: Stock, Auto Meter Phantom boost and fuel pressure gauges
Jake Long
When someone that's been in the Mustang hobby a long time and driven some really fast cars says you have to check out this guy's car, I tend to listen. Such was the case of Jake Long and his '97 Cobra.
UPR Products' Jeremy Martorella told me I needed to check out a Cobra from his area. When Jeremy began describing the car, I realized I already knew about it, but Jeremy telling me how nice the car made me feel more comfortable choosing it for the KOTS. I had already received pictures of Jake's car, and was really taken aback by its mechanical upgrades. The included YouTube videos confirmed Jake's car was perfect for KOTS.
Looking at Jake's car from the outside, you'd keep walking. However, taking a look under the hood will keep you there for a while-both turbos are located right behind the driver-side headlight. Then check out the 16 injectors for the E85 in concert with the eight 24-lb/hr injectors for 87-octane fuel. And how about that custom intake? Jake did it all under the roof of his shop Power by the Hour in Boynton Beach, Florida.
He bought the Cobra pretty much stock a couple years back, and he's finally at a point where he just wants to drive and enjoy it. I have to say Jake's Cobra was one of my favorite cars. Since my daily car is an SN-95 Mustang, I felt right at home, and Jake's was a car you could simply drop in drive and go. With the windows up and A/C blasting, I could've easily confused Jake's car for a stock 15-second automatic-but hit the throttle and both downpipes open up, the E85 fuel system takes over, and everything else on the road gets really small.
What really impressed me was the attention to detail. The cruise-control buttons work the stereo, and using Bluetooth technology, the stereo also serves as the phone. During the Ride & Drive portion, the stereo suddenly started ringing. With just the touch of a button, Jake and I were taking a pizza order from one his buddies back at the track. It was a joke, but also a demonstration of one of its cool features, which are numerous.
On the whole, I don't have room to tell you all the details of Jake's Cobra. What I can tell you is that it's one of the cars I would've loved to take home with me. It perfectly blends horsepower with everyday driveability.
Obviously, Jake's car did really well in the Ride & Drive, with a score of 9 in that category. With 642 hp at the feet, it scored a low 3 in that all-important category. More power would've definitely improved his overall score. With his sleeper exterior, Editor Turner gave him a 7 in Fit & Finish, while the car's technical merits earned it a 9 in Engineering.
After also lunching his 4R70W during the Horsepower competition, Jake only had First and Second gears. Through those gears, we could see the 9-second potential, but without Third and Fourth, he had to coast to the finish line with an 11.29 at 101 mph for a score of 4. Obviously onlookers loved Jake's Cobra, garnering 47 votes for an 11 in that category. Jake finished the competition with a 69.
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5.0 Tech Specs
Engine and Drivetrain
Block: Ford 4.6 aluminum block
Bore: 3.582 in
Stroke: 3.543 in
Displacement: 286 ci
Rotating Assembly: Stock Cobra crankshaft, Manley Performance H-Beam connecting rods, Diamond Racing pistons, Total Seal piston rings
Camshafts: Ford Racing FR500
Heads: Power by the Hour-ported stock Four-Valve heads, Ford Racing FR500 valvesprings
Intake: Power by the Hour-custom
Throttle Body: Stock
Mass Air Meter: Pro-M
Power Adder: Power by the Hour custom twin-turbo system, Master Power 60mm turbochargers, intercooled
Fuel System: Magnafuel pump (E85), Stock fuel pump (87 octane), custom lines and rails for both E85 and 87 octane fuel systems, 16 60-lb/hr fuel injectors for E85, stock 24-lb/hr injectors for 87 octane, Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator for E85, stock regulator for 87 octane
Exhaust: Power by the Hour exhaust system w/Magnaflow mufflers and Dr. Gas tailpipes
Transmission: Power by the Hour-built 4R70W automatic w/FTI 3,000-rpm stall converter, and a stock shifter
Rearend: 8.8 w/'03-'04 Cobra differential, 3.55 gears, and Moser 31-spline axles
Engine Management: MegaSquirt (E85), stock computer (87 octane)
Ignition: Coil-on plug, NGK TR6 spark plugs
Gauges: Stock with wideband
Fred Cook/Nelson Whitlock Jr.
The first '10 Shelby GT500 I drove was Nelson Whitlock Jr.'s for the KOTS. After driving Nelson's Shelby, a stock GT500 would probably be a bit like meeting Kobe Bryant after meeting Michael Jordan. A stock GT500 is cool (Bryant), but one with a Kenne Bell supercharger and almost 700 hp at the wheels (Jordan) trumps a stock GT500 any day. Making this much power with a mostly stock vehicle should be illegal in all 50 states, but that's where technology has brought us.
Thanks to the Kenne Bell, the GT500 is ready to go at the mere thought of hitting the gas. Once you do hit the throttle, you're gone. Like the throttle response, everything about the car was right on. In my notes, I had no complaints on the car. Everything worked like factory. Nelson's GT500 already had a cage, but it was equipped with swing-out door bars so entry and exit was easy. Since it was a '10 GT500, the brakes and handling were superb.
The car was a blast to drive, so it did well in the Ride & Drive category with a 9, but 689 hp scored it in the bottom half with a 4. Since the exterior and engine were mostly stock, the Fit & Finish and Engineering scores were on the low scale with 6s in both categories. With an 11.08/133-mph pass, Evolution Performance's Nelson Whitlock Jr. nestled it in with a 7 in the Drag Race category. It scored well with the Mustang public too-a 7 in the Popular Vote category.
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Engine and Drivetrain
Block: Ford 5.4
Bore: 3.552 in
Stroke: 4.165 in
Displacement: 330 ci
Rotating Assembly: Stock GT500
Camshafts: Stock
Heads: Stock
Intake: Stock
Power Adder: Kenne Bell Mammoth
Throttle Body: Evolution Performance
Fuel System: Stock
Exhaust: Stock
Transmission: T6060 six-speed
Rearend: Stock 8.8
Engine Management: Stock computer, Evolution Motorsports-tuned
Ignition: Stock
Gauges: Stock
Tim Bronchetti
A veteran of the KOTS, Tim Bronchetti came this year with his '07 Shelby GT500. Like the Fox GT he brought a few years back, his GT500 was black. Thankfully, the GT500 didn't have a red interior like his prior KOTS Fox car. Similar to Nelson's GT500, Tim's GT500 was pretty much stock, but with a TVS supercharger. We wanted to see how the TVS would stack up against the other power adders represented in the KOTS.
It compared well to its boosted brethren. In my notes I wrote that the car accelerated like crazy. I shouldn't have been surprised: Combine a positive-displacement blower with 3.73 gears and you're going to have crazy-like acceleration. However, the gears were a little on the noisy side, and the clutch was a little grabby coming out of First. That's to be expected, but it was also the only time you noticed the clutch's grab.
Like Jeff Schmell's GT500, Tim's Shelby sounded pissed at the world under throttle, but when just cruising around, it was a more subtle. Tim might be able to sneak through town back home in New York.
What's amazing about cars like Tim's is that other than the TVS supercharger, the exhaust, the 3.73 gears, and the tuning, the car's stock; yet it made 694 hp at the wheels on Modular Depot's Dynojet. There are not too many readily available, affordable cars capable of that.
Since the car was easy to drive, Tim's GT500 scored an 8 in the Ride & Drive; even with 694 hp at the wheels, that still put him in the bottom tier with a 5 in the Horsepower category. With its stock exterior, Tim's GT500 scored a modest 6 in Fit & Finish, but rebounded with an 8 in the Engineering category. With a 10.86 at 132 mph, Tim's GT500 finished with an 8 in the Drag Race category, but not too many were impressed with the car since it only earned 2 votes in the Popular Vote category. Tim's final score was a 63.5.
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Engine and Drivetrain
Block: Stock GT500 iron
Bore: 3.552 in
Stroke: 4.165 in
Displacement: 330 ci
Rotating Assembly: Stock
Camshafts: Stock
Heads: Stock Shelby GT500
Throttle Body: Mono-blade
Mass Air Meter: Ford Racing Performance Parts
Power Adder: Ford Racing TVS supercharger
Fuel System: Stock
Exhaust: Long-tube headers and X-shape crossover pipe
Transmission: T6060 six-speed
Rearend: Stock 8.8, 3.73 gears
Engine Management: Stock Computer
Ignition: Stock
Gauges: Stock
Diego Castro
Completing the Power by the Hour trifecta is Diego Castro. He sent the initial applications for his South Florida brethren, yet he's the one bringing up the rear of the three. It doesn't seem fair, but that's the way the ball bounces in this case.
Diego's '00 GT wears genuine Saleen ground effects, and also twin turbos over a built Four-Valve. Jake at Power by the Hour built Diego's car as well, so it follows the recipe, and what a recipe it is.
Diego's car was devoid of a cage; getting in and out was a piece of cake. Once in, the stock and Auto Meter gauges in a Speed of Sound gauge pod greet you with a smile. During the Ride & Drive, the only gauge to get our attention was the tach-the needle swung to the right as quick as a Floyd Mayweather Jr. punch. I left a few thousand miles worth of Nitto rubber on the road leading to Beech Bend Raceway "testing" the car's driveability. Acceleration easily surpassed requirements.
Like many of the other turbo cars in KOTS, Diego's car is docile out of boost, and since it's a 4R70W car, you could hand the keys to pretty much anyone and send them on their way. The transmission shifted perfect on the Ride & Drive, and Diego's car didn't suffer the same transmission damage as his fellow Power by the Hour delegates during the dyno portion of the competition. All accessories worked as they should; the only issue I had with the car was the front end made a little racket going over bumps.
Ultimately, what hurt Diego's score was his GT's lack of big power, which came in at 638 hp to give him a bottom-scraping 2 in the Horsepower segment. The car earned an 8 in the Ride & Drive, while earning a pair of 7s in the Fit & Finish and Engineering (tough crowd). With a stellar 10.07 at 141 mph, he scored an 11 in the Drag Race category, but his GT didn't seem to arouse the crowd, garnering only 11 votes to finish with a 4 in the Popular Vote. Diego finished with a 61.
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Engine and Drivetrain
Block: Ford 4.6 Teksid aluminum block
Bore: 3.572 in
Stroke: 3.543 in
Displacement: 283 ci
Rotating Assembly: Cobra crankshaft, Manley Performance connecting rods, CP pistons, Total Seal piston rings
Camshafts: Stock '03 Cobra
Heads: Stock '03 Cobra
Intake: '01 Cobra
Mass Air Meter: Pro-Flow
Power Adder: Power by the Hour-built twin turbocharger system w/Twin Precision 60mm turbos, HP Performance intercooler, 20 pounds of boost
Fuel System: Twin Ford GT supercar fuel pumps, -8 fuel lines, CPR fuel rails, 60-lb/hr injectors
Exhaust: HP Performance headers modified by Power by the Hour w/custom X-shape crossover pipe; Magnaflow mufflers and tailpipes
Transmission: Power by the Hour-built 4R70W automatic w/FTI 3,800-rpm stall converter and stock shifter
Rearend: 8.8 w/Eaton posi, 3.31 gears, Moser Engineering 31-spline axles
Engine Management: Stock computer w/DiabloSport software
Ignition: Stock w/Weapon-X coils and NGK TR6 spark plugs
Gauges: Stock, Auto Meter, Speed of Sound gauge pod
Jim D'Amore III
The D'Amore name should be no stranger to Mustang fans. Jim D'Amore's family owns JDM Engineering, a New Jersey shop responsible for some wicked Mustangs.
Jim the Third brought his '06 Saleen S281 to the KOTS party, which is the same car he competes on the NMRA tour. I was skeptical about Jim's "race" car performing in the KOTS, but the car did well where I didn't think it would, which is on the street.
With an Edelbrock E-Force super-charger, the power delivery of Jim's Saleen was comparable to the other positive-displacement superchargers on other KOTS competitors' cars. Jim's Saleen boasted a stock 5R55S automatic transmission, but with the Edelbrock, power was available everywhere in the rpm range. The transmission, which featured a Precision Industries converter, hit pretty hard at times, but under acceleration, it delivered the power and came back for more at every stab of the throttle.
With a mixture of suspension goodies from Saleen Racecraft, QA1, Metco Motorsports, and a BMR Fabrication antiroll bar, Jim's Saleen handled well, even with the Holeshot big 'n' littles. Since Jim regularly races the car, it had a cage, but with swing-outs and stock seat belts, so we didn't deduct any points in that area.
An area that stuck out during the Ride & Drive was the car's Saleen S7 carbon-fiber seats. They were comfortable; once I was seated, I knew I wasn't going anywhere. I was like a baseball in a glove wrapped with a couple rubber bands. In my notes, I wrote that Jim's car was impressive on the street. It dispelled my initial thoughts of Jim's car.
I wasn't surprised Jim did well in the Drag Race category when he ran a 10.24 at 134 mph to finish with a 10 in the Drag Race category, but his Saleen made the least horsepower with "just" 590 at the wheels on Modular Depot's Dynojet. I was surprised at how well it did during the Ride & Drive portion, earning an 8 in that category. In the Fit & Finish category, you can tell Jim's car is driven, and hard. As such, it suffered a 6 in Fit & Finish, and the Engineering score wasn't much better coming in at 7. In the Popular Vote, Jim's Saleen finished with 17 votes, earning the car a 5 in that category. Jim's final KOTS score was a 57.
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Engine and Drivetrain
Block: Ford Racing iron 5.0-liter modular
Bore: Standard
Stroke: 3.750 in
Displacement: 323 ci
Rotating Assembly: Kellogg steel forged crankshaft, Manley Performance connecting rods and pistons, Total Seal piston rings
Camshafts: Comp Cams customs
Heads: JDM Engineering-ported Three-Valve, M2 Racing CNC-ported, Manley Performance valvesprings
Intake: Edelbrock
Throttle Body: Edelbrock 85mm
Mass Air Meter: Saleen PMAS
Power Adder: Edelbrock E-Force supercharger w/ 2.6-inch supercharger pulley and 22 pounds of boost
Fuel System: Ford Racing GT500 fuel pump, stock fuel lines and rails, 60-lb/hr injectors, stock regulator
Exhaust: Kooks 13/4-inch long-tube headers with 3-inch collectors and H-pipe, Saleen/Magnaflow mufflers
Transmission: Stock 5R55S, Precision Industries 2,400-rpm stall converter, stock shifter
Rearend: 8.8 w/Detroit Locker True-Trac differential, 31-spline axles, and 4.10 gears
Engine Management: Stock computer, SCT XCal 3 with JDM Engineering tune
Ignition: Stock, Autolite spark plugs
Gauges: Stock
Dan Schoneck/Brittian Gilbertson
Disco Dan Schoneck is a KOTS veteran, having built several cars for past competitions. We might as well reserve a spot for Dan because it's a given he'll have what we need-a supercharged powerhouse. It's no secret the KOTS has gone in a turbocharged direction, but since Dan has such a great relationship with ProCharger, we knew he'd come through with something wicked to compete against the turbocharged crowd.
This year's competition was no different. Dan brought Brittian Gilbertson's '94 Cobra featuring a ProCharged 306 under the hood. You'd think that would be a veritable knife to a gunfight scenario, but the 306 wasn't relying on a P-1SC; it was bringing an F-1C to the party. In true Dan Schoneck fashion, he was late because of tow-vehicle mechanical issues, but the wait was worth it. Brittian's Cobra was a loud, obnoxious answer to the quiet, pedestrian-sounding turbocharged entries. It was just what we needed to bring a little noise and excitement to the KOTS.
However, the Cobra must have caught something from the tow vehicle because it too ran into mechanical problems after Friday afternoon's Drag Race portion. It seems the engine's valvetrain didn't last through one of the drag passes, and Dan spent most of Saturday fixing the engine. We didn't see Dan until late in the afternoon on Saturday.
I hadn't been able to drive the car for the Ride & Drive segment, so Dan and I agreed to a drive Sunday morning, which would give him time to tune the car again, and hopefully not have a mechanical repeat. I witnessed Dan tuning the Cobra Saturday night, but while "tuning" the car on the highway, mechanical woes reared their ugly head again, this time putting the Cobra down for the count. That would definitely hurt the Cobra's finishing order for the KOTS.
Even though I was unable to drive the Cobra, I did witness it running and felt bad about the car's mechanical woes. Therefore, I gave it a pity score of 4 in the Ride & Drive. Before its woes, the Cobra made 763 hp on Modular Depot's portable Dynojet, which scored it mid-pack with a 6. The Cobra scored a 7 in both the Fit & Finish and Engineering categories. With an 11.57/134-mph pass, Dan scored a lowly 2 in the Drag Race category. And with its mostly absentee presence on the Popular Vote field, he scored an unfriendly 3 in that category to finish with a 51.
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Engine and Drivetrain
Block: Dart
Bore: 4.030 in
Stroke: 3.000 in
Displacement: 306 ci
Rotating Assembly: Eagle 4340 crankshaft and rods, Diamond Racing pistons
Camshaft: Bullet Racing Cams solid-roller
Heads: Fox Lake-ported Trick Flow Street Heat w/T&D shaft mount rockers and Ferrea stainless steel 2.02/1.60 valves
Intake: Edelbrock Super Victor EFI
Throttle Body: Accufab 90mm
Power Adder: ProCharger F-1C supercharger, 24 pounds of boost, ProCharger air-to-air intercooler
Fuel System: Magnafuel EFI Tuner 750 series fuel pump, Edelbrock fuel rails, Ford Racing 160-lb/hr injectors, Aeromotive regulator
Exhaust: Kooks long-tube headers, Custom X-shape crossover pipe and after-cat featuring Stainless Works mufflers
Transmission: D&D Performance T56, McLeod Twin-Disc clutch and flywheel, Pro-5.0, PST carbon-fiber driveshaft
Rearend: 8.8 w/Moser Engineering 31-spline axles, Eaton posi, and 3.73 gears
Engine Management: Big Stuff 3
Ignition: MSD 6AL 2
Gauges: Stock, Auto Meter Phantom boost and fuel pressure, AEM wideband
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"You're confusing peace with terror." – reluctant Death Star engineer Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen)
"Well, you've got to start somewhere." – power-hungry Imperial overlord Orson Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn)
It's December again. And in the new merchandise-mad, money-hungry cycle that Lucasfilm's corporate parent Disney has established, it's new Star Wars movie time too. May is now Marvel's month, and that makes me a little sad. Summer was Star Wars season when I was a kid, so I equate that long-stretch of warm weather as the period you escaped the rigid confines of public school and caught up with Luke, Leia, Han, Lando, Darth, and friends, reenacting big screen adventures in the backyard or poolside. Unless we all plan to ride Tauntauns across Hoth's frozen tundra (#nerdjoke), ain't too much role play happening in the backyard this holiday season.
The latest entry in the series is being dubbed a standalone "Star Wars story" in that it is not tied into any particular trilogy of films. Rogue One fleshes out a throwaway reference in the original 1977 film (now known as A New Hope), explicating how the plans for the original "Death Star" make their way from Imperial architects to the shiny dome of one bee-booping droid R2-D2.
It's a clever (and wisely capitalistic) conceit, and, for the most part, the film satisfies the inquisitive fifth-grader in us all, acting out a scenario many may have tried to imagine 30-some years ago using piles of Kenner action figures.
Director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla) and screenwriters Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy have concocted a blockbuster that is one part The Guns of Navarone with a sprinkling of Saving Private Ryan and one part The Wizard of Oz with a dollop of Little Orphan Annie, blended with a whole heaping helping of deep geek references to the infrastructure and mythology of the original Star Wars films – heavier on the 70s/80s entries, but not entirely neglecting the better parts of thee 90s/00s flicks. Rogue One is a darker journey (in a-not-terribly-shocking SPOILER alert, let's just say things don't end particularly well for the new characters), exploring the bowels of the Star Wars universe and setting up the oppressively fascistic milieu of A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. I mean the Rebel Alliance has to rebel against something, right?
Much has been made in the news (well, FoxNews … ironic, since Fox used to own the franchise) about the filmmakers' social media critique of President-elect Donald Trump and of their allusions to the frightening similarities between the fantasy world concocted by George Lucas and the hateful xenophobic power-grabbing of our real-world politicians. Let it be said that there is nothing in this film that satirizes directly the shenanigans of this past fall as we head toward January's inauguration. How could there be? The film was shot in 2015, with a mountain of special effects to achieve in post-production until now. However, in these fraught days of dubiously motivated cabinet appointees, tumultuous international relations, heartbreaking Middle East conflict, and cyber-attacks of an unprecedented (NOT "unpresidented") scale, I found it difficult to enjoy the escapist "fun" of a band of scruffy rebels fighting unscrupulous bureaucrats, planet-hopping at a dizzying pace, engaging in bloody street battles across crowded and dusty marketplaces, and hacking into monolithic computer systems to release state secrets. But maybe that's just me.
Rogue One is entertaining and gives us longtime fans a lot of intriguing backstory upon which to chew for months to come. I fear that the casual viewer will find it too talky and somber by half, waiting for the trademark space dogfights to kick in. And they do – the last 45 minutes are a doozy. For us Star Wars nuts, the "palace intrigue" will be a hoot, albeit a bleak hoot, with effective reappearances by Darth Vader (voiced again by James Earl Jones) and Grand Moff Tarkin (creepily CGI-reincarnated Peter Cushing, looking like a refugee from The Polar Express).
The series newcomers blend in well, if not leaving any lasting impressions. Felicity Jones, so good in The Theory of Everything, is haunting if a bit dour throughout as protagonist Jyn Erso. She is yet another in the long line of Star Wars orphans, abandoned by parents more invested in political statements than child-rearing; consequently, she has a reason to be rather glum. Like The Force Awakens' Rey (Daisy Ridley), she is a welcome addition to a series that hasn't always celebrated strong, independent, adventuring women. Her father Galen Erso (a soulful Mads Mikkelsen) is the chief designer of the much-vaunted Death Star, and his change of heart puts both him and his family at great peril when he flees the project, hiding out as a moisture farmer on some forgotten planet. (The Roy of 30+ years ago would have been able to remember all of the planets named/visited in Rogue One. Present-day Roy? No clue. Nor do I care.) The Empire, led by Orson Krennic (a rather forgettable Ben Mendelsohn in a stiff, starchy, heavily-creased white cape that implies there are neither fashion designers nor irons in space) tracks Galen down and drags him back to work, leaving Jyn effectively orphaned for a really long time.
Eventually, the nascent Rebel Alliance seek the adult Jyn out. Jyn is now a felon, living the Lucasfilm equivalent of Orange is the New Black after being raised by cyborg Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker in his typical scene-killing-ham mode). You see, the Rebels want Jyn to help them find her pa, get the plans for whatever the Empire is cooking up ("That's no moon!"), and save the day. Along the way, Jyn meets cute with Cassian Andor (a pleasant but uncharismatic Diego Luna) and his comically nihilistic robot buddy K-2S0 (voiced delightfully by Alan Tudyk, proving that he is always the MVP of any movie in which he – or his pipes – appear). The trio collect a band of good-hearted and refreshingly diverse misfits (actors Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, Jiang Wen – all turning in credible, nuanced character turns) on their way to the inevitable denouement, setting up neatly the opening sequence of A New Hope.
Rogue One is stingier with the whimsy than other Star Wars films. The humor is sardonic, not Saturday Matinee side-splitting. As the Death Star baddies use their new toy for target practice, noble Cassian scans the incoming cloud of debris and destruction and mutters, "There's a problem on the horizon. … There is no horizon." It gets a laugh, but not a hearty one. Perhaps, we in the audience are just a bit too worried about our own horizon these days to find the humor any more.
Maybe I will go play with my old Kenner toys in the backyard, frostbite be damned. I need the escape.
"It's not a problem if you don't look up." – Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) when asked how can she live in a world where Imperial flags oppressively dominate the landscape
Reel Roy Reviews is now TWO books! You can purchase your copies by clicking here (print and digital). In addition to online ordering at Amazon or from the publisher Open Books, the first book is currently is being carried by Bookbound, Common Language Bookstore, and Crazy Wisdom Bookstore and Tea Room in Ann Arbor, Michigan and by Green Brain Comics in Dearborn, Michigan. My mom Susie Duncan Sexton's Secrets of an Old Typewriter series is also available on Amazon and at Bookbound and Common Language.

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VF Corporation Announces Three Month Transition Period Ended March 31, 2018 Earnings and Conference Call Date
GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC) plans to release its three month transition period ended March 31, 2018 financial results on Friday, May 4, 2018, at approximately 6:55 a.m. ET. Following the news release, VF management will host a conference call at approximately 8:30 a.m. ET to review results.
The conference call will be broadcast live on the Internet, accessible at ir.vfc.com. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, an archived version will be available at the same location.
About VF
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What some of you may not know is the fact that unlike many foodies out there who started their love relationship with cooking or baking early on, yours truly was a late bloomer. You see, studying dentistry leaves you little time for other activities. Despite the fact that my mum is a really talented cook and baker, I learnt next to nothing from her (something I came to deeply regret later).Part of it was the fact that I had little time to spare with all the studying I had to do and another part was the fact that my mum cooks (and bakes!)without measurements. She can double a recipe or half it and get it perfect almost every time without the help of measurements. Impressive? sure! Easy to learn from? No.
Sure I occasionally helped mum with a cake here or some cookies there but I never made anything alone from A to Z. As for cooking, I only helped with the prep work, things like chopping vegetables and stirring soup lol. You may not believe it but the first meal I cooked whole from scratch was the meal I prepared for my husband a couple of weeks after our wedding!That was a few months short of eight years ago.
It was a long process and it wasn't easy. I can't remember the number of times I tossed out dough that didn't rise or cakes that rose only to fall again. Nor do I want to remember the number of disasters, burnt, under or over cooked meals I made over those 8 years.
Now after 9 months of blogging I realized that not only do I want to document my own recipes and food related adventures but this blog could actually be the motive and the chance for me to learn and document some of my mum's amazing recipes. Recipes like today's baked pasta that I have yet to find someone who tried it and didn't ask for the recipe after the first couple of bites.I have already shared my mum's awwameh and her orange bar cookies if you like them then stay tuned there will be more to come .
I hope you will enjoy this part of my cooking journey as much as I am enjoying it. Sure the fact that mum does not measure and keeps tweaking and changing the recipe every few months is driving me mad but that is part of the fun, isn't it?
Today's baked pasta recipe is one of my mum's signature dishes. The original recipe came from an Egyptian friend mum met while dad was working abroad but mum changed and added so much to recipe (and she is still adding and changing lol) that I think the recipe I am sharing today would probably have little to do with that original.
The secret to this baked pasta recipe is the sauce. It is a modified bechamel sauce that takes the recipe to the next level. Not only is it pink as opposed to the traditional white but also it is so rich and full of flavor that you will want to eat it with a spoon
Mum's Baked Pasta
500 grams pasta
300- 500 grams minced meat (depending on how thick you want the meat layer to be)
1 medium onion
olive oil
a dash of pepper
dash of paprika
dash of cinnamon
dash of cardamom
dash of cumin
For the pink bechamel
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons butter (you can use olive oil or a mixture of oil and butter )
4 cups of milk
1/4- 1/2 cup heavy cream (optional)
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
salt to taste
3 tablespoons of cheese (you can use any, all or a combination of mozzarella, parmesan, cheddar, cream cheese)
2 eggs beaten
3 tablespoons bread crumbs
3 teaspoons tomato paste
Cook the pasta to a minute or two less than the manufacturer instructions, drain, rinse in cold water set aside.
Saute the onion in the olive oil until it softens
Add the meat and spices and stir occasionally until the meat fluids are cooked away . Take off the heat.
Prepare the béchamel
Heat oil or butter in a pot
Add the flour and stir until the color begins to change(you don't want it to go dark or else it will affect the final color of the bechamel sauce)
Lower the heat
Add the milk gradually while whisking .(you need to whisk until you have added all the milk to prevent lumps from forming)
Keep stirring until the béchamel thickens
Add the cream and the cheese mixture and stir for two minutes
Allow the bechamel to cool for 10 -15 minutes
In a bowl add a little of the bechamel to the beaten eggs, mix well.
Add the egg mixture to the bechamel and stir well
Add the bread crumbs and the tomato paste and stir until homogenous
Assemble the pasta
In a baking dish add a layer of Bechamel
Then add half the pasta.
top the pasta with a layer of bechamel then add the meat layer
Add the rest of the pasta and spread the rest of the bechamel sauce on top.
Bake in a 180 C oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Place under the broiler until the top is golden brown (1-2 minutes)


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Star Rating: 2.5/5
With the exception of American Gangster, the last decade has been a poor one in terms of quality films for Ridley Scott, the three-time academy award nominated director/producer. Kingdom of Heaven, Body of Lies and Robin Hood are just three of many terrible movies that he's created, even if he has made lots of money from them. Prometheus continues this downward trend, even though it is a return to the theme of his highly successful revolutionary 1979 movie Alien.
Prometheus is the prequel to Alien. In 2089, archaeologist love-birds Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Sherlock Holmes II: A Game of Shadows, The Drop) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green – Brooklyn's Finest, Devil, Black Dog, Red Dog) discover a star map among several unconnected ancient civilisations. Believing that they can discover the origins of humanity, they join a crew on the space-vessel Prometheus bound for the moon where they hope to unearth the answers.
Piloted by David (Michael Fassbender – X-Men: First Class, Shame, 12 Years A Slave), a haughty human-looking android with supreme amounts of knowledge, the spaceship arrives at their destination. After being given a telegrammed video by the elderly Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce – The Hurt Locker, The King's Speech, Iron Man III), the patron of the trillion-dollar expedition, and a speech by Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron – Monster, The Road, Snow White and the Huntsman), a Weyland Corporation employee sent to monitor the mission, the crew set off to investigate the nearby mysterious site.
They are told to avoid contact with any unknown substances. But with some people falling behind, and other members of the crew deceiving others, the humans do come into with the unknown substances. And to dire consequences.
The premise on which Prometheus is based is not a bad one and there are some good, refreshingly 1980s-style sci-fi horror moments to keep one in suspense. In 1979, these were innovative, but now the Alien vs. Predator genre has become so abysmally cliché that all of the horror in Prometheus looks samey and unoriginal.
And as is typical of the above-mentioned genres, little of Prometheus' dialogue or plot makes any sense. (Even Ridley Scott has admitted that the movie leaves some questions unanswered, which suggests that tying up loose ends was not half as relevant to him as making a fortune.) The very beginning of the film (which I have not mentioned) bears no relevance to the rest of the film; with the exceptions of Elizabeth and Charlie, the reasons and motives of the various crew members aboard the Prometheus expedition are unclear or not mentioned at all; and the very end of the movie is as biologically possible as mating a bear with a piranha and producing a wolf.
Worse, Prometheus gives us virtually no insight into the origins of Alien. For a movie that is a prequel to the series, it is inexcusable. Imagine if Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins had not explained the origins of Batman? What would have been the point in it? The same questions must be asked here.
As Prometheus' storyline nosedives, the cast do the same. All of the actors have poorly-explained, two-dimensional characters and none of them have any chemistry between them on set. They create such little empathy that viewers are unlikely to care when they start to drop off. Even Noomi Rapace, who was brilliant as Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish versions of The Girl With The Dragon series (aka The Millennium saga), struggles in Prometheus to keep audiences interested (despite spending a percentage of the movie running around wearing not much more than a tankini). Only Michael Fassbender, as the emotionless and enigmatic robot, has the ability to maintain viewer's concentration. But Fassbender's character has too many holes to be plausible.
Actors and characters aside, at least Prometheus has some decent sci-fi-style special effects. They are not spell-binding, though, because one has seen similar CGIs in God knows how many other movies in the genre before. What is a pity though is that the 3D is so pathetic. For a movie like Prometheus, there should have been more effort put into the 3D aspect of the film to make it worthwhile.
All-in-all, Prometheus is another appalling film to add to Ridley Scott's recent movie-making collection. Almost nothing works in the film, from the storyline to the cast to the 3D. For a director/producer of Scott's capacity, whose diverse range of films over the years have been of high quality, it is simply not good enough.
(PS. Read my review of 2014's Exodus: Gods And King for more on Ridley Scott.)
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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has played down the importance of Luis Suarez's contribution to Saturday's 3-0 win over Wigan, preferring to hail the team ethic at the club.
The Uruguayan striker scored twice as the Reds dominated the second half against Roberto Martinez's men to post only their fourth league win at Anfield in 2012.
But Rodgers believes the result was a product of his side's collective performance, rather than individual brilliance.
"It's not just Luis Suarez. Luis Suarez finishes off the great work," he told reporters.
"Don't get me wrong, he's a wonderful striker and he gets paid a good sum of money to score goals but so do lots of other teams.
"Lots of other teams have strikers that are the pinnacle and finish off a lot of good work. We're very much a team and Luis is a very big part of that.
"His first goal was a wonderful finish, great weight of pass by Raheem [Sterling] and he finished it great and the second one is a lovely pass from Jose Enrique and a nice little off-the-shoulder run and finish.
"He's a master marksman, absolutely outstanding and obviously we're thrilled to have him but the ethos is very much along the team and I thought the team was excellent today."
Despite insisting the 25-year-old is ably assisted by his team-mates, Rodgers did admit he is keen to source attacking reinforcements in January.
"We'll see what January brings," he said.
"I'm not going to sit here and say we're going to get five/six players in it doesn't work that way.
"We know it's going to be very difficult this season in terms of transitioning the group but we'll get some support in and the players that we've got we'll work with them and see where it takes us."
The Northern Irishman chose to withdraw Suso with just 30 minutes on the clock, but revealed that the substitution was a tactical one, rather than enforced by injury.
"[It was] just tactical," he added.
"I felt that the organisation at the front end of the field wasn't as what I wanted really. You make a decision in the game you can either let it run but I always try to use my intuition and what I feel is best for the team at that moment.
"He had some nice touches, he nearly scored but that's a part of the game. I just felt I'd flip the triangle around, we were playing two and one and I felt that it wasn't so good for us when we didn't have the ball."
The 39-year-old also compared Jose Enrique's switch from full-back to the left wing to that made by Gareth Bale following his move to Tottenham.
"He's a terrific talent. I just felt pushing that bit further forward; you look at Gareth Bale, he played a lot at left-back and pushed forward one and really showed his strengths," he continued.
"Jose is someone I think can do that role with his power and pace, I said to him yesterday [about] the number of goals he and Raheem can get if they get inside the frame of the goal."


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Get IFSC and MICR code of Indian Bank Mohra branch in Mohra city or district, Haryana state along with address and contact phone numbers, scroll down.
IFSC Code: IDIB000M065
Indian Bank IFSC Code, Mohra Branch Mohra in Haryana
|Bank Name
|Indian Bank
|IFSC Code
(used for RTGS and NEFT transactions)
|MICR Code
|Branch Code
|00M065 (Last six characters of IFSC code represent Branch code.)
|Not Available
|Email Address
|[email protected] + [email protected]
|Customer No.
|Tel: 044 - 2813 4163/ 2813 4135
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- Branch Name : Mohra
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- Location : Mohra, Haryana
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What is Indian Bank Mohra IFSC Code.
Indian Financial System Code (IFSC) is a eleven digit code provided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for identifying bank branches in India individually. This code is used for NEFT and RTGS.
The code consists of 11 characters. The first part is the first four alphabet characters represent the Bank. Next character is zero(0), which is reserved for use in the future. The last six characters are the branch code.
The Indian Bank IFSC code is 11 characters?
Example: IDIB000M065
- IDIB The first four digits of the IFSC code represents the name of the Indian Bank.
- The fifth digit is 'zero' (0),
- 00M065 The last 6 digits denote the name of the specific Indian Bank Mohra branch
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Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) is a printing technology that is used to print alpha-numeric details. MICR Code is printed on cheques and they allow the cheque to be processed easily.Mohra Branch Information
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The iron pelletizing process is often associated with low grade iron ore following a range of liberation techniques to prepare and make suitable for the blast furnace.
In summary, pelletizing is achieved by combining the iron ore with water and a specific binder which is then rolled up in drum to produce relatively uniform pellets which can then be easily handled in downstream processes.
The major raw material in the iron and steel industry is iron ore which can be classified as high grade and low grade in terms of its Fe content. High grade iron ores, which can directly be used in a blast furnace, are not abundant in earth's crust to supply the need of iron and steel industry. The exploitation of low grade iron ores is possible after enrichment. Low grade iron ores contain considerable amounts of impurities including compounds of silica, alumina, calcium, and magnesium.
Hence the concentration process is required based on crushing, grinding for adequate liberation before the implementation of separation techniques. Liberation can mostly be achieved at considerable fine particle sizes. For this reason, the concentrate obtained is not suitable to be charged directly into the blast furnace or the direct reduction plant without converting it into suitably sized agglomerates. The most commonly employed agglomeration technique is pelletizing by which a mixture of iron ore, water, and binder is rolled up in a mechanical disc or drum to produce agglomerates (green or wet pellets).
The pelletizing process is a process which contains numerous sub-processes, or process segments. On the way from the mine to a final product, the iron ore goes through the following main process segments:
1) The iron ore is crushed and the waste rock is removed. About 85 % of the particles should be less than 44 μm (in length, width, or height). It is then possible to extract the valuable mineral, which is magnetite
2) Water is added to the magnetite to make magnetite slurry
3) Additive material (dolomite or olivine, depending on the product) is added to the slurry
4) Most of the water is then removed from the slurry by use of press filters. The
water content after this filtering is about 9% of the weight.
5) After the filtering, binder (bentonite or organic binder) is added
6) Green pellets are made by the use of balling drums. When leaving the drum, the pellets are screened, and all pellets with too small a diameter are fed back to go through the drum once more. Oversized pellets are crushed and recycled. The rest are the correctly sized pellets which form the drum's output.
7) The on size pellets are transported on a conveyor to the drying process, where they are dried by hot air flowing through the bed.
8) The pellets are fired (1250-1300°C) and then cooled down to about 200°C.
Several of the above listed items describe process segments which may be operated with classical control techniques, and some of them like item ii), iii), and v) are already automatic in most pelletizing plants today. Clearly some process segments depend highly on a well-functioning preceding segment. If the particle size is too large, the fines are too dry, or the drying is not working, no pellets can be produced.
A less dramatic situation is when some segments are working sub optimally. If for instance the process in which the binder is added gives too many varying outputs, then the balling drum operation will suffer. Therefore, the iron ore pelletizing process may be described as a chain of several sub-processes which may depend highly upon each other's performance.
The market demand is of course the most important aspect to be taken into account when evaluating in which direction product development should be conducted. Important parameters for the price of the pellets includes, among others, purity and size of the pellets. The size is specified by the buyer in terms of a nominal diameter ± some small variance. The nominal diameter may vary from one iron mill to another, but a quite normal value is between 10 − 12 mm.
Crushed pellets, which will always be present to some extent, is highly undesirable for the iron mill as it complicates their process. The amount of such material is thus required to be at a minimum. It also represents an unacceptable economic loss for the pellets manufacturer, as it is not possible to recycle this material into an earlier stage of the process, and therefore has to be delivered as a low quality product. Crushed pellets are normally a result of too high moisture content in the green pellets, which is caused by a badly controlled cold process. However, a small amount of crushed pellets due to the transport and handling will also always be present. Figure 2 shows an overview of the iron ore pelletizing process.
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Trifecta consists of two weekly challenges: one weekday prompt and one weekend prompt.
This weekend, we return to the 33-word prompt, but this time, a 33-word prompt with a twist. Your task, should you choose to accept, is to take a scene that involves (or affects) at least three people. You should then write this scene from the point of view of three of the characters, using 33 words for each character. So for example, if your story involves a mother, a father and a young boy, you will tell the story first from the point of view of the mother (in 33 words), then the same story from the point of view of the father (in 33 words) and finally, from the point of view of the boy (also in 33 words).
Eeeny Meany Miney …Where's Mo?
Eeeny said
Meany! Miney! Where's Mo?
Meany and Miney replied
We don't know.
Go look.
said Eeeny.
Meany and Miney searched high and low..,
So sorry, Eeeny,
said Meany and Miney…
No Mo!
Meany and Miney
Meany heard Eeeny ask him and Miney
Where's Mo?
Meany kicked Miney they said
We don't Know
Go Look
Said Eeeny
Who made him boss?
They found Mo, listened,
then told Eeeny
I'll show Eeeny, thought Mo
Meany and Miney found him.
He told them his plan
Silly fools agreed
and told Eeeny
Sorry No Mo
Soon Eeeny's finished,
pointless without Meany Miney and Mo.


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What Is This Thing Called Love? by Gene Wilder
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Cartoon Marriage: Adventures In Love And Matrimony By The New Yorker's Cartoon Couple by Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin
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Love Letters Of Great Men, edited by Ursula Doyle
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(2017) Science Fiction (Epic) Lisa Bearpark, Håkan Julander, Jennifer Lila Knipe, Daniel Epstein, Vee Vimolval. Directed by Björn Engström
The universe is a complicated place and we know jack about how it works. As a species we're not unlike infants trying to grasp the linguistic rules of Sanskrit, or in this case, quantum mechanics – literally.
Four internationally renowned scientists are brought to a Chilean astronomy station into a basement room. They are honored to be there because they have been invited by Dr. Wahlstein (Epstein), a brilliant but somewhat neurotic scientist. Each one of the invitees have a different specialization in matters of understanding the cosmos from mathematics to physics. They wonder why they have been brought there and where their host is.
That is cleared up quickly when Dr. Wahlstein appears on a video screen and tells them that he is dead and so shall all of them be by 10 pm that very night. In order to save themselves – and indeed the whole world – they must solve the riddle of a variety of numbers. I don't want to tell you about what catastrophe is occurring – suffice to say it involves parallel universes occupying the same place – but as the scientists at first think they are the victims of a colossal practical joke begin to realize that their dilemma is all too real and all too dire.
It is a locked room conundrum movie but also that is precisely not what this is. If I sound like I'm talking in circles, I'm trying to be deliberately vague as to not spoil what happens in that locked room too much. The problem is, if I break it down to its very basic level, Tangent Room is about four scientists in a locked room bickering and that sounds about as fun as a root canal. Tangent Room, however, is anything but simple.
This is an intensely cerebral science fiction movie, maybe the most academic you've ever seen. It leans very hard on science and while one critic groused that it had its mathematics and physics wrong, I can't really take that on faith as I don't know what the guy's qualifications are to judge that. It wouldn't surprise me though; cinema has never been shy about sacrificing accuracy for the sake of story.
The performances are decent enough but first-time director Engström (and the film's writer) doesn't really have enough time to give the characters actual personalities beyond that of argumentative academics. Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain ran into much the same problem but managed to give us characters worth caring about so when the excreta hit the fan the viewers actually worried about them.
This is going to appeal to physics professors, scientists and academics pretty much exclusively, unless watching four scientists bicker about various aspects of cosmology are your idea of a fun evening out. That doesn't mean this is a bad movie – it isn't by any means – but with a little more creativity this could have hit both the gut and the brain but to be honest, anything that affects the brain these days is more than welcome.
REASONS TO SEE: The concept is fascinating.
REASONS TO AVOID: Occasionally red-shifts into pretentiousness.
FAMILY VALUES: There is some mild profanity.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Kate Bosworth, who is also a producer on the film, is married to Michael Polish; Polish also frequently collaborates with his brother Mark although Mark isn't involved with this specific film.
BEYOND THE THEATERS: Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Microsoft
CRITICAL MASS: As of 5/28/19: Rotten Tomatoes:60% positive reviews: Metacritic: No score yet.
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China Biologic Has Announced the Resignation of CFO Y. Tristan Kuo and Named Mr. Ming Yang as Interim CFO
27 Apr, 2012, 04:30 ET
BEIJING and NEW YORK, April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Biologic Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBPO, "China Biologic" or the "Company"), one of the leading plasma-based biopharmaceutical companies in the People's Republic of China, today announced the resignation of Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Y. Tristan Kuo, effective May 31, 2012. Mr. Kuo is pursuing a new career opportunity and will serve as an independent consultant to the Company for the next 12 months. The Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") appointed Mr. Ming Yang, the Company's Vice President – Finance & Compliance and Treasurer, as interim Chief Financial Officer, effective May 31, 2012.
Mr. Chao Ming (Colin) Zhao, China Biologic's President & Chief Executive Officer, said, "Tristan has been a valuable member of our management team and we wish him all the best in his future endeavors. I thank him for his dedication and substantial contributions in enhancing our financial management and internal control systems in the past five years, as well as building strong relationships with the investment community."
Mr. David Gao, China Biologic's Chairman of the Board, said, "Mr. Ming Yang has more than 10 years of financial reporting experience in various accounting firms. With Tristan serving as an independent consultant to the Company and Ming Yang serving as interim CFO, I am confident that we will have a smooth transition to a new CFO. I wish Tristan great success."
Mr. Ming Yang joined the Company in March 2012 and has been serving as the Company's Vice President – Finance & Compliance and Treasurer in charge of financial management, internal controls, legal and compliance matters, and the implementation of corporate governance rules and policies and related decisions of the Board.
Mr. Yang has six years of financial management experience in corporations and 11 years of audit experience in accounting firms. Mr. Yang has extensive experience in dealing with China's tax regulations, People's Republic of China GAAP, IFRS, and internal control matters. He was an audit senior manager at KPMG, where he provided audit services for initial public offerings, rights issues, and merger and acquisition transactions. He also worked on the annual reports of various public companies listed in Hong Kong and mainland China. His audit clients ranged from state-owned enterprises and Chinese listed companies to multinational companies. Among his clients were Angang Steel, China Shenhua Energy, BOE Technology, and BHP Billiton. Before joining the accounting firms, Mr. Yang worked as an accountant and finance manager for several Chinese companies. Mr. Yang is a certified public accountant in China. He is 40 years old.
About China Biologic Products, Inc.
China Biologic Products, Inc., through its indirect majority-owned subsidiaries, Shandong Taibang Biological Products Co., Ltd. and Guiyang Dalin Biologic Technologies Co., Ltd. and its equity investment in Xi'an Huitian Blood Products Co., Ltd., is one of the leading plasma-based biopharmaceutical companies in China.
China Biologic is a fully integrated biologic products company with plasma collection, production and manufacturing, research and development, and commercial operations. The Company's plasma-based biopharmaceutical products are irreplaceable during medical emergencies and are used for the prevention and treatment of various diseases. The Company sells its products to hospitals and other healthcare facilities in China. Please see the Company's website www.chinabiologic.com for additional information.
Safe harbor statement
This news release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" relating to the business of China Biologic Products, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein, are "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects," or similar expressions, and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they involve assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including its potential inability to achieve the expected operating and financial performance in 2012, potential inability to find alternative sources of plasma, potential inability to increase production at permitted sites, potential inability to mitigate the financial consequences of a temporarily reduced raw plasma supply through cost cutting or other efficiencies, and potential additional regulatory restrictions on its operations and those additional risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company's periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at http://www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.
Company Contact
Mr. Ming Yin
Vice President – Business Development
China Biologic Products, Inc.
Telephone: +86 10 6598 3099
Email: [email protected]
SOURCE China Biologic Products, Inc.