Hey, I’m TruckDoug!
I’ve been a mechanic, machinist, fabricator, and welder my entire working life. I’m a drag racing enthusiast with a particular interest in the turbo LSx platform. As a budget minded racer, my goal is to provide high-quality, affordable 4L80e’s and TH400’s for performance applications. I love talking shop, so drop me a line if you have any questions about these transmissions!
My new race car: 1980 fox mustang coupe
The G-Body project was sold off last winter so I can focus on going faster! The fox platform is an easy choice for those that want to go fast on a budget. The unibody construction ensures a very lightweight outcome. Even with all original glass and steel it will be under 3000lbs race weight. It’s powered by a stock bore LC9 with forged internals, Wilkes Performance cathedral-port heads and a BTR stage 3 turbo cam. Turbo is an HD8088 from Forced Performance. I’ll be keeping the heads buttoned down with 1/2” ford cleveland studs.
Unlike my previous race cars I’ll be using the tried and true Turbo-Hydramatic 400. For a true race-only application the simplicity of the TH400 cant be beat. Thankfully as the predecessor the the 4L80e, it shares many of the same internals and the same modifications can make the factory internals handle 800+HP at the wheels! Incredible bang for your buck! This unit will sport a billet input, an SFI bell and a 1st & 2nd gear leave reverse manual pattern valve body from Extreme Automatics. I will be using this car as a test bed for my entry into converter building and will sport one of my first in-house built converters…more details to come!
The Brown Bomber did it!
After two seasons battling fuel delivery issues it finally ran the 9.xx pass I coveted. I have sold the car and it’s new owner continues to enjoy it as a fun and fast street car and doing drag and drive events with children in tow! My most recent upgrade has been to develop an oil pick-up with the filter at the rear of the pan so as not to starve the transmission on hard launches.
