John Mihovetz and the team at Accufab Racing have long been pioneers in the research, development and manufacturing of throttle bodies, along with other race engine components from fuel-pressure regulators to big-tube headers. What isn’t advertised, however, is the race engine program where Accufab has earned a reputation working with the Ford Modular engine platform.

As he races one of the two quickest and fastest Ford Modular-equipped vehicles in the world (the other belongs to MMR), Mihovetz knows what it takes to make one of these engines perform. This particular engine belongs to a customer that owns a Cobra Jet and races it in NHRA Super Stock/AAA Eliminator. Mihovetz didn’t want to reveal the owner’s name, nor the power output on the Accufab dyno.

“On Super Stock engines, there are very specific dimensions that the engine parts have to meet – port sizes and runner volumes and combustion chambers; it doesn’t really allow for a lot of creativity,” says Mihovetz. “It’s not like we can go out on a limb and do something crazy and creative like I do with my own engines.”

Despite the limitations placed on him, Mihovetz was able to coax more than 1,200 horsepower from this beast – enough to propel the 3,500 pound-plus rocket into the low eight-second zone. There are a select group of customers that Mihovetz will work with, and since he is one of only two go-to guys at Accufab working on engines of this caliber, the vast majority of the development work has to pass through him.

In addition to his work with the Cobra Jet projects, of which he’s done a few, Accufab and Mihovetz also service the vast majority of Ford GT engines in the country. Somewhere in there, the company also has to devote time to develop and market their other products.

Enjoy the sights and sounds of 5.4 liters of Whipple-supercharged Modular madness flogging the dyno at Westech Performance!