Bullseye Power Turbos

Bullseye power is proud to be working with Luke Presnell. Luke is sporting a 1989 Ford Mustang with a 408ci Dart block 351 based engine with Yates heads on it.

In the past few years Luke has been running the 10.5 tire classes with nitrous being his power adder.

Luke has hooked up with Bullseye power to make some more HP.

We plan on running a few different sets of twins as the combo gets more dialed in and Luke gets use to driving the car with a good bit more hp than it had.

Starting off we are going with twin S374 units and eventually move up to twin S380 units. Luke is looking for 2000bhp or more from his Dart blocked 89 notch back Mustang.

Luke says and I quote" he is going to eat Chevy's and sh_t Dodges without breaking a sweat".

The notch back is putting the power to the ground with one of the best transmissions out there. He is using a ATI power glide and ATI converter.

The engine management will be a new EMS to the market the Pro EFI system has proven itself to be one of the best EMS units out there for drag racing. With all the power the new set up is going to be making we will be making use of the extra features to get the car down the track. The Pro EFI comes with launch control, boost control, adaptive learning, time based rev limit and many more useful features to get down any track.

The car has been a best of 5.53@131 at 3100 lbs. so far on the nitrous. Luke is looking for sub 5.00 runs on 10" tires with the new turbo set up.

Twins Turbo ended up 1st and 3rd in class unlimited RWD and 2nd and 7th overall. we are very proud of both Steve and Jack for their amazing performances.

Twins Turbo spent the last few weeks preparing our Supra driven by Steve Aslanian and our RX7 driven by Jack Mardikian for what was going to be a great event based on last years turn out. Super Street did not disappoint, actually they did an even better job than last year's event. The cars were grouped accordingly, NASA did an awesome job of tech and running the event. there were fewer cars than last year but much higher quality of entrants. this translated to fewer cars on track and cleaner / faster laps for everyone.

Steve Aslanian Supra #007 : first session out clocks a 1.51.3 which betters his personal best at that track and configuration by almost 1.5 seconds. the 1.51.3 was good enough early on for a 5th overall and a second in class. we made some changes to the car and Steve went about cutting down his lap times even more. after his warm up lap his transmission gave up the ghost on his first fast lap. Our day with the Supra was over but Steve's time was still holding his position. as the day went on and the air got cooler the cars ran 2 more complete sessions. since we missed these sessions we were not able to improve on our times. after the final flag dropped Steve and the Twins Turbo Supra ended up with a very respectable 3rd in the unlimited RWD class and 7th overall.

Jack Mardikian RX7 #333 : first session out Jack clocks a 1.49 which is SMOKING fast. the main competition after the first session was the HKS Mitsubishi evo8 which just happens to be the fastest time attack car in Japan currently. Jack had a new engine in our RX7 so we went out in the first session on low boost (9 psi). for the second session we turned him up to 14 psi and he managed to run a 1.48.5. that time beats the record in the unlimited RWD class and sets the mark as the fastest RWD time attack car in America. we were planning on turning up the boost for the next session to 19 psi, the normal boost setting we run with the car when jack came around the corner into the pitlane with his engine on fire!!!. my brother Marc jumped into the car and grabbed the extinguisher and began putting the fire out when the safety team got there and extinguished the fire. Jack was pulled out of the car by other team members and dragged to safety..the fire was out, everyone was ok but our day, and race car were done. cause of the fire is looking like a leaky oil pan spraying oil at 165 psi onto the header..that will do it..the good news, Jacks time on 1.48.3 stood the rest of the day and we ended up getting Second place overall to HKS, and first place in class with the class record to boot

July 11th 2007- Willow Springs Ca. They said it was impossible,

They said it would never happen, especially in 110 degree heat but, at the latest Super Street Time Attack event at Willow Springs Chris Rado blasted his front-wheel-drive Scion tC into the 1:29 second lap zone. FWD cars are not supposed to be able to run with rear-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive “Supercars” but in an all-out effort from Chris Rado and his WORLD Racing crew the black Scion tC was dominant in the front-wheel-drive class and beat many of the established superstars while setting a new lap record for front-wheel-drive cars with a 1:29.341 and securing a notable fifth place overall against some very stiff opposition. Rado was very satisfied with his performance but was eager to stress that he still feels that the team can improve even more in the near future.
“We still have some improvements to make to the car and I am learning more about road-racing every time we get out onto the track. The car was really good this weekend and the only issue we suffered from was a minor problem with the brake pedal which we hope to have solved before the next event. I still think we can improve our times and give the fastest cars a run for their money, as it stands we are within a second of the best times overall so it’s not unrealistic to try and mix it up with the AWD and RWD big boys.
I am having a great time doing these events and I have to thank my hard working crew for all of the effort they put into this program and of course my Scion tC drag racing program. These guys are the hardest working crew in the business and I couldn’t do it without them. ”
Rado continued: “I also have some awesome sponsors to thank for helping to make our Scion tC the fastest front-wheel-drive time attack car on the planet. Everyone at Scion, especially Sheila Swanson and Steve Hatanaka, also WORLD electronics, ACT Clutches, Twins Turbo, Bullseye Power, Eneos, JE Pistons, HRE Wheels, Eibach, Borg Warner turbo systems, Kamanari,

04-04-07 West Palm Beach, FL. Christian Rado launched his 2007 NHRA Pro-FWD championship challenge with a respectable third-place performance in his Scion tC with backing from Scion, WORLD electronics, WORLD Motorsports, Bullseye Power, BorgWarner, ACT, Momo, JE Pistons, Sinister Racecars, Weisman and Bosch.

“Our best time in qualifying was a 7.88 at 184 MPH.” Rado commented. “I was very happy to do so well in qualifying as this was our first opportunity to test the many changes we have made to our car since the end of last season. We had a late start to our 2007 season and because of bad weather we’ve done absolutely no testing prior to the start of qualifying on Saturday. Bearing this in mind, I consider that our performance so far has been outstanding.”

WORLD Racing crew-chief Frank Piccone was also very happy with the performance of the Scion tC. “We are now using a BorgWarner turbocharger from Bullseye Power and it’s generating a lot more boost at lower RPM levels than the turbo we used last year. As a result we’re blowing right through the clutch using the tuning data from last season. After the first qualifying session we had a team talk and decided to get more aggressive with the clutch and our 7.88 run was the result even though the clutch was already damaged. Going into the elimination rounds we had to take our best guess at the tune-up for the weather and track conditions. The car ran well enough to beat Gary Gardella but we’re still off the pace.”

Rado was happy with the result even though he was disappointed in not reaching the final round. “Third place points are not bad considering we have had absolutely no testing time on what is a completely new set-up. We know we are making a lot more power than last year and we had to tune the car down here to let the clutch live as long as it did. The other changes we made in the winter are making a huge difference. All we need now is some testing time to fine-tune the car and we will be ready to rock and roll. The car was readied for Moroso in less than three weeks and we knew we were up against it to get the data we needed to realize the full potential of the car. We have a three week window before the next round and we will be testing as much as we need to. Rest assured, we will be giving our competitors something to think about in Virginia.”

Frank Piccone also praised the hard working WORLD Racing crew for a great effort. “Gary Kubo is now running our engine program and the motor he built was an absolute bullet. We are getting more power with less boost and a conservative tune-up and we saw none of the issues that plagued us in the past. We are happy to have such a great head mechanic and engine builder on the team. Eric Plebani, Tyler Cooley and Robert
McClellan all made huge contributions to making our team the most professional in the pits. I would also like to thank Dan and Dave from Bullseye Power and BorgWarner for giving us a killer turbocharger, and Tek from ST Consulting for his help on the computer setup.

Rado had the final word: “I would like to thank all of the people that have been so supportive and stepped up to help us put a great team and a great car together. Without these great people and companies none of this would be possible. Everyone at Scion: Thank you for your support and confidence. I also have to thank everyone at WORLD electronics, especially my mom, dad and sisters. Everyone at Bullseye Power, BorgWarner, ACT, JE Pistons, Bosch, Ferrea, Sinister Racecars, Weisman and Momo. Thanks for your great products and continuing support. Special thanks go out to my crew: You guys are the best. Finally, thanks to all of the Scion owners who took the time to come around the pits and meet us.