Still wondering about the Carb question I asked earlier....does that big Ford motor move through the single feed/dual Line OEM 780 VACUUM SECONDARY (see the picture) carb as per the rules? It may have been legal in FAST to run (for Ex) an 800cfm Q-jet instead of the OEM 650....as long as it remained visually correct (you can't mill the choke horn but you could remove the choke plate, etc) but the fuel lines still needed to be routed as per OEM....The 429's 780 had a unique Bowl mounted single filter and series-fed fuel bowls, even if you run an 850 VS that flowed 1000cfm but you can see it'd be tough (but probably not impossible) to feed if the lines for an 800 hp motor were routed per the factory.

There was also a stipulation of "No VISABLE Traction aid", which means no ladder/slapper bars but (for example) 90/10 shocks in the front and fake/empty batteries up front (which are both CLEARLY traction aids ) are obviously ok. I'm thinkin a sherical rod end on the strut rods would PROBABLY be ok if I was teching but back then (2005-2006) I think there would be a lot of chin music from the other competitors about it.