Another
PRO 5.0 from the Frozen North! |
 Toronto’s Joe DaSilva has long been the Canadian
standard bearer in Mustang racing. Recently news has filtered in
to us about another hot stallion ready to head south and make an
impact on the Blue Oval scene. Ronnie Partap Fortune and his brother
Kurwen operate The Chassis Stop in Mississauga, ON and wanted to
showcase their chassis building talents on a larger stage. The brothers
have been Ford fans since their days in Trinidad and it was only
natural their first racecar be a Mustang. The ’88 Mustang coupe
with twin turbos that showed up at various test sessions at nearby
Toronto Motorsports Park allowed the brothers to try out various
ideas before selling the rolling chassis and purchasing a body in
white for their next project.
The second Chassis Stop Mustang debuted at the recent Performance World show in Mississauga and caused quite a stir. The blood red machine looks downright bad even sitting still. The carbon fiber tubs and lots of polished aluminum makes the Mustang show quality and a good representation of what The Chassis Stop could do for your racecar. The Mississauga based duo fabricated everything from the chassis and tinwork right through to the headers, turbo and intercooler plumbing.
The Chassis Stop can be reached on (905) 565-1538 and can handle the full range of chassis fabricating, custom headers, sheet metal installations, turbo installs and plumbing. They are located at 1031 Meyerside Drive, Unit 11, Mississauga, ON L5T 2H5. Ronnie and Kurwen would like to thank John and his team at Protech,
Master Performance, Jeff Shneer, their wives and family for all
their support. |
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Powered by a 378 cubic inch small block from Protech in Mississauga,
the single turbo unit is expected to produce in the region of
1700 horsepower. However if that is not enough power, Fortune has
Protech
working on a 420 cube motor producing around about 2200 HP that
will see duty later in the season. The team fully expects to
see runs in the 6.3-second range during the year. All this horsepower
will be transmitted to the 34.5 x 17 Goodyears via one of Hutch’s
bulletproof Powerglides and a Neil Chance bolt together converter. 
The similarity with DaSilva does not end with being Canadian and
racing a Mustang. EFI tuner extrordinaire Job Spetter Jr. is responsible
for the tuning calls on the Accel DFI Gen 7 system as he is with
DaSilva. Fortune will be joining DaSilva in Fun Ford action as
well as taking in some NMRA events. The Canadian fans will see
the car at non-conflicting OSCA events running in the Pro Outlaw
class. A decision on whether the team will contest the CFSCS or
the conflicting Fun Ford event at Norwalk will take place closer
to the event.
