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Pelayo originally had a big-block, ProCharger F-3 combination slated for the build, but when he began building the lightweight car and considered the challenges of competing in class racing with the combination he had, he turned his attention to small-block racing. Without giving away too many specifics, the powerplant is a standard 9.5 deck small-block Ford with conventional Brodix cylinder heads massaged by Kuntz and Co. The mill is topped with a BRE carburetor feeding it fuel and nitrous from a single-stage, wet sump fogger kit from Nitrous Express. An M&M Turbo 400 and ProTorque converter back it up. Weld Racing wheels up front and Sander rears (wrapped in 275 Mickey’s) mask Menscer Motorsports shocks on all four corners.



The car retains the stock-style front and rear suspension pickup points. The interior is fully carbon-fiber, and Joe notes that every bar in the chassis not required to be chromoly per SFI specs is made from titanium.

Pelayo, who spoke to us from atop a crane located miles offshore from Long Beach in the Pacific — is jumping aboard a plane to head East this weekend to make shakedown runs on motor. From there, he’ll contest the many remaining small-block shootout events scheduled at venues around the East coast.