Tad leach came to legendary car builder dave kindig to build his next exotic ride and he had one engine in mind and it was our falconer v12. If this seems expensive lets go back and look at what a modern day racing engine costs to build.
1989 Chevrolet Corvette Zr 12 Falconer Conceptcarz Com
Falconer v12 twin supercharged. Built by steve mohl this 1million 1100hp airplane powered hand built aluminum dually is nothing short of amazing. As youll see in this website our three most popular engines the falconer v12 falconer l6 and irl street v8 come with base pricetags of 65000 45000 and 45000 respectively. Can the falconer v12 be equipped with turbochargers or superchargers. Currently a nascar v8 engine commands a price in the range of. The falconer v12 was brought to market in 1990 by world renowned racing engine builder ryan falconer. The homebuilt thunder mustang is the most widely known application for the falconer v12.
A scaled down version of the prolific world war two fighter the thunder mustang features modern composite construction and the all aluminum falconer powerplant with bespoke motec electronic controls. Falconer aluminum v12 12053 sc engine specifications and components specifications displacement 600 cubic inches 98 liters bore and stroke 4125 x 3750 horsepower torque 940 hp 1040 ft lbs operating range 1000 6000 rpm rev limiter at 6k components description source connecting rods carrillo 5850 c c carrillo 4125 superchargers magnuson tvs1900 fuel injection controller motec ecu m800 valves manley 21501600 supercharger belt gates k100955 hd. The falconer v12 debuts at sema in 1990 drawing a record crowd into the vortech superchargers booth vortech was also debuting that year and to this day we thank jim middlebrook for giving our engine a corner in his booth more trips to sema with the falconer v12 including an installation in a chevrolet 4x4 pickup. We have built falconer v12 engines with up to 4 turbochargers others with two superchargers. As work on the car and engine began tad realized he wanted something over the top so we gave it to him in the form of twin magnuson supercharges atop a custom intake. I was fortunate enough to catch some of the concepts of this.
Designed as a thoroughbred racing engine specifically for marine and aviation use it has also become a favorite of the high end street rod and custom vehicle crowd. The falconer v 12 is an american v 12 performance racing engine engineered and built by american ryan falconer racing enginesthe engine was first brought to market in 1990 and has roots in small block chevrolet engines and is available in multiple configurations for a variety of applications primarily designed for high performance purposes for automotive custom racing marine and aviation.
Gallery of Falconer V12 Twin Supercharged
