Fountain Race Engines

11/10/2025

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Congratulations to the 316 Speed team on an impressive performance in the first DCT class at the World Cup Finals - Import vs Domestic 2025

This car took #1 qualifying position at World Cup with a 7.39 @ 207mph going on to win the shortened event due to rain.

The car features our sleeved V10 engine package, continuing to demonstrate the reliability and consistency we stand behind.

They’ve shown this combination’s potential before—most notably at the Fast or Nothing half-mile event last year, where they achieved a 245 mph pass.

The engine is only one part of a winning setup, and success comes from how all systems work together. It’s a pleasure partnering with a shop that has both the tuning and turbo system dialed in to maximize performance and reliability.

Great work, 316 Speed. We’re just getting started.

06/11/2025

Two V10s all finished up and on a pallet waiting for pickup or be boxed up and shipped out. Another one incoming. Going on an engine stand to get the full treatment. We do every bit of the build in-house from sleeving to balancing, from top to bottom. We dont have to worry about quality issues when no aspect of the build is outsourced.

03/12/2025

We have been diligently working on v10’s to complete as many as we can for customers wanting to get to TX2K. They come in as quickly as we can get them out. It’s going to be a fast reliable summer. We are out walking around tx2k if anyone wants to discuss their engine program.

12/11/2024

Looking back at this year, our v10 platform has shined. This past weekend Felix Fabelo won the first Fast or Nothing half mile event with a 245 mph pass with his DCT R8 along with Julio Rodriguez taking the third fastest at 229mph in his DCT R8. Felix’s car also qualified in the Elite 8 roll racing at TX2K. He was also the 2nd fastest/quickest V10 car qualified at FL2K along with hundreds of other 190-200+mph 1/4 mile passes in-between. Our V10 also powered another customer’s R8 that went to the finals of TX2K in the DCT/GTR Class 1 ELITE drag class. That R8 also was the fastest AND quickest V10 car qualified at FL2K along with it also having 100s of 190-200mph 1/4 mile passes. It’s been a year of hard competitive racing without ever having to remove the engines. A plethora of other V10 customers have been out similarly enjoying reliable and consistent performance out of their high powered engines.

These cars are all running one of our packages based on the factory cast block. Having this level of reliability is not often seen at these power levels. We have such consistent success due to well over a decade of building experience and continued development of this platform. We have had to design and manufacture many custom proprietary parts on top of altering most factory components to make this already incredible engine withstand much higher power levels reliably. Back in 2017 when we were seeing half mile speeds in the mid 240 mph, we found the factory cast block was struggling with ring seal at extreme high boost levels when only gasoline was used. We initiated and worked with Noonan Race Engineering to build a billet block that is seen out in the marketplace today. We chose to move forward with a billet block, not due to factory blocks cracking and failing at those power levels, but more for ring seal and looking to the future as we knew the power was only going to increase. The advancement in turbo technology, fuel, and the use of direct injection has made the power levels we saw back in 2017 a common occurrence now but with far less boost. We have not experienced any of the factory block cracking issues commonly talked about with other builders. It’s unknown if this is due to our understanding of the Audi Lamborghini v10 platform or due to working with quality shops that can build a tune-up that keeps the engine alive and happy.

We look forward to what 2025 will bring. We do have different packages available as not all customer’s needs are the same. High performance is our passion and our driving force, shops and customers should feel free to reach out and see if we can help your programs move in a positive direction.

06/01/2024

I think it’s safe to say we built the right piece to power Whistlindiesel’s general Lee. One of our Dart LS next based 427s filled with a Callies crankshaft, connecting rods and Gibtec Pistons topped off with our BRODIX BR7 cylinder heads. We knew this engine would live a rough life so we kept the camshaft on the lighter less aggressive side. We’re really happy to see it making decent power and Cody still enjoying it a couple years later.

Today I will be driving the world's fastest General Lee next to cops until I get pulled over or go to prison for life. Which will happen first 😈Quality Appa...

04/04/2024

We flew out to New Zealand to help further assist CMR with their quest to break the piston powered, wheel driven land speed record. Their goal being 550mph. Extremely happy to have met such an awesome crew. Working out of the "shed" for a couple weeks surrounded by other intelligent people sharing the same passion really brought back the love of motorsports. We feel land speed racing really is the last form of motorsports that allows people to think outside the box without a laundry list of rules and this team really has embrace that. The mental exercises that are presented when trying to accomplish what they set out to do is extremely refreshing to say the least. We will have some updates on this project soon from Bolivia Salt Flats. CMR Bolivia

03/14/2024

We feel extremely lucky to have great customers. Every so often there is that one that comes along that not only wants to go fast but also learn. Richard C. Flint is that guy. His eagerness to learn and go fast is on a different level. We have benefited greatly from his drive and openness to think outside of the box. Nothing makes an engine shop look better than someone with their product that understands tuning, suspension and racing as a whole. His S2K is a true street car, often driving it to work and putting thousands of miles on it with hundreds of mid 7 second passes. He is running our 413" dart based LS, our Brodix BR3 Cylinder heads, BTR stock style shaft rocker system and springs with a hydraulic roller cam. Still running MLS style gaskets because they just work. Look for this hotrod to be in the winners circle more often and continue to get quicker. Dart Machinery BRODIX Cylinder Heads Brian Tooley Racing Blacklist Performance

03/12/2024

We have been building these Lamborghini/Audi V10 engines for over 10 years now and have been forced to build so many custom parts. We came up with this dual valve spring setup for the customer that wants all the boost AND all the rpm. We knew we needed the added spring pressure but the dual spring keeps harmonics at bay. We also made new valve guides out of moldstar90 as we don’t see a reason to skimp on cheap materials at this level. Moldstar90 is proven to take the punishment of these extremely high power engines unlike the other materials out in the market.

03/11/2024

We built an engine for our shop truck that was comprised of random parts we had acquired over time. Its made up of a LS3 block, L8T Crankshaft with LS9 heads and a Harrop 2650 supercharger. Combination made 402" and is a friendly 9.5-1 compression as its made to run on pump gasoline. We stopped at around 13.5 psi of boost that made just over 900hp on 93 octane gasoline. While rolling into the throttle you can see and hear the power come in real hard and fast due to us needing to adjust the bypass valve. Harrop Engineering SuperFlow Dynos and Flowbenches

03/08/2024

We are terrible at posting photos, videos and projects from the shop. Next week we will shoot for one post a day on some cool projects. See how long we can actually keep that up. Good to kick it off with this awesome post from ProCharger Superchargers. Chris’s Corvette turned out pretty damn nice!