Dead Horse Beaters is a 24 Hours of LeMons race team from Connecticut. The team competes in a 1967 Mustang called “Samurai Pony” built in 2017. The project started with a Mustang shell found in a field for $1,000 that originally came with an inline-six. They welded the front clip from a 2004 Honda Accord V6 into the back of the Mustang which includes the subframe, suspension, and six-speed manual transmission. The 3.0 L J30 V6 from the Accord was sold because of it’s value and replaced with a cheaper 3.5 L J35A4 V6 from a 2003-2004 Honda Odyssey. The J35A4 produces 240 horsepower (179 kW) and 242 lb-ft (328 Nm). Watch the team compete at New Jersey Motorsports Park below or on their YouTube channel.
Source: Dead Horse Beaters FB page, Dead Horse Beaters YT channel, and Reddit
Raced against this car at Road Atlanta last fall. We couldn’t figure out just why that mustang sounded so weird. Our Toyocedes beat them by only 5 laps but with an 18 second slower car.
That’s great you were able to compete against it. Always loved the creativity spawned in LeMons.