is team panoz using mugen engines this year??

No they sold last years car tpo mugen and they replaced the engine :)

I was and still am under the impression Panoz runs Yates Ford V8s. No honda motor makes a noise like that :D

Panoz sold the 07 cars to the dick barber racing school and they will use to mugen engine. Panoz will use the ford works V8 I belive.

Correct me if i'm wronge.:D

panoz assembles and tests its own engines, including those for saleen. they are based on 4.6 fords