[DeTomaso] Thank You Russ Fulps

[John McKee]

Ditto on the Dawg's comments.
Russ is good people!
Why he puts up with MD, Lord only knows.....

John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mad Dog Antenucci" <teampantera at yahoo.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Cc: "Peter Menyhart" <pmenyhart at msn.com>; <eb20erik at yahoo.com>; 
<peter_beckham at agilent.com>; "john bentley" <gndplne at yahoo.com>; "russell 
fulp" <musclebyrussell at hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 2:24 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Thank You Russ Fulps


> YAAAAHOOO...
> I got the best Christmas present I could have imagined when Russ Fulps 
> (Russ Fuilps Race Engines 714-870-8570) called me up on Christmas 
> yesterday to say Santa Claus dropped off my engine at his shop and I'd 
> better get my butt over to Anaheim to pick it up or he was giving it away.
>
> I called Dick Drenske and screamed ROAD TRIP and we dropped all the 
> useless gifts from family and friends and drove over to pick up the 
> engine.  I can not say enough good things about Russ. He not only always 
> completes the work when he says he will Russ also takes the time to answer 
> all my usual dumb ass questions.  There are never any surprise costs we 
> had not already discussed. He completes a spec sheet and as usual he he 
> went over everything in detail with me before I left the shop.
>
> I got off easy this year with the engine as the only reason we decided to 
> have Russ open it up was to fix a nagging rear main seal leak on a after 
> market crank and add a new set of 180 degree headers. After completing a 
> leak down test Russ also found a leaking intake valve so Russ opened 
> everything up and recommended we go ahead and replace rings and complete a 
> valve job, etc., etc.
>
> While engine was apart Russ hot tanked and cleaned the block, pistons 
> rods, etc...blue printed the 381 Cleveland stroker, replaced the rings and 
> cam bearings After 4-5 hard open road races and a bunch of street miles up 
> and down the coast I was real happy everything including the main bearings 
> looked like new.  While I have IR-EFI now and the distributor is a blank I 
> was curious how the bronze gear looked as it is only driving the oil pump. 
> No wear there either. Russ also blueprinted the engine, checked all the 
> clearances, set rocker geometry, degreed the cam, etc.
>
> While I appreciate this is the work you expect every good engine builder 
> should do every time you pay your hard earned money the fact that Russ 
> communicates what needs to be done and does it with no headaches or 
> miscommunication is worth every penny he charges.  His complete stroker 
> engines are still in the $4500-5500 range. To pull down 450-500RWHP on a 
> street Cleveland is good. Pulling a new Vette, Viper or Porsche is better. 
> ;-]>
>
> There is a good reason I am blabbering on about how wonderful Russ is and 
> why it is such a good reason to do biz with the guy. And its why I 
> advertise on our TPR web site and recommend Russ to everyone I talk to. 
> Its because Russ builds killer street or race engines for the cars we love 
> and Russ deserves your consideration when you are ready to spend your hard 
> earned money for engine work.
>
> He's been doing all my engine work since 2004 and I have 100% faith in the 
> guy. While I lost a sheer pin one year and a bronze gear another year his 
> engines have been golden through 26 open road races and lots of happy 
> street miles I still don't get any discount from Russ. I don't even get 
> any cheap ass Russ Fulps Race Engines T-shirt or decal ;-]> Russ is just a 
> honest hellva good man and 2009 was NOT a good year for Russ. He's heavily 
> dependent on Ford & Pantera engine work and his usual customers set aside 
> planned work due to the economy sucking sour grapes this year.
>
> Before anyone trys to give me a hug I'll just wish everyone a belated 
> Christmas and a Happy and hopefully prosperous new year and copy this 
> message to Russ because I know he won't allow me to hug him and  he 
> stopped me short of giving him a wet kiss when we picked up the 
> engine.....he is such a homo ;-]>
>
> YOU are da MAN Russ.
>
> Have a Happy New Year.
>
>
> Mad Dawg Antenucci
> Team Pantera Racing
> "No One Gets Out Alive"
> www.teampanteraracing.com
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