[DeTomaso] Thank You Russ Fulps

[Bill Lewis]

Speaking of Dawgs (and that's how we pronounce it down here in Texas), my son had a female Pit Bull, and his wife bought a male ShiTsu.  Yes, where there's a will, there's a way - they had pups.  What do you call the new breed!!!!    ---Bill





> To: teampantera at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> From: doug at silicondesigns.com
> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:20:08 -0800
> CC: musclebyrussell at hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Thank You Russ Fulps
> 
> Russ must have a soft spot for cantankerous canines, derellict doggies & pugnacious pooches.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: 	John McKee [mailto:johnmckee at cox.net]
> To: teampantera at yahoo.com,detomaso at realbig.com
> Cc: eb20erik at yahoo.com, pmenyhart at msn.com, musclebyrussell at hotmail.com, gndplne at yahoo.com, peter_beckham at agilent.com
> Sent: 	Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:50:13 -0800
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Thank You Russ Fulps
> 
> 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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