[DeTomaso] Thank You Russ Fulps

Sun Dec 27 10:16:26 EST 2009

<<What do you call the new breed!!!!>>

Free to good home.

Larry (Purebread) - Cleveland

On Sun Dec 27  9:52 , Bill Lewis  sent:

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>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
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>> 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 [johnmckee at cox.net','','','')">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
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>> Ditto on the Dawg's comments.
>> Russ is good people!
>> Why he puts up with MD, Lord only knows.....
>> 
>> John
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>> ----- 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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