[DeTomaso] 2V heads

Michael Shortt michaelsavga at gmail.com
Thu Jan 11 17:15:27 EST 2007


too much for him........

my oh my....just to contemplate what it would take for me to say
that.........

do do doh do do doh do do doh ( dreaming sound effects )

The roar of 1,200 horsepower, the 4.5 g's of being forced back into my seat,
the smell of tire smoke..... the sound of rear tires being torn apart before
I even third gear.....yep that's it.....too much for me.....


wake up.....


Michael in Savannah


On 1/11/07, mark skwarek <ehpantera at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Dan,
> The fellow I bought the car from had the engine worked on by Wally
> Baldega. It was too much for him and had Wally detune it. Neither Wally of
> the seller could tell me what was done.
>
> The headers are an upgrade from stock, I think 2.25" primaries and 3"
> collector. I plan on gutting the muffler as per Jim Wallace.
>
> I would definitely stuff the intake and port match.
>
> Do you see any advantage in using an Aussie block vs. US, as a base for
> building a bigger motor?
> Mark
>
> Daniel C Jones <daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > What I might do is to stuff the intakes a bit on my current heads,
> > get a new intake and port match it.. This should hold me for an
> > ORR or so. Idealy I'd like to run up to 6500 RPM.
>
> I don't care much for the MPG-style sheet metal intake port plates.
> The Roush style inserts (or similar part sold by Marino Perna) are
> better but I like to see the intake stuffed to match. I'd spend my
> time on the exhaust if it were me. We lost 50 HP through the GTS
> mufflers compared to 3" Magnaflow mufflers.
>
> Dan Jones
> _______________________________________________
>
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
>
> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
>
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at realbig.com
> http://ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.
> _______________________________________________
>
> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA
>
> Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/
>
> DeTomaso mailing list
> DeTomaso at realbig.com
> http://ftl.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
>



-- 
Michael L. Shortt
Savannah, Georgia


This email is protected by the Electronic Communications Privacy
Act, 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally
privileged.  If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified
that any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this
communication is strictly prohibited.  Please reply to the sender that you
have received this message in error, then delete it.  Thank you


More information about the DeTomaso mailing list