Drop 100 pounds, add 100 horsepower

Well Adams , are you going to man up for the heads ?

You already have his headers and ignition. And you have a very nice Blue Thunder intake collecting dust. Put on the heads add the cam and you are all set.

And yes you can paint the intake and heads to look Ford OEM. I wiil not tell anyone.
Jeff

Actually, since I'd save my 'boat anchor' intake for the next person (along with every other potential shred of goofy original stuff) I guess it doesn't matter if I painted it or not. Personally, the casting is so fine, it'd be a shame to paint!

Anyway, I did think what an awesome trip to have Pat do the work, then go drive it home. Okay, maybe he has it delivered half way or something... NH is a long way from AL.

Anyway, pretty cool to talk to a guy this fired up... got ME fired up.

As much as we here in NH would like to claim Pat as our own, his shop is actually in Tyngsboro, MA, just over the state line.

That puts him a little closer to AL.

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Originally posted by larryw:
As much as we here in NH would like to claim Pat as our own, his shop is actually in Tyngsboro, MA, just over the state line.

That puts him a little closer to AL.

Well Larry, I believe you're correct! Yeah, maybe I was trying to move him closer subconsciously, but a check to www.patsauto.com confirms his location in MA.

Hi Adams,

My car is the one that Pat did all the work on that he was telling you about. I took it in for a tune-up since it was running very rough and I wanted him to look over the rest of the car (I hadn't spent any time on it myself in the past year and thought it should be checked out). I had to sit down when he told me all that was wrong with the engine (and other stuff) and what he was going to do to straighten it out. When I heard "aluminum heads" I knew the estimate of "a couple of hundred bucks" that I gave my wife was going to be a little off the mark!

I'm starting to see a trend. I think I'm his test bed. His first set of headers were for me and now he's trying out the heads on my engine. My original heads were cracked (again?!) and well past their useful life. I took the car home a couple of weeks ago and all I can say is "wow". She was a different car. A lot more pull than before. The work was definitely worth it....but then he had to take the car back. The car has had electrical gremlins since I bought it 7 years ago and the alternator fried for some reason on the way home. He just finished replacing it and the fuse box and I'm picking it up again tomorrow afternoon. Fortunately for me, I'm in Massachusetts too. Easy trip to make.

He mentioned he was talking to you about the work and that you and I have very similar goals for our cars. I would recommend this "upgrade" 100%. Plus, a trip to his shop is always an enjoyable experience.

-Sean

has he tried to get you to buy his brake setup yet? He does some amazing work.

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Originally posted by sgarrett:
Hi Adams,

My car is the one that Pat did all the work on that he was telling you about.

When I heard "aluminum heads" I knew the estimate of "a couple of hundred bucks" that I gave my wife was going to be a little off the mark!

I'm starting to see a trend. I think I'm his test bed. His first set of headers were for me and now he's trying out the heads on my engine.

He just finished replacing it and the fuse box and I'm picking it up again tomorrow afternoon. Fortunately for me, I'm in Massachusetts too. Easy trip to make.

He mentioned he was talking to you about the work and that you and I have very similar goals for our cars. I would recommend this "upgrade" 100%. Plus, a trip to his shop is always an enjoyable experience.

-Sean

WOW! Great to 'meet' you here. Yeah, he said "SOME RICH GUINEA PIG HAS HIS CAR IN HERE". Totally kidding. I thought I was the testbed! I have his headers too, and MAN are those things superb.

He said he put the John Haas fusebox in yours, which I also have (many here do) and it is a WINNER. That alone should help exorcise some demons.

Yeah, the "$200" quote might've been a little premature to tell your wife. I always fein short term memory loss, "DID I SAY TWO HUNDRED? I don't know what I was thinking... probably thinking of you oh jewel of my eye" Okay, maybe that won't work, but it can't hurt.

And TAJON, I was tempted to get the Porsche brakes for my car as he mentioned. I have an extra set of calipers from my Carrera. Wonder if he can fit those on!?! Oh well, always something.

Keep us updated on your upgrades Sean!

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Originally posted by tajon:
has he tried to get you to buy his brake setup yet? He does some amazing work.

Yep...got them, 2 years ago. Also had him redo the front suspension.

Just a quick note, the new Trick Flow heads have a lot of engine builders excited. I'd bet those are the heads that everyone is keeping secret.

Couple the Trick Flow heads with the Edelbrock Air Gap intake, the Lunati Voodoo cam with about 230 degrees intake duration (@ 0.050) or the Comp Cams equivalent (the XE274), a good 750 carb, flat top pistons set for 10.5:1 compression ratio and the horsepower will be in the 450 BHP ballpark. Exhaling through a good exhaust system of course.

I like the Extreme Energy/Voodoo cam profiles. But there's more tricks to be played with the camshaft. The new heads under development by Scott Cook will also raise the bar somewhat.

-G

I got the car back last night, and took it on a drive to work this morning. Despite my not-so-enjoyable-schedule of meeting after meeting today, I would have to say it is a good day. Now I just need to stay focused and try not to daydream too much about the drive home that awaits. I'll try to post a picture tonight.

-Sean

Surprised you have not seen these folks in your neck of the woods?

http://www.ultrapromachining.n.../ford/ford_info.html

These are being used on many of the off road engines out here with great success.

Mark