PhD and motors

The holiday breaks are always a love hate thing for me. I personally find tranquility when I am in the engine room building motors or doing an EFI conversion. So, while Ms iA and the boys took some of that holiday time to hang Christmas lights I made a B-line to the shop.



I have spent most of time in EFI conversions and engine builds. Everything to the 67S motor to a 996TT upgrade and engine build. My days are filled with piles of motors. This is a good thing, but keeps me from the forums and the blog. I have a special case that I wanted to share. No pun intended. This is one of the two motors I worked on over the break. The other is a 996TT motor which I will show later. This is an example of extreme in every aspect. Originally an EFI conversion customer the HP bug hit hard and fast. The car came back and went to the drawing board for MORE. The new design mapped out a 3.5 liter short stroke motor. Pauter Rods, SS head studs, flame rings, ported and polished intake and exhaust ports. Flowed heads, custom exhaust, custom intake and a T78 turbo. The projected HP of this steed will be apx 800HP. Oh, and powder coated and polished everything. Originally the owner wanted to polish the case. I agreed this would be fine. It cam back in full powdercoating. Reservations aside I was shocked how nice it looked.




What do you do with something like this? Well, sit down and hang on. It is headed to the drag strips to prove that wheelies still exist. Not for the faint of heart.

The owner is also a die hard Mustang fan and not afraid to pull a time slip from some 8 second rides he owns. So this will be the small toy in his collection. Enjoy the pics.