After reading, some of the post and what people are saying about companies .i think I need to tell my story.
I bought my car on April 9 2005 at 10am. I remember this because my brother called me and told me to get to the hospital. I lost my dad that day.
I put a pro charger on it. Drove it until I had 25000 miles on it. I blew the pistons out both sides of the block. That’s what got me started. I know your pain. Every dollar until this year has come out off my pocket. I turned down a big sponsor last year because I would not let him wrap my car.
When I built my first motor there was a lot of things done wrong. Every builder said the 3v can’t hold this much power. I fooled with it for two years. The first shop was no help at all. The only good from the first shop was I met mike Wilson who turn the wrenches.
Mike went to work at modular depot and asked me to talk to ken. That’s the best move I have made. Ken and Mike spent a year trying to get my car to do what the other shop said it would do. Then that fall it decided to die.
Factory computer
Did you know you can buy the software to data log your factory computer. When you build a motor to make this kind of power with a stock computer there is a whole lot of things that have to be turned off . Your tuner needs to take his time. We data logged and checked the plugs on every pull and pass down the track. We changed the heat range on the plugs twice. Put extra fuel in to try to keep the cylinders from getting to much heat.
You can build a motor to run high horse power on pump gas. People do. But all it takes is the tune not being quite right or a bad tank of fuel to end up with a pile of metal. are you going to make the gas company pay. I don’t think so. When you play you pay.
Motor
When mine went, Ken and I sat down and talked about who to use. We talked to Tony at bes racing. We told him what we wanted to do and asked him if it was his was his. what would he do. Week later he called and said this is what I would do. So I did what he said.
My second motor was five thousand dollars cheaper than my first one. He even built the intake and a custom oil pan. The only problem we had was the exhaust port was ported to thin. He said he thought he could fix it. But it didn’t hold.
My first heads were stage111 by Livernois and hand ported by Tony. These guys are great. I have been to their shop and met them personally. There place is top notch. I started a post looking for someone else. It wasn’t because of there work. I was because I had a race coming up and mike didn’t get back with me fast enough. We worked it out. I did look at other heads. But ken and Tony felt it was better to say with who we had. And after meeting them in person I glad I stayed. My heads now are stage111r.
People some times pick the wrong parts. Some people have failure and get on here and complain. Guys do your homework. This motor has been in my car for two years now. My advice to you is take your time. When you tune take baby steps, pull plugs. I run the same oil pump some of you complain about.
I run these same heads that ck is complaining about. My car makes 1247hp to the wheels and we still haven’t leaned on it hard yet. My converter is still to loose.
I am on this board everyday. If I can help you with some of your questions pm me and I will answer your question. I know how it feels and the dollars it takes to get there. You may not like my answer but I won’t lie to you.
