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First, I must say thank you to Dan(Turbo50) for making my engine happen. Without his skills and reasonable pricing I would still be sitting here looking at a Mustang with a motor that has no compression. His initial quote for the work was almost half of the least expensive machine shop I talked to. Not only that, but Dan has real world experience racing with Mustang 5.0's, so I would give him an edge over the machine shops.

Dan does top notch work period. He's also completely honest and no BS. He recommended to replace only stuff that needed replacing. Didn't try to up sell on a bunch of stuff that would not benefit my build to make more money. In fact, the motor I brought him was in pretty good condition(not the motor that lost compression as mentioned above). He actually told me that there was no need to rebuild it. How many shops would tell you that? None that I know of.

Dan also documented the entire process with photos. He sent me over 30 photos basically step by step of building the motor, all of the clearances etc. I would consider that a 100% real deal blueprinting of the build process. He also provided all receipts of parts purchased to complete the build and went out of his way to find a camshaft for me.

On top of all of that the build came in under budget!

What I'm trying to say here is that if you need top quality work done at reasonable prices you need not look any further than Dan Turbo50 for your engine building needs and more.

Here's only a few of the pictures he sent during the build process.

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Here's a couple of pics after I got ahold of the long block from Dan:

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Nice stuff, should be lots of fun. A boulevard bruiser.
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Dan is the man built my motor over 2 years ago and it's running like it did the first day.. [burnout]

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quote:
Originally posted by Nifty50:
Nice stuff, should be lots of fun. A boulevard bruiser.

Thank you. Yeah, considering I went high 12's on stock h/c/i and a very tired old block with that old paxton... I have no doubts it's gonna run hard(mid low 11's).

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Dan, Dan, if he can't do it no one can!! [patriot]
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quote:
Originally posted by Cstang5.0:
Dan is the man built my motor over 2 years ago and it's running like it did the first day.. [burnout]

Glad to hear it! This is my intermediate motor. I'm eventually going to have Dan build a Dart Block all forged stroker setup for me. But I needed something that will last up until that point. Since he has a lot of experience with engine building and has all of the right tools needed to do everything right I went with him instead of machine shops who could care less if they have my business of not.

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NICE! Hopefully one day he can build a dart for me but I first need to get the damn block lol

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quote:
Originally posted by NEIGHT:
NICE! Hopefully one day he can build a dart for me but I first need to get the damn block lol

Dan can get Dart blocks. As a result of this I will most likely be building one earlier than I originally thought.

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Ahhhhhhhhhhh

What can I say other than thanks??

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quote:
Originally posted by turbo50:
Ahhhhhhhhhhh

What can I say other than thanks??

You can say that you will come install my heater core for me [Smile] haha

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I also forgot to mention that Dan answered every single question that I had without hesitation/frustration. This was during the entire build process. Meaning while he was building the long block, I was installing all the rest of the stuff, while I was dropping in the motor, after the motor was dropped in and started, and even after driving it around... even today more questions, more answers. Customer service is far beyond what you would see at any machine shop. Plus most machine shops wouldn't have any idea on how to properly set it up once its dropped in. Try calling them up to ask how to set up this or that or what torque this bolt or that bolt is after you've already got your motor from them.

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07 Harley VROD NRS Stage 1

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Here's a video link to the first fire up. This motor first right up with no problems at all the very first time!

http://youtu.be/KZOxoxqDeiQ

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I've talked to Dan a couple times thru PM and know many people with a motor built by him. Very knowledgeable guy and a great person to have your motor built by.

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Very nice build man. I'm deff looking forward to having my engine done soon as we'll from Dan. What are the specs? Looks like something similar I wanna put together.

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quote:
Originally posted by ISP89LX:
Very nice build man. I'm deff looking forward to having my engine done soon as we'll from Dan. What are the specs? Looks like something similar I wanna put together.

Rebuilt 1991 block. Had 103k miles when we pulled it, so it was in great shape.

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PMASS 90mm maf
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Paxton 3" Outlet Pipe
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A/C P/S, all Smog stuff in tact etc

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wait...Turbo50 Dan builds engines?????

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quote:
Originally posted by CornOil_&_Boost:
wait...Turbo50 Dan builds engines?????

news to me too
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quote:
Originally posted by CornOil_&_Boost:
wait...Turbo50 Dan builds engines?????

news to me as well [Smile]

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DAN BUILT MY MOTOR AND STILL RUNNING TOUGH
YOU THE MAN ! DAN

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+1 for Dan probably the most honest/Trustworthy guy on this board ! An his work is the best !

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quote:
Originally posted by FivePTSlow:
Here's a video link to the first fire up. This motor first right up with no problems at all the very first time!

http://youtu.be/KZOxoxqDeiQ

damn, was that filmed back in the 90's?
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quote:
Originally posted by 5Porn0:
Dan, Dan, if he can't do it no one can!! [patriot]

Cuz dan said so and i believe him lol

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quote:
Originally posted by 5Porn0:
quote:
Originally posted by FivePTSlow:
Here's a video link to the first fire up. This motor first right up with no problems at all the very first time!

http://youtu.be/KZOxoxqDeiQ

damn, was that filmed back in the 90's?
Nope just a couple days ago

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Dan is a badass, I can't wait to get my motor in and running!

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Dans the only way to go when u want some serious hp #s!!
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