FORD RACING PERFORMANCE PARTS "ALUMINATOR"
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What's currently the "hottest" page on "Truth With Speedzzter?"
It's not one of Speedzzter's political pages.
Speedzzter's current NUMBER ONE TRAFFIC PRODUCTING PAGE IS ABOUT FORD RACING PERFORMANCE PARTS "ALUMINATOR" CRATE ENGINE!
FRPP has taken the advice of many (including Speedzzter) and started aggressively advertising the boost-ready, 700 horsepower-tested "Aluminator" engine.
FRPP has purchased full page ads in several of the Source Interlink high performance auto magazines, such as Hot Rod, and 5.0 Mustang.
Hopefully, all of the traffic on the Truth With Speedzzter "Aluminator" page means that more and more "hot rodders" and "Mustangers" are seriously contemplating a swap of this sweet mill into their rides.
The main reason for all of the "Aluminator" buzz are its awesome factory specifications:
The Aluminator is based on a Cosworth-tweaked, 2005-present Mustang GT production block. FRPP claims "double the duty cycles" of prior aluminum 4.6 blocks (presumably including the benchmark Teksid blocks). However, instead of filling the bottom end with the spindly, powdered-metal, cracked-cap and hypereutectic CRAP that FoMoCo’s moronic bean counters saddle the production ponies with, FRPP slams in "the goods" that even "Terminator" John Colletti would approve of:
- An eight-bolt FORGED crankshaft
– Manley H-beam connecting rods
– Mahle forged pistons (which work with 2V and 4V heads) with either 10.5:1 or 8.5:1 compression ratio (4V head).
And the forced induction "Aluminator" long-block is a great way to step up to dual overhead cams and four valves per cylinder. With certain aftermarket valve covers, a DOHC "Aluminator" has the massive presence of a Hemi, but with much greater efficiency and power potential.
Back in the day of the legendary "Fox" body Mustangs, DOHC four-valves-per-cylinder "Ford" V8s were exclusive to Indy cars and Formula One. Now "Ordinary Joes" can get them over the counter at many participating Ford/Lincoln-Mercury dealers and FRPP dealers!
Isn't technology a thing of beauty to behold?
Who would have been willing to bet on that back in the bad old days when Henry Ford II killed the "Muscle Parts" program in favor of more Pintos, Grenadas and low-performance "Elite/Thunderbird" coupes in the Naderite 1970s?
Speedzzter has been involved with Ford Modular V8 engines for nearly ten years. The "Aluminator" is an engine that FoMoCo SHOULD have been building back during the 1990s. The "Aluminator" fixes many of the problems that have plagued Ford's Modular V8 as a basis for a REAL high performance engine.
A forced-induction "Aluminator" in a Mustang should have no problem whatsoever putting the car reliably in the 5-6 pounds-per-horsepower bracket. That's enough "grunt" to accelerate to more than 130 m.p.h. in the quarter mile.
For a fraction of what a new ZR1 Corvette or a Dodge Viper or even an SRT-8 Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge would cost, a properly set-up rear-wheel-drive Ford with a supercharged or turbocharged "Aluminator" could yield just about all that 98% of street rodders could handle in a daily-driveable street/strip/open track supercar.
If FoMoCo is serious about serving its motorsports customers, forced-induction crate engines such as the "Aluminator" are vital products.
Certainly, some old school "hot rodders" will continue to gravitate toward simpler, large cubic-inch "pushrod" designs. However, a forced-induction "Aluminator" can gloriously rip to an amazing 7,000 r.p.m. bone stock, with more "area" under the torque curve than many "big blocks" -- yet still provide respectable "daily driver" fuel efficiency and emissions performance that a "big block" could never hope to deliver.
Ford's plan to offer twin turbocharged "Eco-Boost" engines (formerly known as "TwinForce") should be extended to Ford Racing Performance Parts.
An emissions-certified "Eco-Boost Aluminator" crate engine would dramatically increase interest in both new and used Mustangs. Even if the engine was not emission-certified, it would encourage scores of "emissions exempt" builders to look seriously at Ford.
And offering a more fuel-efficient high performance engine, such as an "Eco-Boost Aluminator" would demonstrate that FoMoCo can balance market demands for high performance with political pressures to be more fuel efficient.
A "halo" FRPP "Eco-Boost Aluminator" would also generate interest in Ford's "Eco-Boost" offerings in the showroom. It would showcase Ford's most advanced engine technology in a loyal market where savvy opinion leaders could "talk up" FoMoCo engineering and quality.
And a crate "Eco-Boost Aluminator" would help Ford to be more competitive in grassroots motorsports until someday when wide-bore-center "Boss" modular V8s are fitted with four valves per cylinder, dual overhead cams and "plug-in" crate distribution.
Of course, should FoMoCo never produce a DOHC 4V "Boss," because of the recent increases in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards (which have already claimed Cadillac's proposed new DOHC V8), the "Aluminator" may become arguably the apogee of a long line of Ford's V8s.
Don't miss it!
[GET THE LATEST POSTS ON FORD, THE DANGEROUS INTERSECTION BETWEEN AUTOMOBILES AND POLITICS AND OTHER "TRUTH WITH SPEEDZZTER" HERE]
What's currently the "hottest" page on "Truth With Speedzzter?"
It's not one of Speedzzter's political pages.
Speedzzter's current NUMBER ONE TRAFFIC PRODUCTING PAGE IS ABOUT FORD RACING PERFORMANCE PARTS "ALUMINATOR" CRATE ENGINE!
FRPP has taken the advice of many (including Speedzzter) and started aggressively advertising the boost-ready, 700 horsepower-tested "Aluminator" engine.
FRPP has purchased full page ads in several of the Source Interlink high performance auto magazines, such as Hot Rod, and 5.0 Mustang.
Hopefully, all of the traffic on the Truth With Speedzzter "Aluminator" page means that more and more "hot rodders" and "Mustangers" are seriously contemplating a swap of this sweet mill into their rides.
The main reason for all of the "Aluminator" buzz are its awesome factory specifications:
The Aluminator is based on a Cosworth-tweaked, 2005-present Mustang GT production block. FRPP claims "double the duty cycles" of prior aluminum 4.6 blocks (presumably including the benchmark Teksid blocks). However, instead of filling the bottom end with the spindly, powdered-metal, cracked-cap and hypereutectic CRAP that FoMoCo’s moronic bean counters saddle the production ponies with, FRPP slams in "the goods" that even "Terminator" John Colletti would approve of:
- An eight-bolt FORGED crankshaft
– Manley H-beam connecting rods
– Mahle forged pistons (which work with 2V and 4V heads) with either 10.5:1 or 8.5:1 compression ratio (4V head).
And the forced induction "Aluminator" long-block is a great way to step up to dual overhead cams and four valves per cylinder. With certain aftermarket valve covers, a DOHC "Aluminator" has the massive presence of a Hemi, but with much greater efficiency and power potential.
Back in the day of the legendary "Fox" body Mustangs, DOHC four-valves-per-cylinder "Ford" V8s were exclusive to Indy cars and Formula One. Now "Ordinary Joes" can get them over the counter at many participating Ford/Lincoln-Mercury dealers and FRPP dealers!
Isn't technology a thing of beauty to behold?
Who would have been willing to bet on that back in the bad old days when Henry Ford II killed the "Muscle Parts" program in favor of more Pintos, Grenadas and low-performance "Elite/Thunderbird" coupes in the Naderite 1970s?
Speedzzter has been involved with Ford Modular V8 engines for nearly ten years. The "Aluminator" is an engine that FoMoCo SHOULD have been building back during the 1990s. The "Aluminator" fixes many of the problems that have plagued Ford's Modular V8 as a basis for a REAL high performance engine.
A forced-induction "Aluminator" in a Mustang should have no problem whatsoever putting the car reliably in the 5-6 pounds-per-horsepower bracket. That's enough "grunt" to accelerate to more than 130 m.p.h. in the quarter mile.
For a fraction of what a new ZR1 Corvette or a Dodge Viper or even an SRT-8 Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge would cost, a properly set-up rear-wheel-drive Ford with a supercharged or turbocharged "Aluminator" could yield just about all that 98% of street rodders could handle in a daily-driveable street/strip/open track supercar.
If FoMoCo is serious about serving its motorsports customers, forced-induction crate engines such as the "Aluminator" are vital products.
Certainly, some old school "hot rodders" will continue to gravitate toward simpler, large cubic-inch "pushrod" designs. However, a forced-induction "Aluminator" can gloriously rip to an amazing 7,000 r.p.m. bone stock, with more "area" under the torque curve than many "big blocks" -- yet still provide respectable "daily driver" fuel efficiency and emissions performance that a "big block" could never hope to deliver.
Ford's plan to offer twin turbocharged "Eco-Boost" engines (formerly known as "TwinForce") should be extended to Ford Racing Performance Parts.
An emissions-certified "Eco-Boost Aluminator" crate engine would dramatically increase interest in both new and used Mustangs. Even if the engine was not emission-certified, it would encourage scores of "emissions exempt" builders to look seriously at Ford.
And offering a more fuel-efficient high performance engine, such as an "Eco-Boost Aluminator" would demonstrate that FoMoCo can balance market demands for high performance with political pressures to be more fuel efficient.
A "halo" FRPP "Eco-Boost Aluminator" would also generate interest in Ford's "Eco-Boost" offerings in the showroom. It would showcase Ford's most advanced engine technology in a loyal market where savvy opinion leaders could "talk up" FoMoCo engineering and quality.
And a crate "Eco-Boost Aluminator" would help Ford to be more competitive in grassroots motorsports until someday when wide-bore-center "Boss" modular V8s are fitted with four valves per cylinder, dual overhead cams and "plug-in" crate distribution.
Of course, should FoMoCo never produce a DOHC 4V "Boss," because of the recent increases in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards (which have already claimed Cadillac's proposed new DOHC V8), the "Aluminator" may become arguably the apogee of a long line of Ford's V8s.
Don't miss it!
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