DeTomaso Mailing List: October 97, Message #259
     



From: 	Dan Jones <djones2@mdc.com>

Subject: Re: I'm back -Reply

Date: 	Fri, 10 Oct 1997 11:41:19 +0000





> A small Cleveland stroker would be very easy to build....Just offset

> grind your crank, and use a small block Chevy rod....I said that you

> would be better off to buy new Eagle or Crower rods, because you 

> can get new ones for about $500-$600 set and that includes the good

> SPS rod bolts. And, you would have to get a custom set of pistons, 

> with the correct compression height..About $400



Yup, that's my current plan.  I think I'll use the Aussie heads and

Weiand X-celerator single plane intake, though I do have a set of

quench 4V's.  That reminds me, Kip at the PPC was showing me 

the GTS, Borla, and Mindtrain exhaust parts and I mentioned Larry

Stock's Hedman headers.  He was of the opinion that the 1 3/4"

primaries would not match the 4V's exhaust port properly.  Maybe 

one of you Nor Cal types can run up to Larry's and lay a header

gasket across the flange and see how they mate?  For the 4V heads,

Kip prefers the GTS headers, though his guess is the Hedman 

units would work well on the Aussie 2V ports.



>  I used B\B Chev rockers on my original Pantera, because, at the time,

> Cleveland roller rockers were about $350\set and B\B Chev rockers 

> were $200 a set.  I think the ratio on the Clev. rocker is 1.73 and the 

> Chev rocker is 1.75, so you get a little added lift as a bonus. 



I believe the BB Chevy ratio is actually less than 1.73.  My catalogs

show 1.7 for the Chubby.



> Or, find yourself a set of early GT heads...They are already set-up 

> for adjustable rockers, and they have a 11:1 quench combustion 

> chamber.



That would be the Boss 351 heads.



Any one out there running a mechanical cam in their Pantera?

Is it a royal b*tch to adjust the valves?



Later,

Dan Jones