DeTomaso Mailing List: June 98, Message #166

> I've talked to a few of our engine builders including our own Dave
> Williams who regularly builds strokers (more about that later) and
> again I am convinced it is the best value added (bang for the buck)
> you can make to the Cleveland espially if ya ain't got much money.

Stay away from Dave, he's trouble.  Didn't Skod just want to freshen up
his 302?  Before he knew it he had a 430+ cube Windsor under his hood.  
Pssst kid, try some of this.  No, no cubic inches are good, they'll make
you feel like Superman...  Just say no! 

Hmmm, lemme guess.  What you need is a set of nice A3 aluminum heads on
a stroked 400 block, say maybe 440-450 cubes.

> The 351C is as heavy as a Windsor, the crank and rods are lighter, the
> intake is lighter, the heads are about the same. . .despite the "thin
> wall" so the block has to weigh at least as much as a Windsor. . .All
> the metal has to be someplace.

The difference is about 25 lbs and it's all in the heads.  On my trusy
bathroom scale Windsor heads were 12 lbs lighter (each) than Cleveland
heads.

> Since I've been told repeatedly that one shouldn't run more then a 377
> Cleveland Stroker and one should NEVER NEVER NEVER (Mikey influence
> here) punch out a Cleveland more then .30 over  it will be interesting
> to see how succesful John is in an endurance event like SS.

Who told you that?  When I was at the Columbus swap, one of the vendors
had a 438 cube 351C on display.  

Later,
Dan Jones