DeTomaso Mailing List: February 99, Message #102

Rob wrote:

>Does anyone have any experience with swapping the stock Pantera Engine =
with a cobra engine.  

>>>Some Pantera vendors have been performing this swap for several years (Cory
Gehling, Steve Wilkinson.)  There are a few folks on this forum who are mid-
way through such a swap right now.

>How much does a cobra engine cost? 

>>>Last time I heard, the swap was advertised as costing about $11K, but in
reality when all is said and done, it's more like $15K.

>Are there =
conversion kits available, how much?  

>>>Dunno what they get for the 'kit' price.

>Is the cobra engine all aluminum?  =

>>>Yep.

>What about the engine in a Lincoln Mark VIII?

>>>The early conversions were to two-valve (Lincoln) motors, until the Cobra
motors became available.

Basically, for fifteen grand, you can get yourself a new, smooth, smaller-
displacement, LESS powerful motor than what you already have.  Whoop-de-
freaking-do.

You go ahead and swap in a 4.6 Liter motor.  Then give ME $15K to spend on a
motor, and when we're both done, I and my all-aluminum stroker big-block will
absolutely rip the lungs out of your wimpy 300-horsepower-but-no-torque
grocery getter! :>)

Mike