[DeTomaso] 408 Stroker Life Expectancy

[Art Stephens]

Doggie Daddy,
     I'm not waiting for the aluminum block.  I hope it gets built,  and 
maybe someday if I save my nickels and dimes,  I might have one?  For me, 
my dream engine for the Pantera would be all aluminum,  naturally aspirated, 
big HP,  torque and revs,  while fitting under the stock screen.  I imagine 
the engine that will be built in the upcoming weeks,  isn't going to last 
forever.  So I think there will be more opportunities to build that bad boy 
in the future,  that is,  if I'm willing to refinance my house!  Regarding 
my budget?  That depends,  as in,  I should probably be wearing Depends when 
I get the bill  :-)




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mad Dog Antenucci" <teampantera at yahoo.com>
To: "Art Stephens" <artstephens at charter.net>; "B. Seib" <oldwheel at mts.net>; 
"Donny Williams" <Donnylee at ccwebster.net>; <JDeRyke at aol.com>; 
<detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 408 Stroker Life Expectancy


> Art,
>
>  I love you man but I also know you and if you spend the money needed for 
> one of these 'yet-to-be-produced aluminum blocks I can guarantee you that 
> knowing you that you will freak out at the final completed cost and then 
> you will NEVER RACE and what fun will that be?
>
>  I'd like to see these NEW iron and aluminum Cleveland blocks built too 
> but just remember they still need to be machined before they can be 
> built!!!
>
>  You will end up with an expensive show pantera with an engine that is 3 
> times what you thought it was going to be and  then YOU will get paranoid 
> about breaking it because you-have-so-much-money-invested and then you or 
> 95% of this List will then be afraid to ever drive it HARD.
>
>  I can think of a several Pantera owners with aluminum blocks (flame suit 
> on!) and huge dollars invested and NONE (maybe one) of the owners even 
> races.....one of them with a twin turbo charged Pantera showed up at a 
> TPOC dyno day a couple years ago and when I told him I was looking forward 
> to him running his Pantera on the chassis dyno said,
>
>  "ohhh, I am not running my Pantera on the dyno...I have too much money 
> invested to break it"......a week earlier he was telling everyone that 
> would listen about his 1,100 HP Pantera.
>  I'm sorry I don't get it... Wotz the point of having all that juice and 
> not doing anything with it?
>  I then looked at his Pantera and then looked at his trophy wife and I 
> thought.........okay never mind.
>
>  Wots your budget slacker? ;-]>
>
>  md
>
> Art Stephens <artstephens at charter.net> wrote:
>  Yeah, I sure would like to get one of those aluminum Cleveland blocks
> someday!
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "B. Seib"
> To: "Donny Williams" ; ;
> ;
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 408 Stroker Life Expectancy
>
>
>> Until that new strong pure Cleve block begins it's production run!
>>> http://www.network54.com/Forum/119419/thread/1174843414/Attention.
>>
>> Donny Williams wrote:
>> Yea I think the Windsor is a better candidate for this kind of cubes.
>> Lots
>> more parts available, lots of strokes,and they are reliable.
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