[DeTomaso] 408 Stroker Life Expectancy

[Dave Doddek]

If anyone would like to donate me the parts to build an all aluminum 1100hp
engine, I will DRIVE it from Illinois to the TPOC dyno day and run it to
prove the 1100hp.  Just ask MD, I will do it.  And MD can wear a wig again!!!

Dave "call me crazy" D

At 02:56 PM 6/26/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>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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