[DeTomaso] Clevor

[dferrato at aol.com]

In my case I wanted to use my existing (previously ceramic coated)  
exhaust and some of the other parts that came with the car. To fit  
all this and to try to stay under the stock engine screen, I stayed  
at the 9.2 deck height with the Dart aluminum block. The "clevor"  
combination offers other advantages and I am by no means an expert on  
all the necessary parts. There is great stuff on the engine topic in  
the forum, (http://pantera.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/frm/f/565004556)   
with George Pence, Dan Jones, and Jack De Ryke providing expert  
advice. These guys were vital to me in figuring out the combination I  
wanted. Also Mark McKeown motorsports are renowned clevor builders  
and make huge power with some of their combinations. (http:// 
www.mmeracing.com/mmeracing) Some other clevor info:  http:// 
www.darkhorseracing.net/track_boss_me_2005.htm

If you don't care about the Cleveland side of things, I agree that  
the Windsor deal might be a lot simpler and cheaper. If I were  
building a Windsor I would use the new Bill Mitchell (Roush  
engineered) 9.5 aluminum block and the new Ford heads he has developed.

Wow, had not seen Bill since PRI and did not know about it, but just  
saw this on his site:  http://www.theengineshop.com/prods_pages/ 
ManOWar460ClevelandLimitedEditionCompleteCrateEngine.htm