[DeTomaso] Big Block Bell Housing
John Taphorn
jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com
Thu May 3 19:42:07 EDT 2007
Gary
I'd suggest a forged crank. Several 351C stroked to 408 that used an offset
ground 400 cast crank has experienced cracked or broken crankshafts. The
crank does not have the high nodularity of the Cleveland crank. This is not
the place to save money.
JT
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 8:56 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Big Block Bell Housing
>I have posted some time ago I am doing a full restoration on my Pantera
> and putting in a 400 stroked 434 by Tim Meyer. Tim now has a source for
> Big block Ford bell housings for the ZF. The 400 was chosen for lots of
> reasons but the main reason is getting cubes withought moving the ZF. The
> bore spacing is the same as a cleveland but most come with a big block
> bell housing pattern unless you find an FMX (difficult to find):
>
> http://www.tmeyerinc.com/
>
>
> Gary
>
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