[DeTomaso] Putting a small block Chevy.....Oh Really?

[Mark McWhinney]

Hmmm, a 300 or so HP engine in a 3,500 lbs. car beats a 427?  
Umm, no.  He let you win.  

A 427 tied to a boat anchor, driven by a blind man through a Mississippi
swamp would beat a stock Corvette.


-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of LaurieFerrari at aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 4:58 PM
To: Detomaso at realbig.com; Pantera351C at hotmail.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Putting a small block Chevy.....Oh Really?

JZ...If what you say is the case, why then, I ask, why did my '00  stock 
Vette (full of my junk, probably my golf clubs and various  other school
books and 
meaningless but weighty paraphernalia, beat the  heck out of a 427 Cobra, 
whilst playing around on the streets surrounding  Fontana Speedway?  Why?
And 
not a slacker's vehicle  either.   All I can say is I wondered what happened
to 
him; looked in  my rearview mirror, and he was wayyyy back.  Kind of weird
for 
a racer  type p. man, wouldn't ya say? Next thing I  learned, he (no names 
mentioned in respect of the 5th  amendment)  replaced his glorious (FORD)
engine 
of which you  speaketh.. with something shall we say, more vivaciously 
allegretto.   
p.s. I didn't even realize I was exceeding the speed limit (by  much) but 
when you have batman's wings appearing magically from  nowhere, evidently
you can 
fly.    Not that I don't love my  Pantera mind you. Truly I do, it's gutsy, 
it's beefy, it's gorgeous, but,  where can one go in blocked stop and go LA 
traffic with a  beastly vehicle that shouldn't be harnessed to the point of

idleness on a 24/7 freeway.... I entirely hate  that!!!!   
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[DeTomaso] Putting a small block Chevrolet in a 1973 pantera
John  Zeedick _Pantera351C  at Hotmail.Com _ 
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Mon Mar 3 14:10:05 CST 2008  
All:





Detomaso installed ford and hemi engines in a pantera after the deal with

ford broke down. Lee Iaccoca looked into making the Pantera a viable

Chrysler product and had a hemi installed. Detomaso also installed a bimmer

motor in the first guara before switching to ford. I am a firm believer if

the the maker of the car installed different makes of engines in his cars

then it is fair game to install that engine in any model the company

built...hence Pantera performances 427...etc etc...they are still FORD

motors. I kind of like the idea of a Bimmer motor or Goran's Hemi for our

Cats. If you want a chevy engine behind you...buy a factory five GTR, strip

a corvette and get to work......but then a ford motor in a FFR

GTR....well.....you know where this is going.



Power by Henry will always trump a chevy in my book



John Z





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