[DeTomaso] Putting a small block Chevrolet in a 1973 pantera

[Peter Kovacs]

Thats what I wanted to hear. Smooth idle, wicked power, fuel efficient, and sounds awesome under boost at WOT.....in my unbiased opinion. LOL

Dave Doddek <pantera at pobox.com> wrote:  To me, the obvious choice is the Ford 4.6. You can get a used Mark VIII
engine for under $500. New cams, a stroker kit, a new intake and some head
porting and you get an easy 500HP engine that will turn 8500 rpm and still
get good MPGs. It works well with the Pantera high gearing, it bolts up
the the zf as is, you can buy ready made headers motormounts and piping,
and you get a flat bulkhead. If you supercharge you can push over 1000
reliable HP while still using the Mark VIII block and heads. People claim
that these engines dont have any torque, but when programmed with an
aftermarket EFI system, they actually have good torque. Besides, with an
8500 rpm redline, who needs tons of torque. If someone would just build
180 headers, this engine would sound awsome.

Dave "Just dont swap in a Toyota: D


At 11:15 PM 3/2/2008 -0600, you wrote:
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>It doesn't make sense to me to go through all that effort to have a SBC in a
>Pantera. Any economy you save by swapping in a SBC is lost by the custom
>fabrication. When you're finished, what do you have? You'd get the same
>thing by building a nice 351C - and then remove a couple of plug wires.
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>Of course, that's just my opinion.
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>BTW, this doesn't compare to a Hemi in a Pantera. The Chrysler Hemi is
>legendary. A SBC is simply a different flavor of the same size engine.
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>Will.
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>From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
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>To: bwerner at live.com; detomaso at realbig.com
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> Logically, a small block Chevy makes sense. It's just that some people
>would see the car as having been bastardized.? But there's a guy in Germany
>with a BMW V8 in his and another fellow in with a Hemi in his and both those
>are undoubtedly very quick cars.
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>I guess it's the Ford vs Chevy rivalry thing that makes it seems distasteful
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>Jim
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>To: detomaso at realbig.com
>Sent: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 10:35 am
>Subject: [DeTomaso] Putting a small block Chevrolet in a 1973 pantera
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>I need help!! I want to put a small block Chevrolet in my pantera. Any 
>information about adapters, motor mounts, headers would be greatly 
>appreciated. If there are any vendors that someone would recommend also 
>would help, and if someone has already done the conversion I would love to 
>talk with you. Thanks in advance. 
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