[DeTomaso] two questions

[bill gaino]

Scuff and clean the tube, silicone works, make sure the tube has a bolt holding it in.   750 sounds right for 408 ci.   Try 76 jets in the primary and 78 in the secondary.

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>From: Christopher Kimball <chrisvkimball at msn.com>
>Sent: Apr 7, 2009 1:19 PM
>To: Pantera List Serve <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Subject: [DeTomaso] two questions
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>Hi everyone.
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>I have two questions for you prior to my new motor going in:
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>1) I was told to get an O ring for my dipstick tube (at the bottom when it goes into the new engine block).  The folks at NAPA had no idea what I was talking about, and when I called a Pantera vendor, the guy there said they use a brass washer crimped at the base of the tube as a stop, then seal it with silicone.  
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>Since I don't have one of the little brass things, he said I could just use that gasket-type silicone to seal the tube where it enters the engine block, and no O ring was necessary.
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>What say y'all?
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>2) My engine will be a bored and stroked Cleveland block displacing 408 CI.  The carb shop said a Holley 750 would be a good match for the kind of driving I do (mainly street).  I have edelbrock heads, if that matters.
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>Do you agree with the carb recommendation?  
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>Thanks,
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>Chris
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