[DeTomaso] BBORR Engine photos

[wkooiman at earthlink.net]

When my cam broke, it also broke the cam retainer.  It proved to be one of the more difficult parts to locate.  I even went to the Ford dealer.  No dice.

There's one listed on Summit, but it has torrington bearings.  I wanted the normal Ford part.

I finally found one from a 429/460 on ebay.  They're the same.

I have 6 good Boss rods if you wnat one or two.  Free to a good cause.  They aren't polished like yours.

I know a good shop in the Fort Worth area for balancing engines.  They did mine for about $150, if I recall correctly.  You probably know a good one in SA.

Here's a weird one.  I had a *bunch* of crap bouncing around in my engine.  My oil pump looked good, though.  It had flattened aluminum stuck to the rotors.  I replaced it of course, but it looked like it would go 100K miles.

Here's a weirder one.  With only 6 cylinders, that's about as close as you can get to driving a rear-engined Corvette.

-----Original Message-----
>From: michael frazier <red3644 at hotmail.com>
>Sent: May 3, 2009 1:28 PM
>To: pantera list <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Subject: [DeTomaso] BBORR Engine photos
>
>
>Hi,
>
>  I've not had much time to spend on the engine but here are a few photos of the damage.  I just found that the 
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>cam retainer plate in front also has an ear broken off.  There wasn't much in the pan other than the obvious missing bits.  The first crank bearing surfaces I exposed looked good.  Tow bolt heads took some hits but that left just small nicks in the rod itself.   That's where I am so far.  I'm mostly interested in what is salvagable at this time.   Here are some photos.
>
>Michael
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> 
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>http://photobucket.com/2009BBORRengine
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