[DeTomaso] The Most Unusual 351c Weber Maniold

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

Quite a few V-12 Ferraris & other exotics were built with Webers turned 
crosswise to the crankshaft, but those '60s engines had a fairly narrow space 
between the cam covers, more like a 302 Ford, and had port spacing closer 
together than the Weber bore spacings. So it actually fit the carbs and its 
linkage better.   On the much wider Cleveland with further-apart port spacing, 
and with existing longitudinal intakes & linkage available, there's no 
performance advantage- just for appearance. 

The ease of linkage hookup with crosswise carbs should also be factored 
against having to create everything from scratch for this one-off setup. Maybe, 
on an all-aluniimum engine, the heat expansion factor would make coupling 
the two banks of carbs together easier, too. But all-aluminum V-8s remain 
pretty rare in Panteras, and EFI is immune to this, plus it's easier to adapt & 
tune than the old Webers. My 2¢    J DeRyke