[DeTomaso] Stock 4V Heads vs alloy

[wkooiman at earthlink.net]

Are you sure?  I bet it's over 100lbs.

I know you've weighed all of this, but "nearly 100lbs" doesn't sound like enough weight savings for everything you listed.


-----Original Message-----
>From: JDeRyke at aol.com
>Sent: May 11, 2010 12:20 PM
>To: lashdeep at yahoo.com, wdemelo at cogeco.ca, DeTomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Stock 4V Heads vs alloy
>
>In a message dated 5/11/10 12:01:03 PM, lashdeep at yahoo.com writes:
>
>> 70lbs is a lot of weight too. I may end up keeping the stock engine 
>> intact and building a new stroker separately.
>> 
>
>Alloy cylinder heads, a lightweight alloy intake, aluminum water pump, a 
>gear-drive mini-starter and a good set of semi-equal-length headers (not 180s, 
>though)   drops nearly 100 lbs from a stock 351C. And the components listed 
>all work better than stock- most with longer lives. I have all that stuff 
>loaded into a 351-C in an engine I built in 1992, to which I show little 
>mercy. It still gives enough power to scare me and 19 mpg going to Las Vegas, on 
>92-octane weed-killer. Have fun- J Deryke
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