[DeTomaso] What's a good price for a cleveland motor?

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Cullen,
Even when everything is right its still a crap shoot...maybe better odds but I liked the "Oklahoma-hammer-test"....anyone who can find the humor in all this is someone I want to party with.

We want to draft you for the team! ;-)>
 
Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
www.teampanteraracing.com




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From: cullen mccann <clarkwgriswold2nd at gmail.com>
To: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>; John Garcia <jpgstangs at aol.com>; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 12:50:11 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] What's a good price for a cleveland motor?


Well, that’s a good point. And in all fairness, I admit I havent got much experience with Cleveland's. I am learning that they tend to be much worse about testing out solid than Windsor's and 289-302's etc. I have built a dozen of the latter and honestly have had them all professionally built with no problems…magnufluxed and checked out fine…but I don’t buy them from junkyards…I buy them from personal transactions like the ads listed or from friends….so I'll bet I'm just spoiled on good fortune…..never had any motor sonic tested….that's new magic for me. Here in oklahoma we just tap on it with a wrench and if it echos we tap harder…..  ;)  Or maybe all of my motors were bad and I just never pushed them hard enough to show their flaws? Mostly just drag racing and some fun street time, never pushed a motor on the track like you guys do…….so in either case….I'm sure you're right, and will check thoroughly when mine goes under the
 knife. 
 
very good comments……
 
 
 

Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] What's a good price for a cleveland motor?
 
You can get them for next to nothing because the blocks may have core shift and they won't sonic test out.  I went through 5 blocks before I found one (thanks JB) who donated his extra standard bore Cleveland block 3-4 years ago.