[DeTomaso] Mike Drew's Dyno Test Results

[mikeldrew at aol.com]

MD wrote:

Mike has got to be beside himself waiting to get that 408 stroker in 
his
Pantera.

>>>True!  I'm going to pick it up at the freight terminal in Sacramento 
tomorrow.  (Ironically, the combined value of my Scirocco plus trailer 
equals the value of my new motor's intake manifold--and that's with a 
full tank of gas!) :>)

Then it's a matter of coordinating schedules with Forest Goodhart 
(Forest, are you out there?) and others; we'll probably install it next 
Monday or Wednesday, although I'm quite flexible.

>Again awesome collection of data.

>>>We got quite proficient at changing intake manifolds.  Since we 
weren't overly concerned with oil leaks, we used pieces of foam rubber 
for the front and rear seals. The Fel-Pro intake gaskets were glued to 
the heads and coated with grease on the intake side.  At our best, we 
could go from a runnng engine, to a running engine with a different 
intake manifold in well under ten minutes. :>)

For the final assembly, the engine was put together with thick beads of 
RTV on the China walls,and a cut-down proper turkey tray gasket 
augmented the glued-on two-piece intake gaskets.

Mike