[DeTomaso] The continuing saga of...tasteful engines

[Rob Dumoulin]

One may ask "How does one dress up an engine?"
The Chevy crowd would say "With a Bowtie".

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:57 AM, <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

>
> Dear Will,
>
> Uh-oh. Now you've done it. You've steered the conversation into that
> subjective morass of *engine aesthetics*!! Hunker down. The opinions will
> fly.
>
> Very (tongue in cheek) concerned, Chuck Engles
>
>
> ---- Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > But it is ugly.
> >
> > I would consider a Boss 302/347, a 392 Hemi or a Boss 429/514.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of Thomas Tornblom
> > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 1:35 AM
> > To: detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] The continuing saga of...
> >
> > Personally I would look hard at the Coyote Boss 302 crate engine.
> >
> > With a redline of 7500, it would solve the low gearing of my GT5 also,
> > and 444 bhp out of a modern fuel injected production engine would be
> > good enough for me. It also seems like it would fit below the screen.
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > 2012-04-20 06:14, ParaPantera at aol.com skrev:
> > > Personally, I think if you have the resources you should pony up to one
> > of
> > > those "New" MME Cleveland blocks, the list of reasons for a replacement
> > > block is getting long.
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 4/19/2012 11:47:35 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> > > kirby.schrader at gmail.com writes:
> > >
> > > my engine.
> > >
> > > A 4 bolt replacement cap from Will fit well and the block was line
> bored
> > > again.
> > > Everything cleaned up except the block web on both sides where the cap
> > > mates with the block.
> > > Driver's side is a little over .001".
> > > Passenger side is .004".
> > > 75% of the bearing surface is good... those areas aren't.
> > >
> > > My choices:
> > >
> > > 1) Run it like it is... (maybe in Granny's old Ford...)
> > >
> > > 2) Line bore it some more, but it'd have to go a long way vertically to
> > > make up .004 laterally... I don't think this is really an option.
> > >
> > > 3) Bore that main more and machine a spacer. (I was not aware of this,
> > but
> > > apparently drag racers do this all the time? Comments?)
> > >
> > > 4) Use my other block and start over. (Sigh...)
> > >
> > > I should know about the crankshaft condition Friday or Monday. Getting
> > it
> > > crack tested and checked.
> > >
> > > New question:
> > > I had thought about this before, but dismissed it.
> > > Asked two other people and they said no way.
> > >
> > > But. I'll ask again. How about side loading with lots of belts too
> tight
> > on
> > > one side?
> > >
> > > I don't have this scenario, but was wondering. Can you trash a main
> > bearing
> > > due to accessory belt load?
> > >
> > > FWIW,
> > > Kirby
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