[DeTomaso] Cleveland Block

[Julian Kift]

Tod was sending his blocks to MME for finish work and advocating his customers do the same at a preferential $$ rate. I have it from a reliable source that MME is now independently producing their own block in direct competition to Tod, probably with much of Tod's experience/advances built in from the blocks they handled for him.

Julian

> From: wkooiman at earthlink.net
> To: larry at ohiotimecorp.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:00:13 -0600
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Cleveland Block
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> It looks like it might be a different block.
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> Tod Buttermore is the other guy.  He is slowly making progress.
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> This is a side project for him.  Don't believe any dates.  That's the way
> these things go.
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> But, once it is ready, it will be very nice.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
> Behalf Of Larry - Ohio Time Corp
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 9:25 AM
> To: 'DeTomaso Forum'
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Cleveland Block
> 
> Is this the same guy we have been talking about for years?
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> Larry - Cleveland
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> MME to Launch Brand New 460-plus Cleveland Block in May
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> With tooling and foundry work now in progress, McKeown Motorsport
> Engineering (MME) will soon be reproducing the industry's first aftermarket
> Cleveland engine blocks.
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> Named Titus, deliveries are expected in May 2012 and the first new Cleveland
> blocks will be available in aluminum and then in cast iron.
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> These newly designed blocks with deck heights of 9.2-in. and 9.5-in. to
> accommodate more than 460 cid, feature stronger webbing, splayed mains and a
> host of other improvements.
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> MME, a consistent top finisher in the annual Engine Master's Challenge, will
> contest this year's event entering two new Titus engines in the competition.
> Company head Mark McKeown has an accomplished record as a high-performance
> Ford engine builder for almost 30 years. The company says they are now
> accepting advance orders of the new block.
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> For more information about McKeown Motorsport Engineering, visit
> www.MMERacing.com.
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