[DeTomaso] modular engine questions

Forest Goodhart forestg at att.net
Wed Feb 29 17:39:29 EST 2012


Steve Wilkenson told me he uses the stock bell housing. I think something has to 
be trimmed from the heads for chassis clearance. 

Steve,
Are you sure your tranny has the bell housing attached?
Forest




________________________________
From: Will Kooiman <wkooiman at earthlink.net>
To: steven.liebenow at att.net; mailing list detomaso <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wed, February 29, 2012 1:41:15 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] modular engine questions

My mistake.  I know I saw somewhere that they used the same bellhousings,
but I trust you, plus I was able to confirm from several sources.  I don't
know where the misinformation started.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of steven.liebenow at att.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:37 PM
To: mailing list detomaso
Subject: [DeTomaso] modular engine questions

All,

The 4.6 and the new 5.0 do NOT have the same bolt pattern as a SBF!  Not
sure 
how this keeps getting propagated.....

I have a 5 speed from a 4.6 sitting in my back yard, and I specifically
compared 
the block mounting pattern to that of my SBF and very little if anything
lines 
up!

You would need to run whatever adapter situation people are running
currently to 
have 4.6 or 5.4L power!

Steve

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