[DeTomaso] modular engine questions

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/29/12 2:52:33 PM, cmccann1972 at gmail.com writes:

> My ZF fits my Lincoln MK8- based Teksid 4.6 DOHC just fine, granted Ive 
> just mocked it up for a test fit ...but Steve's doesn't fit in  others don't 
> seem to fit. Thoughts?
> 

There was a two-part POCA article published Sept & Oct '07 by Dave Doddek 
of Chicago on the hoops he had to jump thru to adapt a 4.6 DOHC (Lincoln, I 
think; Steve L can tell you not all 4.6-DOHCs are identical- Teksid vs 
Romeo)- with a non-stock Eaton blower- into a Pantera. Photos & parts lists were 
impressive. Apparently it helps to be an electrical engineer, a TIG welder 
and a fabricator, and have 3 or 4 months available in a heated garage to 
finish it up.... Once finally done, it ran well, had a flat firewall and the 
owner was (still is) happy. 
As Forest mentioned, the rear cylinder head corners usually have to be 
bandsawed off for clearance; in one wide-body '87, the rear inner fender panels 
needed to be notched and boxed as the hand-made inner fenders are bulkier, 
and there was some sort of clearance problem at one front corner. Wilkinson 
reportedly had the engine in & out of the '87 three times for trimming here 
'n there, and he'd done earlier Panteras several times. The 5.4s may be a 
little easier since its a taller block so the heads sit above the inner 
fenders. I've not done this but modulars seem NOT to be a bolt-in swap, ignoring 
adapting the computerized engine to Pantera wiring   FWIW- J Deryke