[DeTomaso] Advice

Bill Lewis lotus0005 at hotmail.com
Tue Jan 1 15:56:05 EST 2013


John Taphorn guided me to Keith Craft, Inc. in the U.S. - I am completely pleased with my engine.   ---Bill

> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:39:02 -0600
> From: daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com
> To: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Advice
> 
> I've not heard of them but the fact they are a U.S.based engine build
> advertising on Ebay UK would give me pause.  Also, they list the factory
> Ford crankshaft at 28.5 oz which is incorrect (it's 28.2 oz-in) and
> they state "We only use hand picked seasoned 351 blocks from 1972. We
> have found these blocks to be superior in strength to newer model blocks."
> 351C blocks were only produced from 1970 to 1974 in the United States with
> only minor differences and the 1972 D2 casting code was also used on the
> 1973 and 1974 blocks so their statement is non-sense.  Also, they use
> Edelbrock 351C-2V heads.  The TFS 351C-2V heads are slightly less expensive,
> make better power, have better spring options and have several chamber sizes
> available.  They also state the engine is "test run to break in the camshaft"
> but the cam listed is a hydraulic roller which requires no break in.  They
> quote a HP figure but dyno testing does not appear to be included (engine is
> shown on a run stand, not a dyno).  The big cap distributor probably won't
> clear a Pantera.
> 
> You might consider Dave McLain.  He's a local (to me near St. Louis, Missouri)
> engine builder that I work with on the 351C dyno project.  He's built and dyno
> tested a bunch of Clevelands (in stock displacements as well as 393, 403, 408,
> 410 and 425 cubic inch displacements) and he's a former Engine Masters
> competitor
> with both 351 Cleveland and big block Ford V8 entries.  Together,
> we've measured,
> flow-benched and dyno tested a wide variety of Cleveland parts including heads,
> intakes, cams, exhaust systems, etc.  This information is used in
> Dynomation and
> PipeMax software pakages to optimize the engine prior to the build.
> We also have
> a huge variety of Cleveland parts on hand to test as needed.  Plus we
> understand
> the Pantera specific Cleveland issues and I work with the customer to spec the
> parts and develop custom cams that best suit the application.
> 
> Dan Jones
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