[DeTomaso] All AL Engines
Ed Mendez
edducati at mac.com
Wed Oct 22 17:10:15 EDT 2014
Damn I want a ride in that thing. Just don't kill me as the last GT-40 superformance car I rode in spun out in heavy on coming traffic across 3 lanes of traffic and the only thing that saved us from being T-boned was that a lady hit our passenger side rear tire and stopped us from spinning.
Cause, rear locked under heavy braking at 120mph.
Wish I had my GoPro for that.
Ed
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> On Oct 22, 2014, at 13:57, Jack Dunn via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
>
> I bought a 438" CHI heads Dart iron block Windsor solid roller stroker
> from MME about 5 yrs ago for my Superformance GT40. It is a fantastic
> street engine, loads of torque and 630 HP. Apparently part of the
> secret to a good torquey street motor is lots of cylinder pressure (I
> recall measuring~220psi cranking pressure), and it doesn't detonate on
> 93 octane. Therefore, based on my experience, I would definitely
> recommend a MME engine. Mark Mckeown (owner) has a mechanical
> engineering degree and he really knows his stuff.
> FYI, I considered an AL block for this engine. But when I found out
> from Mark that it would cost >$3000.00 extra to do everything necessary
> to make the then current Dart AL block work, I passed. Bottom line: if
> you do want an AL block engine, I would trust Mark to build the engine
> correctly to work and last.
> Jack
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