[DeTomaso] All AL Engines

[mark skwarek]

Its a lot of money for mediocre performance. 

     On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 5:11 PM, Ed Mendez <edducati at mac.com> wrote:
   

 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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   Its a lot of money for mediocre performance.
   On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 5:11 PM, Ed Mendez <edducati at mac.com>
   wrote:
   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
   Sent from iPhone 5s
   > On Oct 22, 2014, at 13:57, Jack Dunn via DeTomaso
   <[1]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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