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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>IIRC the walls on Tod's aluminum block were going to be thick enough to go to something like a 4.15 bore, giving 440 CI.<div><br></div><div>I have a deposit on block #15 :)</div><div><br></div><div>Julian<br><br><div>> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 11:11:54 -0500<br>> From: spkorb@gmail.com<br>> To: detomaso@poca.com<br>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Alu engine<br>> <br>> I bet you'd save 75lbs. I think it would be really neat if someone<br>> built these with the 400M deck height and you could build a nice<br>> compact elephant motor with the same weight as a stock cast iron lump.<br>> 496 sounds like fun but you could have a conservative 427 build.<br>> <br>> sean<br>> <br>> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Rob Dumoulin <rob@dumoulins.net> wrote:<br>> > Anybody care to speculate how much such a build would be from scratch and<br>> > how much weight it would save over a stock block and heads?<br>> ><br>> > Rob DuMoulin<br>> > 904.476.8744<br>> > rob@dumoulins.net<br>> > www.kbsi.co<br>> > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rob-dumoulin/0/1b6/58<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 4:06 AM, gudmund frĝland <gudmundfroiland@yahoo.no><br>> > wrote:<br>> >><br>> >> Just came across some interesting engine build.<br>> >><br>> >> http://www.mustangandfords.com/techarticles/engine/1312_all_aluminum_351_cleveland_engine_build_alloy_awesomeness/<br>> >><br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >><br>> >> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA<br>> >><br>> >> DeTomaso mailing list<br>> >> DeTomaso@poca.com<br>> >> http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com<br>> >><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> ><br>> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA<br>> ><br>> > DeTomaso mailing list<br>> > DeTomaso@poca.com<br>> > http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com<br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> Sean Korb spkorb@spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org<br>> '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382<br>> "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller<br>> "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> <br>> Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA<br>> <br>> DeTomaso mailing list<br>> DeTomaso@poca.com<br>> http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com<br></div></div> </div></body>
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