[TPR] Asa's Engine Swap from Mach I, to Pantera

David in Durango adin at frontier.net
Sun Jul 1 12:08:16 PDT 2012 

Oh, that is just about it!

A large breasted college girl w/ a M-B full of money that can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.
I'd be happy to audition this one . . . .
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Asa Jay Laughton 
  To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com 
  Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 12:33 AM
  Subject: Re: [TPR] Asa's Engine Swap from Mach I, to Pantera


  You'd think a dirty old man in Durango could get some buxom blonde to do that for him.

  What's the world coming to?



Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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  On 6/30/2012 10:27 PM, John Bentley wrote: 
    "I'm still polishing and cleaning." 

    Yeah, we are gonna quote you on that one. :)

    JB





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    From: David in Durango <adin at frontier.net>
    To: Asa Jay Laughton <asajay at asajay.com>; tpr at teampanteraracing.com; Ken & Lela MacArthur <klckmac at msn.com>; Keith Bellows <keithbellows at gmail.com>; jamie.wilson at itron.com; Jerry Butler <klokwerk at comcast.net> 
    Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 8:56 PM
    Subject: Re: [TPR] Asa's Engine Swap from Mach I, to Pantera



    Asa Jay,
    If you remember I pulled my Cleveland for a ring, hone and check.  Ended up w/ brgs, oil pump, cam, lifters, springs, flywheel resurface, release brg (got it today, I think), plumbing and wiring.  This was started to be completed for the fun rally.  I'm still polishing and cleaning.

    Of course, now I know everything is good - all clearences were checked etc.

    Do it right or you could be sitting on the side of the road watching the end of the event. (my opinion)

    Obviously you need bearings and to spend some time checking everything.

    Work carefully.

    David


      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Asa Jay Laughton 
      To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com ; Ken & Lela MacArthur ; Keith Bellows ; jamie.wilson at itron.com ; Jerry Butler 
      Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 9:22 PM
      Subject: [TPR] Asa's Engine Swap from Mach I, to Pantera


      Well.... it's no longer a simple intake manifold and oil pan change.
      The original objective was to replace the stock cast iron intake with a Blue Thunder FPP 4145, and replace the stock baffled pan with an Armando gated and baffled pan.

      You may remember we started with this:
      http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5216

      And I now have this:
      http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5268
      http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5272
      http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5275

      Why?
      Well, it all started with this spark plug from #5:
      http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5210

      What's going on?  Well, only one way to really find out, so we found this:
      http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5278

      While we're in there, we might as well look at other things, and.... we found this....:
      http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5290

      <insert any four letter words you feel appropriate to communicate my frustration level>

      Sooooooooo..... 
      I'm in it now to get the crank polished, new bearings, new gaskets and seals, have the block tanked, brushed and blown... and I don't know what else at this point.  Oh and don't forget a refresh of the heads.

      I did run into another interesting problem.
      I test fit the Armando pan before total dis-assembly.  Why?  Because I have this really cool MPG Windage Tray installed:
      http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5281

      Unfortunately, it hangs up on the pan:
      http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5284
      The burnished area is where it's hitting.  Here is a shot of the pan:
      http://www.teampanteraracing.com/index.php?option=com_g2bridge&view=gallery&Itemid=57&g2_itemId=5287
      You can just make out a little oil on the edge of the scraper.  Now what?  I either don't use the MPG Windage tray, which I -really- like.  Or I need to hack off some of the scraper in the pan.  Decisions, decisions.

      Of course, that's honestly the least of my worries currently.  After a $1,400 order to Summit racing today (for other things, like a radiator), I'm out of budget for a couple of months.  Going this deep into the engine was -not- in the plan.

      However, kudos to Steven Donegan who pushed me into it, otherwise I wouldn't have known about the bearings.  The pistons look fine, the cylinders look great (still have some crosshatch) and the rings look good.  I'll be doing parts cleaning for a while, taking the heads into my favorite cylinder head shop and finding a place to clean the block and polish the crank.



      PS.  Only 74 more days to the SSCC.
      Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA
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http://www.teampanteraracing.com
http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism


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