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

[Asa Jay Laughton]

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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