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

[David in Durango]

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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