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

Sat Jun 30 22:27:35 PDT 2012

"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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