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

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Maybe you should of left it in the Mustang. 



Steve 



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From: "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com> 
To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com, "Ken & Lela MacArthur" <klckmac at msn.com>, "Keith Bellows" <keithbellows at gmail.com>, "jamie wilson" <jamie.wilson at itron.com>, "Jerry Butler" <klokwerk at comcast.net> 
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 10:22:32 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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